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nzbget 10.1 released

Post by hugbug » 31 Mar 2013, 14:54

nzbget 10.1

Changes since nzbget 10.0
  • fixed: articles with decoding errors (incomplete or damaged posts) caused infinite retry-loop in downloader.
Changes since nzbget 9.1
  • added built-in unpack:
    • rar and 7-zip formats are supported (via external Unrar and 7-Zip executables);
    • new options <Unpack>, <UnpackPauseQueue>, <UnpackCleanupDisk>, <UnrarCmd>, <SevenZipCmd>;
    • web-interface now shows progress and estimated time during unpack (rar only; for 7-Zip progress is not available due to limitations of 7-Zip);
    • when built-in unpack is enabled, the post-processing script is called after unpack and possibly par-check/repair (if needed);
    • for nzb-files containing multiple collections (par-sets) the post-processing script is called only once, after the last par-set;
    • new parameter <NZBPP_UNPACKSTATUS> passed to post-processing script;
    • if the option <AllowReProcess> is enabled the post-processing-script is called after each par-set (as in previous versions);
    • example post-processing script updated: removed unrar-code, added check for unpack status;
    • new field <UnpackStatus> in result of RPC-method <history>;
    • history-dialog in web-interface shows three status: par-status, unpack-status, script-status;
    • with two built-in special post-processing parameters <*Unpack:> and <*Unpack:Password> the unpack can be disabled for individual nzb-file or the password can be set;
    • built-in special post-processing parameters can be set via web-interface on page <PP-Parameters> (when built-in unpack is enabled);
  • added support for HTTPS to the built-in web-server (web-interface and XML/JSON-RPC):
    • new options <SecureControl>, <SecurePort>, <SecureCert> and <SecureKey>;
    • module <TLS.c/h> completely rewritten with support for servers-side sockets, newer versions of GnuTLS, proper thread lockings in OpenSSL;
  • improved the automatic par-scan (option <ParScan=auto>) to significantly reduce the verify-time in some common cases with renamed rar-files:
    • the extra files are scanned in an optimized order;
    • the scan stops when all missings files are found;
  • added fast renaming of intentionally misnamed (rar-) files;
    • the new renaming algorithm doesn't require full par-scan and restores original filenames in just a few seconds, even on very slow computers (NAS, media players, etc.);
    • the fast renaming is performed automatically when requested by the built-in unpacker (option <Unpack> must be active);
  • added new option <InterDir> to put intermediate files during download into a separate directory (instead of storing them directly in destination directory (option <DestDir>);
    • when nzb-file is completely (successfully) downloaded, repaired (if neccessary) and unpacked the files are moved to destination directory (option <DestDir> or <CategoryX.DestDir>);
    • intermediate directory can significantly improve unpack performance if it is located on a separate physical hard drive;
  • added new option <ServerX.Cipher> to manually select cipher for encrypted communication with news server;
    • manually choosing a faster cipher (such as <RC4>) can significantly improve performance (if CPU is a limiting factor);
  • major improvements in news-server/connection management (main and fill servers):
    • if download of article fails, the program tries all servers of the same level before trying higher level servers;
    • this ensures that fill servers are used only if all main servers fail;
    • this makes the configuring of multiple servers much easier than before: in most cases the simple configuration of level 0 for all main servers and level 1 for all fill servers suffices;
    • in previous versions the level was increased immediately after the first tried server of the level failed; to make sure all main servers were tried before downloading from fill servers it was required to create complex server configurations with duplicates; these configurations were still not as effective as now;
    • do not reconnect on <article/group not found> errors since this doesn't help but unnecessary increases CPU load and network traffic;
    • removed option <RetryOnCrcError>; it's not required anymore; TIP: to remove warning about obsolete option, save config from web-interface once; this automatically removes the option from the config file;
    • new option <ServerX.Group> allows more flexible configuration of news servers when using multiple accounts on the same server; with this option it's also possible to imitate the old server management behavior regarding levels;
  • news servers configuration is now less error-prone:
    • the option <ServerX.Level> is not required to start from <0> and when several news servers are configured the Levels can be any integers - the program sorts the servers and corrects the Levels to 0,1,2,etc. automatically if needed;
    • when option <ServerX.Connections> is set to <0> the server is ignored (in previous version such a server could cause hanging when the program was trying to go to the next level);
    • if no news servers are defined (or all definitions are invalid) a warning is printed to inform that the download is not possible;
  • categories can now have their own destination directories; new option <CategoryX.DestDir>;
  • new feature <Pause for X Minutes> in web-interface; new XML-/JSON-RPC method <scheduleresume>;
  • improved the handling of hanging connections: if a connection hangs longer than defined by option <ConnectionTimeout> the program tries to gracefully close connection first (this is new); if it still hangs after <TerminateTimeout> the download thread is terminated as a last resort (as in previous versions);
  • added automatic speed meter recalibration to recover after possible synchronization errors which can occur when the option <AccurateRate> is not active; this makes the default (less accurate but fast) speed meter almost as good as the accurate one; important when speed throttling is active;
  • when the par-checked requests more par-files, they get an extra priority and are downloaded before other files regardless of their priorities; this is needed to avoid hanging of par-checker-job if a file with a higher priority gets added to queue during par-check;
  • when post-processing-parameters are passed to the post-processing script a second version of each parameter with a normalized parameter-name is passed in addition to the original parameter name; in the normalized name the special characters <*> and <:> are replaced with <_> and all characters are passed in upper case; this is important for internal post-processing-parameters (*Unpack:=yes/no) which include special characters;
  • warning <Non-nzbget request received> now is not printed when the connection was aborted before the request signature was read;
  • changed formatting of remaining time for post-processing to short format (as used for remaining download time);
  • added link to article <Performance tips> to settings tab on web-interface;
  • removed hint <Post-processing script may have moved files elsewhere> from history dialog since it caused more questions than helped;
  • changed default value for option <ServerX.JoinGroup> to <no>; most news servers nowadays do not require joining the group and many servers do not keep headers for many groups making the join-command fail even if the articles still can be successfully downloaded;
  • small change in example post-processing script: message <Deleting source ts-files> are now printed only if ts-files really existed;
  • improved configure-script:
    • libs which are added via pkgconfig are now put into LIBS instead of LDFLAGS - improves compatibility with newer Linux linkers;
    • OpenSSL libs/includes are now added using pkgconfig to better handle dependencies;
    • additional check for libcrypto (part of OpenSSL) ensures the library is added to linker command even if pkgconfig is not used;
  • adding of local files via web-interface now works in IE10;
  • if an obsolete option is found in the config file a warning is printed instead of an error and the program is not paused anymore;
  • fixed: the reported line numbers for configuration errors were sometimes inaccurate;
  • fixed warning <file glyphicons-halflings.png not found>;
  • fixed: some XML-/JSON-RPC methods may return negative values for file sizes between 2-4GB; this had also influence on web-interface.
  • fixed: if an external program (unrar, pp-script, etc.) could not be started, the execute-function has returned code 255 although the code -1 were expected in this case; this could break designed post-processing flow;
  • fixed: some characters with codes below 32 were not properly encoded in JSON-RPC; sometimes output from unrar contained such characters and could break web-interface;
  • fixed: special characters (quotation marks, etc.) in unpack password and in configuration options were not displayed properly and could be discarded on saving.
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