SABnzbd 2.2.0 RC 1

Release Notes - SABnzbd 2.2.0 Release Candidate 1

NOTE: Due to changes in this release, the queue will be converted when 2.2.0
is started for the first time. Job order, settings and data will be
preserved, but all jobs will be unpaused and URLs that did not finish
fetching before the upgrade will be lost!

Changes since 2.1.0

• Direct Unpack: Jobs will start unpacking during the download, reduces
  post-processing time but requires capable hard drive. Only works for jobs that
  do not need repair. Will be enabled if your incomplete folder-speed > 40MB/s
• Reduced memory usage, especially with larger queues
• Graphical overview of server-usage on Servers page
• Notifications can now be limited to certain Categories
• Removed 5 second delay between fetching URLs
• Each item in the Queue and File list now has Move to Top/Bottom buttons
• Add option to only tag a duplicate job without pausing or removing it
• New option "History Retention" to automatically purge jobs from History
• Jobs outside server retention are processed faster
• Obfuscated filenames are renamed during downloading, if possible
• Add "Retry All Failed" button to Glitter
• Smoother animations in Firefox (disabled previously due to FF high-CPU usage)
• Show missing articles in MB instead of number of articles
• Correct value in "Speed" Extra History Column
• Remove video and audio rating icons from Queue
• Show vote buttons instead of video and audio rating buttons in History
• If enable_par_cleanup is disabled all par2 files be downloaded
• If enabled, replace dots in filenames also when there are spaces already
• Update GNTP bindings to 1.0.3
• max_art_opt and replace_illegal moved from Switches to Specials
• Removed Specials par2_multicore and allow_streaming
• Windows: Full unicode support when calling repair and unpack
• Windows: Move enable_MultiPar to Specials
• Windows: Better indication of verification process before and after repair
• Windows: MultiPar verification of a job is skipped after blocks are fetched
• Windows & macOS: removed par2cmdline in favor of par2tbb/MultiPar

Bugfixes since 2.1.0

• Shutdown/suspend did not work on some Linux systems
• Deleting a job could result in write errors
• Display warning if "Extra par2 parameters" turn out to be wrong
• RSS URLs with commas in the URL were broken
• Fixed some "Saving failed" errors
• Fixed crashing URLGrabber
• Jobs with renamed files are now correctly handled when using Retry
• Disk-space readings could be updated incorrectly
• Correct redirect after enabling HTTPS in the Config
• Fix race-condition in Post-processing
• History would not always show latest changes
• Convert HTML in error messages
• Fixed unicode error during Sorting
• Wizard was always accessible, even with username and password set
• Not all texts were shown in the selected Language
• Catch "error 0" when using HTTPS on some Linux platforms
• Improve zeroconf/bonjour by sending HTTPS setting and auto-discover of IP
• Windows: Fix error in MultiPar-code when first par2-file was damaged
• macOS: Catch "Protocol wrong type for socket" errors

Translations

• Added Hebrew translation by ION IL, many other languages updated.

Upgrading from 0.7.x and older

• Finish queue
• Stop SABnzbd
• Install new version
• Start SABnzbd

Upgrade notices

• The organization of the download queue is different from 0.7.x releases.
  This version will not see the old queue, but you restore the jobs by going
  to Status page and use Queue Repair.

Known problems and solutions

• Read the file "ISSUES.txt"

About

SABnzbd is an open-source cross-platform binary newsreader.
It simplifies the process of downloading from Usenet dramatically, thanks
to its web-based user interface and advanced built-in post-processing options
that automatically verify, repair, extract and clean up posts downloaded
from Usenet.

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