Newzbin / NZBMatrix alternative recommendations

akescpt said:
my couch potato keeps on searching! doesnt get anything. using nzb_matrix.eu. help please! using the 'BRRip' quality setting.
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CP doesn't like the BRRIP setting that much, it often refuses to acknowledge releases that meet all the criteria, set it to 720p and it will find it. That's what i did.
 
Thanks for all the recommendations. I have these 5 bookmarked and here's how I personally rank them according to my use after a couple of weeks:

1) NZBPlanet.net
2) newztown.co.za
3) nzb-matrix.eu
4) nzbsrus.com
5) NZBSA
 
Here's my list (Not ranked in any way)

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just letting you guys know OZNZB.com is going to be switching to invite only shortly!!, if you havent yet grab an account now.
 
Hi,

Wanting to see if this has changed anymore or if any providers have established themselves as THE nzbmatrix alternatives?

Thanks,
J
 
Why is the nextgennews feedback thread closed?
 
DrJohnZoidberg said:
Saw that too. Maybe advertising policies.
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Or just politics, have seen so much of it going around here. Then again, the main guy running it hasn't created the best reputation for himself either in the SA industry. That said, his service doesn't work too bad actually, I still use it because it grabs 99% stuff successfully.
 
Tinuva said:
Or just politics, have seen so much of it going around here. Then again, the main guy running it hasn't created the best reputation for himself either in the SA industry. That said, his service doesn't work too bad actually, I still use it because it grabs 99% stuff successfully.
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Also using NextGenNews. Had a few hiccups (which may or may not be on their side) but most of the time it works and works well.

If I don't run into any more issues I'll stick with it cause the price is hard to beat.
 
lestoran said:
Also using NextGenNews. Had a few hiccups (which may or may not be on their side) but most of the time it works and works well.

If I don't run into any more issues I'll stick with it cause the price is hard to beat.
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Just checked out Nextgennews - it looks pretty awesome. R125 for 60 days unlimited 4Mbps with local servers and software that's allegedly better than the competition.

What hiccups have you run into? I assume the website means they provide search too? Is it integrated into the software?
 
Bryn26 said:
Just checked out Nextgennews - it looks pretty awesome. R125 for 60 days unlimited 4Mbps with local servers and software that's allegedly better than the competition.

What hiccups have you run into? I assume the website means they provide search too? Is it integrated into the software?
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Servers are hosted in Germany as far as I am aware.
 
Bryn26 said:
Just checked out Nextgennews - it looks pretty awesome. R125 for 60 days unlimited 4Mbps with local servers and software that's allegedly better than the competition.

What hiccups have you run into? I assume the website means they provide search too? Is it integrated into the software?
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They really just serve news - even the site is very minimalist - you need to go to an indexing site to find your nzb's. There's an excellent list 2 pages back.

I'm pretty sure the servers are internationally hosted - check with them.

This weekend it just stopped working for about 36 hours but I had some strange net issues so may not even be them (I think my router is dying). That and their site has some trouble with Chrome - Firefox is 100%.

Most of the time my SABNZB, Sickbeard, Couchpotato, Headphones setup runs flawlessly at full speed (although I download only 11pm to 6am).

PS: If you are a member at http://www.nzbsa.co.za/ you get good discount.
 
DrJohnZoidberg said:
Servers are hosted in Germany as far as I am aware.
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lestoran said:
They really just serve news - even the site is very minimalist - you need to go to an indexing site to find your nzb's. There's an excellent list 2 pages back.

I'm pretty sure the servers are internationally hosted - check with them.

This weekend it just stopped working for about 36 hours but I had some strange net issues so may not even be them (I think my router is dying). That and their site has some trouble with Chrome - Firefox is 100%.

Most of the time my SABNZB, Sickbeard, Couchpotato, Headphones setup runs flawlessly at full speed (although I download only 11pm to 6am).

PS: If you are a member at http://www.nzbsa.co.za/ you get good discount.
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Thanks for the info. I'm sure they claim on the website that SA servers are provided. Newsbin Pro has excellent search, and does everything in the application. Is there some other software I need to use with Nextgennews or is it nothing more than server and login info?
 
Bryn26 said:
Thanks for the info. I'm sure they claim on the website that SA servers are provided. Newsbin Pro has excellent search, and does everything in the application. Is there some other software I need to use with Nextgennews or is it nothing more than server and login info?
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NextGenNews is just a downloading service, nothing like Newsbin Pro. You're going to have to go though a bit of a learning curve if you want to use a barebones service like this.

You need a news downloading app like SABNZBD and join a couple to indexing site so you can find your content. Or you can set up a fully automated system with the apps I mentioned above.

The net is full of tutorials on how to do either. Bit of effort but well worth it in my opinion.
 
lestoran said:
NextGenNews is just a downloading service, nothing like Newsbin Pro. You're going to have to go though a bit of a learning curve if you want to use a barebones service like this.

You need a news downloading app like SABNZBD and join a couple to indexing site so you can find your content. Or you can set up a fully automated system with the apps I mentioned above.

The net is full of tutorials on how to do either. Bit of effort but well worth it in my opinion.
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I've had an automated setup in the past, but I removed it after about two weeks. Many shows aren't supported or are uploaded very late, and it requires my PC be on a lot. I also prefer downloading on my phone overnight with tTorrent Pro and just copying the files into the network storage over wifi in the morning. Saves loads of power, and takes a few seconds to set up because the app has its own search facility. SeriesGuide means I'm always on top of my shows, also using my phone. I use usenet to supplement torrents, so I like how dead simple and easy Newsbin Pro is. I'm unshaped so torrents fly.
 
No responce from anyone at myBB as to why the thread was closed afaik - not too impressed and more than likely politics, but ya - that's how it goes.

We've had a rough couple of days between Saturday and early this morning which had quite a bit of impact on the service. As of +- 3AM this morning everything is running smoothly again. Have located quite a few things which we will be working on optimizing over the next couple of weeks and some other great new enhancements planned for the future as well (if we're right about this, we can theoretically, become DMCA immune).

The servers are hosted in Germany as well as the Netherlands, we are an South African company however. Once we have racked up enough South African support, we will most definately deploy servers within the borders of South Africa. It's all about economics of scale, and at this point I am actually picking up more users from the US than from ZA...
 
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the new version of SABnzbd has just been released and now supports full integration into OZnzb.com ratings and reporting system. Once enabled you can rate all releases downloaded from OZnzb.com and post comments and/or report any problems all directly from inside of SAB. There is also an option to automatically report problems with releases like passworded/encrypted, out of server retention and missing blocks.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/sabnzbdplus/files/sabnzbdplus/0.7.17/
Features
•Upgrade embedded unrar to 5.01 and (partially) support RAR5 format
•Support for more meta-data in NZB files (to be used in TV Sort)
•Optional integration with the OZnzb indexer, allows user access to ratings and reporting > * directly from SABnzbd interface.
•Optional automatic feedback to OZnzb on failed downloads
•Commandline option --pidfile to set your own PID-file name/path (Unix and OSX)
•Basic support for X-DNZB-Failure and X-DNZB-Details headers, sent by some indexers
•Support rate-limiting by (a number of) indexers
•Special option "warn_dupl_jobs" to suppress/enable warnings for duplicate jobs
•Special option "flat_unpack" to ignore folders inside archives

Bug fixes
•Fix false encryption alarms for some posts
•Fix issue with OSX Mavericks Notification Center support
•Fix issues with passwords embedded in file names
•Support UNC paths in Sort expressions (Windows)
•Add password entry boxes in smpl and Classic skins
•Prevent unwanted change of queue order after editing job details
•Allow Default category to be picked in Multi-Ops
 
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