Describe your USENET Setup

[dexton03]

SABNZB - Download
SICKbeard / Couch potato - Auto download
Sites - Many threads exist
Provider - Astra / Giga - Both


Does anyone use anything different out there that might be better?

Open Source options only.

[piercerseth]

I'm probably not the typical use case but I'll chime in anyway.

The strongest alternative to an automated setup that I know of would be NZBGet & NzbDrone. Get runs on everything from RPis to NAS appliances.

I don't automate, so I use a combination of alt.binz and newsleecher. For providers primarily Astra with a half dozen block accts, mostly European.

EDIT: Beck38 posted this in another thread, pretty sound http://filesharingtalk.com/threads/455485-News-Group-Provider?p=3727237#post3727237

[tlrbradley]

SAB and astraweb. I don't have anything automated either. I like to look through this site once a day. It has been a good resource to find new tv shows I have not yet heard of that way.

[newsraider]

SAB/sickbeard/xbmc all i need :)

[Beck38]

Pretty extensive, although really nothing is 100% dedicated to it (machine wise).

SABnzb like most folks for max downloading

Don't need any 'auto' anything as very nearly 99.98% of broadcast tv is brain dead, and the .01% that's interesting eventually ends up on DVD (SD) or Bluray (HD OR SD) in far better quality than anything that's been captured off the air - still have a Hauppague HD-PVR for occasional HD movies and such that aren't on BR and (maybe) never will be.

Will go past 100TB of on-line storage this time next week (next stage of NAS is on order being checked as I write this).

Providers: Main/Astraweb, Blocknews, Giganews.

Many PC's 'in production' of heavy 24/7/365 posting and filling up all those Terabytes listed above. Everything I've ever done is either (or both) in on-line storage or burned to DVD/BR and posted to usenet.

[stuhere]

i use newsleecher then this site

[pythoncancer]

Newsleecher with tweaknews .Simple and Compact

[CyberCitizen]

Downloader: SABNZBD (With DogNZB Remote Push).
Accounts: Astra, free hitnews, free newsfinder, free xennanews (Free Accounts Auto Updating)
Renamer: TV.Renamer.v0.7.Beta2 No Longer In Production
Media Player: Plex, Android TV Stick Using Plex

If It Doesn't Come Down Via SAB, Then I Result To uTorrent.

[ZEROdayO]

DL - sabnzbd
Sites - private ones
USP - Cached/Relay articles from EU/US on custom servers

[Omusagoma]

Newsleecher via astraweb with tweaknews, blocknews and newsdemon for backup.

Astraweb is provided by my isp as part of my internet access, so no (extra) cost for that.

Manual renaming. NAS streaming to computers, media players and smart tv's throughout the house.

[korre]

sabnzbd, sickbeard, tweaknes, newsdemon

[drtxb]

Usenetserver on ssl and still use unzbin even tho you can barely find the program anymore.

[arradastra]

Server: tweaknews.eu

Downloader: sabnzbd running on Server 2012

Method: I manually download all my movies and shows from FST.com on my Windows 8.1 desktop, using this neat little trick to send .nzb to the server: http://wiki.sabnzbd.org/howto-associate

HTPC: Mac Mini 2009* with 10.7 Lion (*Nvidia 9400m, so x264 1080p hardware accelerated)

Remote: Harmony 650

Media Center: XBMC 12

[rdrunner]

Newsleecher more , Alt.binz less
Newshosting
StrongVPN
Various Sites

[stubby777]

Looks like I'm the only one using Grabit?
Astraweb as primary
Backup accounts with Tweaknews, NewsDemon and SuperNews

[scandy]

Newsgroup direct (with free.xsusenet.com as a backup)
\/
SabNZB (& Sickbeard for TV)
\/
\/
Filebot renames & copies to NAS
\/
\/
XBMC/Openelec running on a Raspberry PI
\/
\/
TV

[Trythepie]

NewsgroupDirect(block acct.) sometimes free hitnews & xennews for fills >> SabNZB >>PyTiVo (server)>>TiVo>>TV.... recent

Before PyTiVo I was using Plex - mostly or Serviio or PS3 Media (DLNA servers) to Roku and/or WDLive Plus or smart TV ..OR.. data files to flashdrive to same devices or Sony Bluray (also data DVD).
All had various strengths and weaknesses
Liking the TiVo setup now for superior picture and navigation.

[Windy72]

Automation? I use Forte Agent for reading and light downloads. I use Newsleecher for the nzb work. Does me just fine I expect I am Old Skool!

[the_devil73]

usenet server 10 a month and newsbin pro for dl

[bfnewman71]

NZB-o-matic (tried and true)
tweaknews
Plex (fav), WD Live

[baronkarza]

Supernews with a sabnzbd / sickbeard / couch potato - combo. all my downloads dump into PLEX and because I paid for the plexpass also sync to my 100Gb dropbox account. My media box where all this is set up on hase 2TB of available movies/tv/music/pron etc. I have Roku's attached to all three home tv's and stream everything on the sever to them. Full disclosure. I actually pay for netflix, huluplus, aereo, and have an amazon prime account. Usenet is mostly for current tv shows (with no commercials) and movies (especially during screener season).

[Astro2]

Automation? I use Forte Agent for reading and light downloads. I use Newsleecher for the nzb work. Does me just fine I expect I am Old Skool!

Agent - now that is old school! I remember the days when Agent was the shit, that's all I used back in the day, for posting comments / talking in groups and for downloading. Brings back memories :)

[mckr32]

Sab running on a micro server with storage..will add automation at some point..I have a beaglebone and raspi pi not doing much other than kms

[stinkyplant]

I've never been a big fan of auto downloads. I loved the "watchdog" features, but still want to manually confirm before downloading.

[MikeSmith298]

sabnzb with sickbeard. Saves so much time rather than manually going through nzb sites

[irnmdnkristo]

Anything better than Tweaknews out there? I need something with better speed.

[CTUagent]

reader - sabnzbd
site - i check multiple indexing sites
provider - frugal for daily and blocknews as a filler or longer retention stuff.

[Brizgas]

Newsleecher inc supersearch
Astraweb
Tweaknews - block to pick up the strays.
Multiple indexing sites.

Does it for me for now.

[redwings]

I'm using old reliable, TL Newsreader with Giganews.

[Riptide]

Newsleecher and ISP based server.

[antisoma]

I use sabnzb and sickbeard. I haven't had great success with couch potatoe.

I use giganews and a backup provider (that I won't list because I want it to stay small :)

[ghostman]

I use SABNZBD which runs on my Synology NAS and Tweaknews

[Daemium]

I have on a dedicate filer server with:
- SABnzb
- SickBeard
- Couch Potato

Post processing
- Media center master

Two NUCs clients with XBMC

Working on Newznab

[dtscript]

sabnzbd on a windows server, grabbing from usenetserver also have a htpc running windows (mpc-hc) for watching everything connected up in the living room :)

[easygroove]

I use SABnzbd as a client and Tweaknews as a provider (recommended!). Got a LG NAS (its crap - so wish I'd spent a bit more and got a decent one !) which provides files,data to all my devices :)

[muhfuhkuh]

Hackintosh running SABnzbd and Plex to beam it to a Roku box. Files I rewatch are kept on a 1TB USB 2.0 backup.

[Skill_Kills]

Newsbin Via Giganews onto my home server and then to various devices, sometimes on disc backup

[DiRTDOG187]

Newsleecher Astra/Giga tunneled through VyprVPN im paranoid...

[g00denz]

Proxmox with a ZFS 10tb volume and 4 vm's

1. NewzNAB
2. SABNZBD using usenetserver
3. Pydio
4. Plex

Remote viewing is done over wifi with roku in 1 room, and laptop's at each tv, I usually just run VLC and browse to the file share

[zerogre]

SAB
Dutch NNTP
That's about it. No live TV anymore 'coz I hate watching on someone else's time. But I did do Hauppauge (sp?) Way Back When (tm)

[the_nephrops]

newsleecher with hitnews (paid), and sometimes i use iLoad (free account)

[medionman]

altbinz on newshosting with nzb search on nzbindex.nl

[flipflop1968]

Newsleecher, Quickpar, Sunnyusenet, Astraweb block account , NewsgroupDirect block account.

[elmarvin0]

SABNZB+ Astraweb plus my ISP feed too :-)

[mantagtj]

newsbin and this site, maybe channelcut for tv tho.

[coderxtreme]

Server: Newshosting unlimited
Client: Newshosting Client x64 1.5.3, Alt.Binz, Newsleecher
Searching: nzbindex.com
Indexing: Newshosting search, SpotLite client, www.town.ag
Auto-downloading: Newshosting Client Auto Search

[ftataru77]

Newshosting reader with Newshosting provider.
100mbit connection

[minimalist]

I'm still using a very old 3.x version of newsleecher with astraweb. I want to like SABNZB+ but end up dropping it after a few hours of use.

[ugrakarma]

Latest Alt.Binz & astra and still crying over the lost index sites.

[RiverRapids]

What no love for NewsMan Pro 3? I use it with a MySQL back end, my ISPs Highwinds service, and an Astraweb block account for fills.

[nortonuser]

Server : Astraweb
Client : sabnzbd
Searching : nzbindex.com

[jchris3201]

Server : Astraweb
Client : sabnzbd
Searching : nzbindex.com

I use Giganews with Unison.

[zosojojo]

Giganews, Newsleecher on my PC, Unison on my Mac. Primarily find everything using Binsearch.info. Anyone remember Binaries.NL?

My computer is hooked up to my TV so I don't stream anymore.

[aka_beavis]

Alt.Binz and internode

[kilio_silver]

Server : Astraweb & usenetbucket
Client : newsbin pro
Searching : nzbindex.com, binsearch.info

[SirReal69]

Server : Thundernews ($5 a month cyber Monday deal years ago)
Client : sabnzbd on OSX Hackintosh server
Searching : nzbindex.com

[chrismir]

sabnzb, couch potato, sickbeard, newsrover
newsdemon
synology

[NNTP]

Server: TweakNews + block accounts from Astraweb, Highwinds and Readnews. TN is reliable but can be slow in peak hours. Thinking about getting an additional account from another Dutch provider.
Client: nzbget 10.2 - straight download + par-check + rename is all I want. Anything after 10.2 doesn't really work for me. Oh, and there's still "tin" for text-only groups (yeah, I still do that).
Search: private site + binsearch.info

I've seen sickbeard & co. but it feels convoluted to me and I prefer a more simple setup without auto-everything.

[gopo]

Server: xsnews
Client: sabnzbdplus
Search: binsearch.info, nzbindex.nl.

[Barfish88]

Server: Newsdemon
Client: Altbinz, sickbeard, manual search.
The Renamer.

[Reknaw133]

I use SABNZBD for downloading. I use mainly Giganews atm as I get good stable dls and file storage AND a VPN. I am thnking of Astras new deal. I use Sickbeard for TV, I have CP/HP also. I have Virgin UK 60Mbps down and use SSL. I browse using Usenet crawler and I watch my media with XBMC.

[pokitisme]

formerly giganews but they suck bad now so tweaknews for completion and newshosting for speed.newsleecher 3.7 and newsleecher 4.0 due to different aspects of each program such as when downloading large groups nl3.7 hangs and has a fault upon restart compared to nl4.0 but nl3.7 allows copy and past of article headers where nl4.0 does not.both cracked but no supersearch.also use binsearch as thats the best.for posting i use camelpowerpost and YencPowerPostA&A11b.exe.as per servers the 2 i have now are a better price range than my giga/newshosting setup and way more completion.im pissed at giga as they leave dmca'ed files that HAVE BEEN REMOVED as downloadable but unusable files.so u download 90+ rars and pars then when u have all that space takin up ur hd u find that every file u thought was complete is "unrecognizable" and no matter how many times u par it and it says complete it isnt.this is a way for giga to say they have the retention while at the same time knee bending to the dmca as fast as they can-its a big assed scam by giga due to the dmca removing most of what they used to have .what good is retention if u have nothing to download and use.

[exnihilo]

Newsleecher , tweaknews. my isp is my only real problem as it now limits down per month.

[qowe]

Newsleecher too and astraweb unlimited since 4 years, works pretty well .

[r3d-zombie]

supernews, sabnzb, cp and sickbeard, does everything but watch the content for me ;)

[vigor5000]

Using SABnzbd with Astraweb and trying out SickBeard for first time.Used to use newhosting client with Newshosting.

[007av]

Astraweb with Tweaknews block.

[iLOVENZB]

Alt.Binz and internode

From what I remember Internode use Astraweb and don't really have a newsgroup.

[planeluvr]

Looks like I'm the only one using Grabit?
Astraweb as primary
Backup accounts with Tweaknews, NewsDemon and SuperNews

I use Giganews and grabit but I also used to use Xnews. :whistling

[Grundlesnap]

Astraweb and Alt.Binz.

[PastTense]

Highwinds (60 days from my ISP) and Astraweb
alt.binz and Grabit

[pokitisme]

formerly giganews but they suck bad now so tweaknews for completion and newshosting for speed.newsleecher 3.7 and newsleecher 4.0 due to different aspects of each program such as when downloading large groups nl3.7 hangs and has a fault upon restart compared to nl4.0 but nl3.7 allows copy and past of article headers where nl4.0 does not.both cracked but no supersearch.also use binsearch as thats the best.for posting i use camelpowerpost and YencPowerPostA&A11b.exe.as per servers the 2 i have now are a better price range than my giga/newshosting setup and way more completion.im pissed at giga as they leave dmca'ed files that HAVE BEEN REMOVED as downloadable but unusable files.so u download 90+ rars and pars then when u have all that space takin up ur hd u find that every file u thought was complete is "unrecognizable" and no matter how many times u par it and it says complete it isnt.this is a way for giga to say they have the retention while at the same time knee bending to the dmca as fast as they can-its a big assed scam by giga due to the dmca removing most of what they used to have .what good is retention if u have nothing to download and use.

forgot to add that using giga or news hosting im using around 7 to 9 connections and using tweak its around 7 to 9 connections as well.this tops my speeds at around 4.5 megs per second--means i get a normal dvd5 in about 30 minutes or less.

[booboozeb]

Sickbeard, SABnzbd, Supernews, Nas4Free, XBMC

[Stabber]

xennanews and ipv6 xsnews

[voodoo55]

blocknews(astraweb) -> sabnzbd

[baffy]

Newsleecher with their OEM usenet feed. Man, I miss the days when usenet was included with my internet subscription.

Then again I had 56kbs then. So I guess I don't after all.

[robertrust]

SAB/couch potato/UsenetServer

Couldn't be happier!

http://usenetserver.com/en/index.php

[optiknerve]

Simple casual setup;
Newleecher/tweaknews & usenetbucket

[asdef4]

Pretty basic. I usually just stream, but when I want something I use the free Hitnews service.

[Gribley]

Newsbin, Astraweb (primary - unlimited), tweaknews (block - not needed for a long time now but always handy)

In the past forte agent and easynews.... times have moved on a lot thank god

[Screener]

Supernews: Unlimited Account / Blocknews: 200 GB Blockaccount

[det427]

xennanews and ipv6 xsnews
I'm with him!;)

[heiska]

xennanews and ipv6 xsnews
I'm with him!;)

I've been using IPv6 xs4all and xsnews + ipv4 free tweaknews for a few years now. Pushing 20-25 mbit/s through a SixXS tunnel, which unfortunately doesn't max out my 100 mbit full duplex home connection (which is provided for no extra cost by my landlord), but I can't really complain tbh. Especially since I have so far never had a download fail for any reason.
I also have a 100 GB blocknews account for backup, but according to Sabnzbd stats, it has never been touched so far.

I guess that makes me kind of a cheapskate.

[NeoFreak77]

Astraweb + TweakNews + SABnzbd ;)