Backlog frequency determined by algo that takes into account daily search frequency to prevent overlap of searches, automatically calculates allowed minimum value that is user-settable

gui/slick/interfaces/default/config_search.tmpl

@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@
                             </label>
                             <label class="nocheck clearfix">
                                 <span class="component-title">&nbsp;</span>
+                                <span class="component-desc">Allowed minimum value: $sickbeard.MIN_BACKLOG_FREQUENCY</span>
                                 <span class="component-desc">Time in minutes between searches (eg. 60)</span>
                             </label>
                         </div>

sickbeard/__init__.py

@@ -192,18 +192,19 @@ ALLOW_HIGH_PRIORITY = False
 AUTOPOSTPROCESSER_FREQUENCY = None
 DAILYSEARCH_FREQUENCY = None
 UPDATE_FREQUENCY = None
-BACKLOG_FREQUENCY = None
 DAILYSEARCH_STARTUP = False
+BACKLOG_FREQUENCY = None
 BACKLOG_STARTUP = False
 
+DEFAULT_AUTOPOSTPROCESSER_FREQUENCY = 10
+DEFAULT_DAILYSEARCH_FREQUENCY = 40
+DEFAULT_BACKLOG_FREQUENCY = 21
+DEFAULT_UPDATE_FREQUENCY = 1
+
 MIN_AUTOPOSTPROCESSER_FREQUENCY = 1
-MIN_BACKLOG_FREQUENCY = 1440
 MIN_DAILYSEARCH_FREQUENCY = 10
+MIN_BACKLOG_FREQUENCY = 10
 MIN_UPDATE_FREQUENCY = 1
-DEFAULT_AUTOPOSTPROCESSER_FREQUENCY = 10
-DEFAULT_BACKLOG_FREQUENCY = 10080
-DEFAULT_DAILYSEARCH_FREQUENCY = 60
-DEFAULT_UPDATE_FREQUENCY = 1
 
 BACKLOG_DAYS = 7
 
@@ -446,6 +447,9 @@ TRAKT_API_KEY = 'abd806c54516240c76e4ebc9c5ccf394'
 
 __INITIALIZED__ = False
 
+def get_backlog_cycle_time():
+    cycletime = DAILYSEARCH_FREQUENCY * 2 + 7
+    return max([cycletime, 720])
 
 def initialize(consoleLogging=True):
     with INIT_LOCK:
@@ -663,6 +667,7 @@ def initialize(consoleLogging=True):
         if DAILYSEARCH_FREQUENCY < MIN_DAILYSEARCH_FREQUENCY:
             DAILYSEARCH_FREQUENCY = MIN_DAILYSEARCH_FREQUENCY
 
+        MIN_BACKLOG_FREQUENCY = get_backlog_cycle_time()
         BACKLOG_FREQUENCY = check_setting_int(CFG, 'General', 'backlog_frequency', DEFAULT_BACKLOG_FREQUENCY)
         if BACKLOG_FREQUENCY < MIN_BACKLOG_FREQUENCY:
             BACKLOG_FREQUENCY = MIN_BACKLOG_FREQUENCY

sickbeard/webserve.py

@@ -1616,7 +1616,7 @@ class ConfigSearch(MainHandler):
 
     def saveSearch(self, use_nzbs=None, use_torrents=None, nzb_dir=None, sab_username=None, sab_password=None,
                    sab_apikey=None, sab_category=None, sab_host=None, nzbget_username=None, nzbget_password=None,
-                   nzbget_category=None, nzbget_priority=100, nzbget_host=None, nzbget_use_https=None,
+                   nzbget_category=None, nzbget_priority=None, nzbget_host=None, nzbget_use_https=None,
                    backlog_days=None, backlog_frequency=None, dailysearch_frequency=None,
                    nzb_method=None, torrent_method=None, usenet_retention=None,
                    download_propers=None, check_propers_interval=None, allow_high_priority=None,
@@ -1666,7 +1666,7 @@ class ConfigSearch(MainHandler):
         sickbeard.NZBGET_CATEGORY = nzbget_category
         sickbeard.NZBGET_HOST = config.clean_host(nzbget_host)
         sickbeard.NZBGET_USE_HTTPS = config.checkbox_to_value(nzbget_use_https)
-        sickbeard.NZBGET_PRIORITY = int(nzbget_priority)
+        sickbeard.NZBGET_PRIORITY = config.to_int(nzbget_priority, default=100)
 
         sickbeard.TORRENT_USERNAME = torrent_username
         sickbeard.TORRENT_PASSWORD = torrent_password