Software update: NNTPGrab 0.5.91 (0.6 beta 2)

The second beta release of version 0.6 of NNTPGrab was released on Saturday with version number 0.5.91. With this program files from usenet can be downloaded. NNTPGrab can of course handle nzb files, is able to automatically process par2 files and can consult multiple usenet servers at the same time. The software is released under an open source license and is available for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. In version 0.6, support for plugins has been added, among other things, which makes it easier to add new functionality in the future. Furthermore, a lot has changed under the hood, which should make the program more stable and efficient. Below is what has changed in this release:

Changes in version 0.5.91 (0.6 Beta 2)

• Added a Qt version of the NNTPGrab Server. This makes to program look more native on Win32 and Mac OS X environments
• Added a new feature: Automatically remove files after unpack (disabled by default)
• Implemented JSON-RPC over TCP
• Implemented the remaining JSON-RPC methods
• Ported the NNTPGrab Server and the Glue layer to use JSON-RPC over TCP
• Start the NNTPGrab Server (console) in the foreground by default
• Added the -h / –help arguments to the NNTPGrab Server (console)
• Listen on both IPv4 and IPv6 for the embedded web server/JSON-RPC server
• Added a new plugin (created by crashoverraid) which prevents Win32 environments from going to sleep while the program is running
• Fixed a bug in the JSON-RPC parser which could lead to 100% CPU usage
• Fixed a possible crash in the JSON parser which could occur when trying to parse invalid data
• Fixed a warning in the NNTPGrab Server about the ‘par2_repair_message’ signal being unknown
• Always start the embedded webserver when using the NNTPGrab Server (even if it’s disabled in the configuration)
• Automatically escape the characters ” and in JSON requests
• Only load plugins which are really required by default
• Show a notification in the GUI when a NZB file is imported by the NNTPGrab Server
• Automatically save any configuration changes which were done using the JSON-RPC plugin
• Downloading using a proxy server wasn’t working correctly. Fixed
• Added support to download using a proxy server on Mac OS X environments
• If a log message with log_level NG_LOG_LEVEL_WARNING occurs then show a popup in the GTK GUI
• While decoding files an error message could be overwritten by another one resulting in an invalid error message. Fixed
• If files from a NZB containing invalid data is being decoded an invalid error message could occur. Fixed
• Fixed a bug where downloading could stop after one part
• Fixed a possible bug where the download queue wouldn’t revive anymore when suspended
• Enable the tray icon by default on new installations (except on OSX)
• Fixed a small GTK warning in the GUI which could occur when viewing the list of available auto-import folders
• Only try to unpack files when a collection has been completely verified using PAR2