Here comes the first beta release of my RSS-based NZB downloader.
It uses .NET Framework 3.0, so this has to be downloaded from Microsoft if you don't already have it installed. (it's free)
Features include
- Add unlimited RSS-feeds
- Add unlimited Matching-rules
- Run rules on selected feeds only
- Episode counter to avoid downloading the same nzb twice
- Custom refresh-time is set on each feed
- Minimizes to tray
- Run on windows startup (optional)
- Run external application on startup
- added 19.09.2007: Force RSS Refresh
- fixed 19.09.2007: Error accessing config file when closing configuration-box (vista)
Current known issues
- No register of downloaded files
- can result in duplicate downloads if episode-counter is turned off.
- Episode-counter only supports the S##E## format in titles (only applicable if the rss-feed doesn't contain episodeinfo like tvnzb.org does)
TO-DO
Next Release
- Keep track of downloaded files to avoid duplicate downloading
- Handle the case where NZB-file is downloaded but is left in the download-catalog. If nzb with same name is downloaded it will overwrite the existing file without notice.
- Enable rule-self-destruct. Example: "Disable rule after # downloads" (useful when waiting for a specific release, and no use for rule after nzb is downloaded)
Future Releases:
- 'Advanced' rule editing with RegEx builder etc.
- Support for additional season/episode-formats
- Better logging
- More help (any help at all would help:) )
- Support for torrent-files (maybe this one will be left hanging, since there already is alot of 3rd party plugins and such for torrent)
- Support for rss-feeds that require login
- Possibility to directly connect to a UseNet server and look for NZB-files directly in groups (will require usenet-server login)
What do you need to do?
1. Unzip, run setup.exe, run application:)
Post as many bugs, feature-requests and other issues you may have here on my blog, and I will keep you updated on features that are being implemented, as well as new releases!
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
First Beta Release!!
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Seems the setup app doesn't make shortcuts in Start Menu.
You need to do this yourself in the current release, but the next release will include start-menu and desktop shortcuts :)
Sorry
wow..can’t wait to test this app..make my life a whole lot easier ! hehe ;)
Great App.
I started testing it out and it works pretty good. A few issues, but that could be me not having enough time to put the right filters in and I'm getting a lot of dupes (which I think the ep counter option will fix).
Great work.
I've been looking for a program that does just this for Usenet. The main feature I was looking for was an episode counter, which this program provides. Didn't work with Newzbin's RSS feeds, but found TvNZB.com to work wonderfully.
Thanks for your comments so far, and I hope you are enjoying the app. The app will of course continue to be released with no limitations or donation-stuff, so pass it on to your friends and family.
The reason it wont work with all feeds is that the rss-feed will need to provide a direct link to the nzb-file. Currently newzbin links to a new web-site where you have to download the nzb-file... TVNzb works good though :)
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