Revision as of 21:15, 13 December 2011

SABnzbd is an Open Source Binary Newsreader written in Python.

What is SABnzbd?

SABnzbd[1] is an Open Source Binary Newsreader written in Python.

It's totally free, incredibly easy to use, and works practically everywhere.

SABnzbd makes Usenet[2] as simple and streamlined as possible by automating everything we can. All you have to do is add an .nzb. SABnzbd takes over from there, where it will be automatically downloaded, verified, repaired, extracted and filed away with zero human interaction.

Installation

Prerequisites

• b-rad's opt.bin[3] (Not jaromil's[forum.wdlxtv.com/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=2637]
• A USB drive

Setup

1. SSH into your WDTV and navigate to the root of your USB drive. (ie. /tmp/media/usb/USB1/49dke83hdkj482/)
2. Download and extract Optware, then reboot:

   # wget http://b-rad.cc/binaries/opt.bin.tgz && tar -zxvf opt.bin.tgz && reboot

3. After the WDTV reboots, SSH in again.
4. Update Optware, install SABnzb+ and its dependencies: (this could take a while)

   # ipkg update && ipkg install sabnzbdplus python26 py26-cheetah py26-openssl screen unrar

5. Download and extract the newest SABnzb:

   # cd /opt/share/SABnzbd && wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/sabnzbdplus/files/sabnzbdplus/sabnzbd-0.6.10/SABnzbd-0.6.10-src.tar.gz/download && tar -zxvf SABnzbd-0.6.10-src.tar.gz && rm SABnzbd-0.6.10-src.tar.gz

6. Rename conflicting library:

   # mv /opt/lib/python2.6/lib-dynload/_locale.so /opt/lib/python2.6/lib-dynload/_locale.so.bak

7. Reboot:

   # reboot

8. After the WDTV reboots, SSH in again.
9. Start SABnzb for the first time (this will take a few seconds):

   screen /opt/bin/python2.6 /opt/share/SABnzbd/SABnzbd.py -s 0.0.0.0:8080 -f /opt/share/SABnzbd/sabnzbd.ini -b 0 -l 2 -w 1 --log-all

10. SABnzbd is now running in a screen on your WDTV. On a PC navigate to http://<wdtv ip>:8080/sabnzbd. A wizard will launch and allow you to complete the SABnzbd setup.

SABnzbd is now running on your WDTV in a screen. If you want to continue to run it in the background press CTRL+A, then CRTL+D. This will leave the screen and bring you back to your original SSH session. To go back to the SABnzbd screen, use screen -r.

Autostart

If this was a success, you might be interested in getting SABnzdplus to launch automatically at boot. This is done by creating a script and placing it in /opt/etc/init.d/. Here's how my script looks. Adjust according to IP, paths, user/pass etc.

#!/opt/bin/bash
case "$1" in
start)
  echo "Starting SABnzbd."
  /opt/bin/python2.6 /opt/share/SABnzbd/SABnzbd.py -f /opt/share/SABnzbd/sabnzbd.ini -d
;;
stop)
  echo "Shutting down SABnzbd."
  wget -q --delete-after "http://localhost:8080/sabnzbd/api?mode=shutdown&ma_username=[USER]&ma_password=[PASS]&apikey=[APIKEY]"
;;
*)
  echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop}"
  exit 1
;;
esac
exit 0

Just save it as "S##SABnzbd", the # being a numeric value between 0 and 9 in accordance with WDLXTV's execution order (thanks b-rad). For instance, the name "S89SABnzbd" works for me. Remember to place the file in /opt/etc/init.d/, locate it using telnet/ssh and use the following command to get it executable:

chmod +x S89SABnzbd

Now everything left for you to do is configuring SABnzdplus. Enjoy

/ch1ptune

taken from: Wdlxtv Forum

High-Speed Tweaks

Try to use python2.5 instead of python2.6, seems like python2.5 is a little bit faster.

Set the article cache in Config -> General. This will keep articles in memory and not write them to disk (which is slower). Try 50M or 70M (the M denotes megabytes and is required). Keep in mind that wdtv has not much free memory! 50M seems to be a good value.

Make sure python-yenc is installed (yenc-0.3.tar.gz or higher). This will speed up decoding as it will use C code instead of python code. The logging will say at startup whether this module has been installed. It will be installed with python2.5. It seems there is no package for python2.6.

Lower your connection count in Config -> Servers. Good values are 3-6 connections.

It seems like max speed with sabnzbd on wdtv is around 2 Mbit/s!

Troubleshooting

If you get "Segmentation fault" try the following: Start sabnzb with "-v" (verbose).

/opt/bin/python2.6 /opt/share/SABnzbd/SABnzbd.py -f /opt/share/SABnzbd/sabnzbd.ini -d -v

Then you see the lib that is causing the error. Should be perl/lib/xxxx.so. Just rename the file and start sabnzbd again.

(I don't know who wrote this, but it didn't work for me. If it doesn't work for anybody else, please remove it. - spazlon)

What's Next?

Get a usenet account

SABnzb isn't much use without a usenet account. Most people use something like GigaNews, but there are alternatives out there depending on your needs. Here are a few I have found, feel free to add anything you recommend.