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*** This is SABnzbd 0.5.0Alpha11 *** |
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*** This is SABnzbd 0.5.0 Beta1 *** |
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SABnzbd is an open-source cross-platform binary newsreader. |
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It simplifies the process of downloading from Usenet dramatically, |
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thanks to its friendly web-based user interface and advanced |
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and offers a complete API for third-party applications to hook into. |
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There is an extensive Wiki on the use of SABnzbd. |
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http://sabnzbd.wikidot.com/ |
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http://wiki.sabnzbd.org/ |
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**WARNING** **WARNING** **WARNING** |
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This is ALpha software, we know it's not fully mature. |
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Use at your own risk. |
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Don't blame us if your downloads fail. |
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*** Beta Software *** |
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This is Beta software, it´s almost mature. |
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We are quite confident, but it has been tested |
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by a limited number of people (about 100). |
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You are invited to file problem reports on our forum: |
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http://forums.sabnzbd.org |
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Board = "Release Testers" |
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**WARNING** **WARNING** **WARNING** |
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Board = "Beta Releases" |
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*** Upgrading from 0.4.x *** |
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Do *not* install the new version over the old one. |
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Remove old one first or install seperately. |
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Remove the old one first or install in a seperate folder. |
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You can re-use your sabnzbd.ini file. |
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You cannot re-use an unfinished download queue or keep |
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the download history. |
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We promise that this is the last time you lose your history. |
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You cannot re-use an unfinished download queue or keep the download history. |
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We promise that this is the last time you will lose your history. |
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*** Changes since 0.4.12 *** |
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Core Stuff: |
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* File Quick-Check - We can now skip par2 verification altogether in some cases by performing |
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a quick-check of file hashes before post-processing. |
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* New Quick-Start Wizard - If you don't have any servers set, you'll get a neat little |
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five-page wizard allowing you to change all the config settings you really need to worry about. |
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Stuff like "How should SABnzbd be accessible? Remotely or locally?" and "What's your server address", |
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in a step by step manner. Features a button on the server page to test the connection to the news server, |
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Core Upgrades |
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- New Quick-Start Wizard - If you don't have any servers set you'll get a neat |
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little five-page wizard allowing you to change all the config settings you |
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really need to worry about. Stuff like "How should SABnzbd be accessible? |
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Remotely or locally?" and "What's your server address", in a step by step manner. |
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Features a button on the server page to test the connection to the news server, |
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to make sure you have entered your details correctly. |
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* Multi-language (we speak English, French and Dutch) and learning more fast. |
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* Revamped Config System - The configuration backend was overhauled in 0.5. |
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- HTTPS Support - The Web-UI now supports HTTPS and has a standard login window |
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(if you use a login/pass). The URL no longer requires the /sabnzbd/ part, |
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though the old URL is still supported. |
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- File Quick-Check - We can now skip par2 verification altogether in most cases |
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by performing a quick-check of file hashes before post-processing. |
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If quick-check passes, then all the files are complete and we can proceed |
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without doing the lengthy par2 verification step. |
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- Localization System - We now ship with five localizations, |
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English, French, Dutch, German and Swedish, and have a rather simple system |
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for implementing new translations. If you'd like to contribute one, |
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please inquire on our forums. |
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- More Indexing Sites - SABnzbd now supports more than just Newzbin. |
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See the support list for full details. Highlights include the RSS feeds |
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for NZBMatrix and Nzbs.org |
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- Revamped Config System - The configuration backend was overhauled in 0.5. |
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Many of the config pages have been changed around to make more sense, |
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you can now easily enable/disable servers, and in general all server interaction is much faster than before. |
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Also no internal restarts are required anymore (except for skin changes). |
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* E-mail Templates - The e-mail system from 0.4.x has been updated to have a full template system, |
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allowing you to customize e-mail alerts. |
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* File Association - .nzb files are now associated with SABnzbd, so you can just double click them |
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to load the file into your queue. Currently only Windows is fully supported, however |
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you can launch SABnzbd with arguments containing a path, or multiple paths to local nzb/rar/zip files. |
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* .TS Filejoining - File joining has been improved to allow support for joining multiple .TS files into one file. |
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* Date Sorting - To compliment series sorting, sorting has now been added for downloads with dates in their names, |
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allowing you to place files in daily, monthly, yearly folders with proper naming |
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* General Sorting - Sorting for general downloads allows users to expand the series sorting into |
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other types of downloads. Has support for years in titles allowing files to be placed in folders |
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depending on the decade. |
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* Updated Cherrypy - Among other things, this means you can now use HTTPS for the |
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web ui and have a prettier login window if you use a login/pass. |
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We have also dropped the need for /sabnzbd/ in the urls you use to access sabnzbd. |
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It'll still work with /sabnzbd/, but it will also work without it now. |
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* New XML Parser - Results in lower memory usage when reading .nzb files, especially large ones. |
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you can now easily enable/disable servers, you can turn servers on and off |
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with schedules and in general all server interaction is much faster than before. |
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You also only have to restart SABnzbd for major changes to take effect. |
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- File Association - .nzb files can now be associated with SABnzbd in Windows, |
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so you can just double click them to load the file into your queue. |
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You can set this up manually on other operating systems by launching SABnzbd |
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with arguments containing a path, or multiple paths to local nzb/rar/zip files. |
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- Password Support - Basic support for password protected rar-files is now in. |
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It's limited, but it works. |
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- .TS filejoining - The file joining system now supports merging .TS files. |
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- New Sorting Options - Date and Custom sorting options have been added, so downloads |
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with a date can be sorted as such, and further customized sorting options |
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can be developed by users. |
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- Email Templates - You can now design custom email templates to report |
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whatever information you want, including multiple recipients. |
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- OSX Finder menu - SABnzbd now embeds itself in the Finder menubar to give |
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you some basic functions. |
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The API |
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- 0.4 introduced our API, 0.5 expands it to cover everything SABnzbd is capable of. |
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Why does this matter? It means if you know any programming language and |
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understand how to parse XML/JSON and POST data to an address, |
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then you can write some application which can communicate with SABnzbd |
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almost as easily as a template can. |
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The Queue & History |
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The API: |
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* Totally overhauled for 0.5. Basically, you now have full access to nearly everything about |
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SABnzbd via POST and XML/JSON. See the full docs for more details. Why does this matter? |
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It means if you know any programming language and understand how to parse XML/JSON and POST data to an URI, |
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then you can write some application which can communicate with SABnzbd almost as easily as a template can. |
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- Per-Item Pause - Now, in addition to being able to pause the whole queue, |
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you can also pause individual items in the queue. You can also force downloads |
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to start while the whole queue is paused. |
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- Temporary Pause - 0.5 also brings the ability to pause the queue temporarily. |
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So if you just want to pause for 30 minutes while you use your internet connection |
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for something else, you can. This is nice, as it means you don't have |
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to remember to go back and unpause SABnzbd. |
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- Priorities - The queue now has four priorities, Normal, High, Low and force. |
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Think of this as an easy method to move things around your queue, or to insert |
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things into specific areas of your queue. One use case is to set everything |
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to "normal" by default, so it works like 0.4.x. However, you can then add |
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a new post or RSS feed as high-priority to have it be inserted to the top of the queue, |
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or add one as low-priority to have it inserted at the bottom of the queue |
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and keep below normal downloads that are added. Forced items will go straight |
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to the top of the queue, and will continue to download even if the queue is paused. |
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- Renaming - You can now rename items in the Queue, SABnzbd will use the new name |
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as the completed directory name. |
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- New History Backend - The history is now stored in a database, |
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so we can handle larger histories better, and store more information about downloads. |
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It also now survives between having the queue cleared. |
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The Queue & History: |
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* Per-Item Pause - Now, in addition to being able to pause the whole queue, you can also pause |
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individual items in the queue. You can also force downloads to start while the whole queue is paused. |
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* Priorities - The queue now has four priorities, Normal, High, Low and Force. |
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Think of this as an easy method to move things around your queue, or to insert things into |
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specific areas of your queue. One use case is to set everything to "normal" by default, |
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so it works like 0.4.x. However, you can then add a new post or RSS feed as high-priority to have it be |
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inserted to the top of the queue, or add one as low-priority to have it inserted at the bottom of the queue |
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and keep below normal downloads that are added. Forced items will go straight to the top of the queue, |
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and will continue to download even if the queue is paused. |
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* New History Backend - The history is now stored in a database, so we can handle larger histories better, |
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and store more information about downloads. |
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Templates |
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Skins: |
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* General Template Changes - Templates have all been updated to support all the neat new features. |
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So if you're one of those guys still married to Default, don't worry about missing out on all this new stuff. |
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* Plush - Complete backend rewrite to work almost exclusively off the API [so it's MUCH faster], |
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and a reorganized (and more accessible!) main menu. |
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* SMPL - Has been reworked to be much faster and friendlier to use. |
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- New Default Template - With 0.5, the "smpl" template is now the default. |
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The old basic template is still there, but is now called "Classic". |
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- SMPL - Has been reworked to be much faster and friendlier to use. |
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The default page now shows the top 5 items from the queue and history. |
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The queue and history are also now pages to stop loading a massive number of items. |
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The queue and history are also now paginated to stop loading a massive number of items. |
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- Plush - Complete backend rewrite to work almost exclusively off the API |
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[so it's MUCH faster], and a reorganized (and more accessible!) main menu. |
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The Queue and History also now have pagination built in, so you can have hundreds |
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of items in both, and only ever have to deal with a manageable number of items on any given page. |
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- Mobile - Thanks to the new API and the jQTouch Framework, we've got |
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a brand new mobile theme. It's full featured (save for config options), |
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and gives you the ability to add new nzbs, reorder existing ones, manage the queue, etc. |
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"Mobile" replaces the old "iPhone" template. |
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Bugfixes: |
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* Sure! |
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shypike
16 years ago