In 6.81 final, 3 issues with nzb files are really screwing things up for me.
1. Shortening of the extracted renamed file names. Why?!!! This bug was introduced deliberately, if I remember correctly.
So every time it happens I rename the files back to full nzb name manually. Why am I forced to do this?
It occurs often enough so I am even thinking about writing some specialized software or a script or a macro for that specific task.
Besides, it forces me to check if the file name is complete EACH time. So this specialized software would do also that.
But this whole problem is because Newsbin shortens file names deliberately.
2. Not renaming shorter file names at all - why? Again, I have to rename manually, but also this issue causes huge problems together with the following issue #3:
3. In options, there is no separate UnRAR Folder for downloads from NZBs.
So when shorter names are not renamed and unrarred files are left in various groups instead of putting them back into the nzb folder of the specific post - it is impossible to know which is which unless downloading one at a time.
I need either a separate UnRAR Folder in options for nzbs or an option allowing to put extracted files back to the folder of the nzb folder.
Here is the typical situation how I use those paths:
Main download folder:
U:\NNTP\$(GOG)\
Downloads from NZBs:
U:\NNTP\NZB\$(NZBFILE)\
UnRAR Folder:
U:\NNTP\$(GOG)\X\
You see, I use NZBFILE but I don't use filenames or subjects for regular posts - but I put extracted stuff in a subfolder X so that it is clear what is extracted successfully and what is perhaps (possibly incomplete or wrong) spam.
I don't want to change anything there.
But if files extracted from NZBs are not renamed because they are too short - so how to make those non-renamed files to be moved to the NZBFILE folder or even better: NZBFILE\X folder?
A separate path field in options would be helpful for X, but even without it NewsBin could move extracted files back to the NZB folder - so at least a checkbox?
I need to be able to tell which short file is from which nzb file - I currently can download only one nzb at a time to avoid confusion.
Besides, I don't know in advance if the file name will be short and left unrenamed or not. So again, only one nzb at a time, even when the extracted files are renamed - because not all of them are renamed.
So, sometimes I modify the UNRAR Folder to add NZBFILE into it when I need to download lots from nzb files, but then I have to restore it back. This back-and-forth would be unnecessary with a separate field in options.
There is also an additional issue with NZBs:
4. All the pars are downloaded first, at least for some NZBs, and then an unnecessary repair is done and the rest of the files are still downloaded already after extracting - there is a separate thread about it.