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[Duron]

ok and do I set it as backup server in sabnzbd?

also sabnzbd often says that pieces are missing but 99% of the time it can be fixed with pars

if it can be fixed with pars I would like it to dl the pars from astraweb and fix it rather than dl the missing pieces from blocknews

and then only if it can't be fixed with pars to dl the missing parts from blocknews - is this possible?

[c0ld]

and then only if it can't be fixed with pars to dl the missing parts from blocknews - is this possible?

That's not how it works unfortunately. Ask the devs at Sab for it as a new feature, as it's a good idea.

[zot]

ok and do I set it as backup server in sabnzbd?

also sabnzbd often says that pieces are missing but 99% of the time it can be fixed with pars

if it can be fixed with pars I would like it to dl the pars from astraweb and fix it rather than dl the missing pieces from blocknews

and then only if it can't be fixed with pars to dl the missing parts from blocknews - is this possible?

Go to the server settings and click the arrow and a pulldown box will appear that allows you to set the priority of each server.

No you can't set up a secondary server to only get activated after a failed par-recovery operation. I don't know why anyone would prefer such a "feature" - as it would typically only save you a megabyte or two of block account usage per incomplete file. It seems like you might be trying to really shave pennies.

[Duron]

OK I understand

I signed up for blocknews

I downloaded a file that I knew failed with astraweb - it failed
then I added the blocknews server and ticked backup server in sabnzbd - and tried to dl the same file - it has stopped at 50MB and speed has gone to 0 - don't know what's happening!

had to disable the astraweb servers to get sabznbd to use the blocknews one...

which arrows do you mean? I don't see any or any mention of priority

[zot]

@Duron: The word "priority" does not appear, but when you chose "backup server" that's what I meant by 'set the priority'.

Since you already downloaded the (incomplete) file, you don't need to re-download the entire file a second time, but only the incomplete rar files.

I suggest doing this:

Open up Windows Explorer (or other file manager) and look at the rars. Sort them by size. Most will be the exact same size. (except for the last one, all should be the exact same size if they are complete) Notice which ones are the smallest: these are the most incomplete (and the main one's preventing the file from being par-fixed).

Reload the same NZB and download just the smallest rar files (not the entire set) over again using BlockNews. Replace those original (small) rar files with the new (larger) rar files you just downloaded.

I'm not sure if Sabnzbd can be made to re-parcheck the partial download, so you can do this manually instead:

Run Quickpar on the set and that should fix any remaining missing articles. Then run Winrar and un-split the file.

[Duron]

thanks zot

yes I know I don't have to re download but did it anyway just to test how it works on a full release in sabnzbd