Software update: SABnzbd 0.7.17

After a long silence, a new version of SABnzbd has appeared again. With this program files from usenet can be downloaded. The open source application is available for Windows, Linux and OS X. The program offers the possibility to load nzb files, after which the correct files are picked from usenet. With the built-in web interface it is possible to operate the program via a web browser. The changelog for version 0.7.17 looks like this:

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