Whats with the *.zip.nzb??
(Click here to view the original thread with full colors/images)Posted by: myusuf05
I hate having to extract all the *.nzb files before putting it in my news grabber! why did they start doing this? i am pissed! and i have been with this amzing site for 2 years almost! Anyone else angry? thoughts?
Posted by: Skizo
Having the NZBs zipped has allowed us to more than double the retention period.
Is that not a reasonable trade off?
Posted by: Lantis
Having the NZBs zipped has allowed us to more than double the retention period.
Is that not a reasonable trade off?
err... can you explain how is that? I thought NZBs are just lists of files to download :ermm:
Posted by: 4play
They are stored as text in the nzb which zips up really well.
I have uploaded nzbs that where 1.5mb in size, when zipped they were 100kb.
now you see why they can increase the retention easily when everything is zipped.
Posted by: MultiForce
I think it's okay, it's just to select "open" and one click on the mouse wheel to select my standard NZB folder, then extract.
I don't like the "new trend" with "pars added" and not including the NFO in the NZBs though but that's another debate :P
Posted by: tesco
Having the NZBs zipped has allowed us to more than double the retention period.
Is that not a reasonable trade off?
err... can you explain how is that? I thought NZBs are just lists of files to download :ermm:
Some NZBs go up to 3mb and higher.
The average is probably around 700kb.
Zipped they rarely get higher than 100kb.
Posted by: myusuf05
Having the NZBs zipped has allowed us to more than double the retention period.
Is that not a reasonable trade off?
I still don't get how that increases retention? maybe definition of retention might help.
Posted by: tesco
Having the NZBs zipped has allowed us to more than double the retention period.
Is that not a reasonable trade off?
I still don't get how that increases retention? maybe definition of retention might help.our personal retention.
Since they take up less space we can keep more nzbs on our server (more days).
Posted by: myusuf05
pimp.