NZBVortex Changelog

What's new in NZBVortex 3.4.3

Feb 10, 2018
  • Fixed invalid NZB message when opening new obfuscation type nzbs.

New in NZBVortex 3.4.2 (Jan 9, 2018)

  • Improved pre-macOS High Sierra support
  • Make sure the license agreement window disappears

New in NZBVortex 3.4.1 (Nov 13, 2017)

  • Improved macOS High Sierra support

New in NZBVortex 3.3.10 (Jan 29, 2017)

  • Improve support for new obfuscation types

New in NZBVortex 3.3.9 (Dec 19, 2016)

  • Fixed a crash in the PAR2 decoding code
  • Fixed a potential crash during search on the new Macbook Pro 2016

New in NZBVortex 3.3.8 (Nov 28, 2016)

  • Fixed a crash in the PAR2 decoding code
  • Improve pirate detection, please contact us you see this message ago
  • Fix file list split view line not showing on MacOS Sierra

New in NZBVortex 3.3.7 (Aug 14, 2016)

  • Removed incorrect "pirated" message when using Mac App Store license
  • Search blacklist posters add and remove button not correctly laid out

New in NZBVortex 3.3.6 (Jul 4, 2016)

  • Users can now use Mac App Store license on app downloaded via our site.

New in NZBVortex 3.3.5 (Jun 26, 2016)

  • Prospectively add par2 files during download preventing a lengthy par2 check
  • Prevent too many par2 checks during obfuscated downloads
  • NZB name rename is named back to odd name
  • Group filter menu broken on filter bar

New in NZBVortex 3.3.4 (Jun 6, 2016)

  • Some NZBs might trigger the “password hint files found” when having subs rar files with underscore in filename
  • Support alternative non-official newznab categories and remove negative default search keywords
  • Plus and minus button in groups moves down when many items have been added in groups list
  • Improve renaming of NZBs in case of one-file results
  • Groups filter fixed on the filter bar

New in NZBVortex 3.3.3 (May 1, 2016)

  • A bugfix release with fixed for 3.3 release
  • Some NZBs might trigger the “password hint files found” when having subs rar files with underscore in filename
  • Support alternative non-official newznab categories and remove negative default search keywords
  • Plus and minus button in groups moves down when many items have been added in groups list

New in NZBVortex 3.3.2 (Mar 14, 2016)

  • This release contains a massive rewrite, modernization and cleanup of the code:
  • RAR file content not correctly processed – password and junk detection broken
  • Move to completed with folder already present might cause incorrect folder in parent of completed
  • One file result rename – detect optimal file name improvement
  • File list selection lost every 1 or 2 seconds on OS X 10.7 and OS X 10.8

New in NZBVortex 3.3.1 (Mar 1, 2016)

  • Fixed RSS tv show view now presented correctly on OS X 10.7
  • Fixed very small memory leak on OS X 10.7
  • Fixed uncompress error: unrar didn't work anymore on OS X 10.7

New in NZBVortex 3.3.0 (Feb 29, 2016)

  • This release contains a massive rewrite, modernisation and cleanup of the code.
  • Use HTTPS for all communication and links to nzbvortex.com – including Sparkle updates
  • Update sparkle to 1.13.1 with security fix
  • Prefer IPv4 addresss above IPv6 if both are available – prevents bad IPv6 configurations
  • NZBGeek obscured filenames – Rename as NZB file name instead
  • Modernise all views and use latest layout system
  • Modernise all code and cleanup – all code since 2009 inspected and updated
  • Download folder incorrect when not using move to completed
  • Favor filename instead of nzb title during one file result rename
  • RSS feeds update, but do not automatically initiate download
  • When downloading single file NZB, file is renamed to match the NZB file

New in NZBVortex 3.2.3 (Nov 18, 2015)

  • This is a bug fix release and contains some small features:
  • Improve download title and one-file result rename behavior (obfuscated names)
  • User interface doesn’t react to user input anymore
  • ZIP contents not correctly processed during detection of junk and passwords
  • Update p7zip to 15.09
  • Weirdly packed multi archive/par set downloads might cause second and after set to get deleted
  • New Network API for Sonarr as they requested
  • Cmd+m doesn’t minimize window
  • Queue order changes every 2 second when using scheduler in combination with “prevent scheduler” downloads

New in NZBVortex 3.2.2 (Oct 5, 2015)

  • Improved new SSL code – cause low occurrence crashed during application launch

New in NZBVortex 3.2.1 (Sep 30, 2015)

  • Add file list OS X 10.11 edge actions – prevent crash as well
  • Improve SSL threading / locking code
  • Skip Sample files broken – other (media) files are not skipped at all

New in NZBVortex 3.2.0 (Sep 28, 2015)

  • 40% lower cpu usage when using SSL – fastest SSL implementation around
  • Add NZB downloads list row actions like Open and Remove (10.11 feature)
  • Don’t check again the additional loaded par2 files being loaded during wildcard par2 check
  • Option to select a group for when creating an RSS feed using “Save as RSS” feature in NZBVortex
  • Sort Queue only in one direction – no reverse sorting
  • Option to pause downloading while postprocessing
  • Ability to set archive passwords for all archives at once
  • Ability to ignore scheduler per nzb
  • Keep a download on top/bottom feature
  • Assign different priorities for each group
  • Add a checkbox to a group settings to ignore scheduler
  • Make NZBClub search engine work again
  • Upgrade openssl to 1.0.2d
  • Add NZB via NetworkAPI should return an NZB identifier for 3rd party apps
  • Crash while getting categories from opennzb.net
  • NZB is reported as junk, but is actually good
  • IllimiNews’ SSL negotiation is not working
  • Dragging a file item from the file list into the NZB list caused a crash

New in NZBVortex 3.1.2 (Apr 6, 2015)

  • Merge two downloads causes crash in background thread
  • Make merge possible when right clicking one NZB
  • Group processing option not for showname folder only
  • Crash in cleanupOneFileInFolder when found duplicate found

New in NZBVortex 3.1.1 (Mar 16, 2015)

  • Fix rare crash on OS X 10.7 – when displaying size in dock icon and there is just bytes remaining
  • Fix OS X 10.7 compatability – new tableview improvements doesn’t support OSX 10.7
  • Crash when opening seach while having a newznab search engine added without a name

New in NZBVortex 3.1.0 (Mar 3, 2015)

  • Fix crash when using a bad regex in include or exclude filters
  • Downloads show “Waiting for save” – never complete
  • Upgrade p7zip to version 9.38.1 final
  • Low occuring freeze in NZBVortex – race condition in combination with a deadlock
  • NZBVortex might freeze (deadlock) during joining split archives
  • Issue with Group processing option “Move to TV show folder” broken
  • Use NSTableView’s lazy row initialising for NZB and File table view
  • Upgrade unrar to version 5.21
  • Cloud: if there is no release title but there a nzbtitles (user) then use the most used title in uiTitle
  • 7zip multipart support seems not to work for this NZB
  • Incorrect processing for PAR2, 7ZIP, Unrar etc when having ” -” in the filename
  • Double click on Agree in license screen will make it crash – disable buttons after first click
  • Use NSActivityLatencyCritical for App Nap activity
  • Fix two spelling errors: “less than 10%” and “Decompress”
  • Don’t remove newznab number prefix anymore
  • Move to completed and renamed downloads – seems original name is used again in move to completed
  • Support NZB 1.1 head fields
  • When entering a password: automatic set “requires password” checkbox – remove it when clearing field
  • Numberic up down for speed so setting speed can be done via mouse

New in NZBVortex 3.0.3 (Jan 5, 2015)

  • Fix potential issue where some specific system tweak utilities cause to call accessibilityIndex on TableView cells
  • Fix window position when the titlebar is above the visible frame of the NSScreen broken on multi monitor
  • Potential crash when dragging download queue order when suddenly the queue has less items
  • Fix potential crash when groups try to figure out what the show name is while it’s a movie
  • Keyboard focus (keyView) was not correctly set to the download queue

New in NZBVortex 3.0.2 (Dec 30, 2014)

  • Fix issue for some users where downloads instantly finished without downloading
  • Updated unrar to version 5.20
  • Updated LetsMove to 1.16
  • Updated Sparkle framework to version 1.8.0
  • Fixed crash reporter – make it functioning again
  • Fixed a NZBIndex search result compatibility issue, did fallback to RSS view
  • Improve junk detection by inspecting first and last archives and exe + bigfile and txt
  • Download groups parse UI title into: showname, season, episode and offer move to showname option in group
  • Fixed dragging multiple selections in queue results in only one nzb being moved
  • TV Series with episode numbering like 1×06 being tracked correctly now
  • Fixed: new font of download speed graph is difficult to read
  • Cleanup {{}} from UI title so it’s not used in rename
  • Fixed: cloud release name rename might result in a (1) appended to folder
  • NZBVortex might never quit when quitting during a download (keeps saving)
  • Left click on classification and NFO button on search results are broken for some users
  • Fixed potential crash when left clicking a search result
  • Fix Password from filename in {{ }} again, was broken in 3.0
  • Explicit set nzb title via cloud or manual should be used in one file result rename
  • Ctrl left click doesn’t open menu on nzb / file table view
  • Fixed crash when cmd/right clicking empty spot in file queue
  • NZBVortex won’t reopen last selected view if window is closed
  • Update filenames from cloud of NZB might not refresh UI caused by threading
  • Fixed a potential crash when querying Categories for search engine
  • Update review URL for Mac App Store

New in NZBVortex 3.0.1 (Sep 22, 2014)

  • NZBVortex Cloud:
  • As we all know usenet gets a little harder now as downloads have weird names, are passworded and downloads are taken offline regularly.
  • We think we have found a solution: we will make the NZBVortex clients work together and help each other.
  • Some examples of what NZBVortex Cloud will offer:
  • You can now rename downloads: will be shared to other users.
  • Weird download names will automatically be renamed
  • Weird filenames will be automatically renamed
  • Junk and spam will be detected more efficient
  • Allow you to rename download – these names are shared in the cloud
  • If a download is passworded your client will inform other clients
  • It will share well known archive password if available
  • If a download is too damaged on your usenet server(s) other clients will be informed on the same server(s)
  • Fully and I mean fully anonymous, we are out of NSA reach – servers store NO identifying information – we are serious about this!
  • No monthly fees; all included in the one-time license purchase
  • … more feature will be added in future updates
  • New and Yosemite optimized Interface:
  • A more modern and fresh looking interface which is more cleaner and focusses on the content.
  • New and fresh Icon including a progress bar in the dock while downloading.
  • It introduces OS X 10.10 Yosemite-like interface even back to OS X 10.7 – we care for you guys and adding more animation in 10.9 and newer.
  • Added OS X 10.10 Yosemite specific UI design which makes NZBVortex really fit in well in OS X 10.10 Yosemite.
  • Improved download results:
  • On top of all the improvements resulting from NZBVortex Cloud the following has been added to improve your download results:
  • Improved password detection
  • Improved junk detection
  • Automatically choose best final filename when obfuscated
  • Improved filename detection in article subjects
  • Modern technologies:
  • Modernised all API’s and removed a lot of old code and replaced with modern code
  • Replaced custom scrollviews and use new ones offered by Apple
  • Updated to a custom build unrar 5.1 – around 5% more performance
  • Optimised threading and thread handling
  • Completely rewritten the HTTP(S) file downloader
  • Updated Sparkle update framework to version 1.7.1
  • Updated CocoaHTTPServer to reference 2.3 implemented
  • Newest Par2SL version which fixes a small corner case issues
  • All code has been inspected and rewritten at places, cleaned and modernised.
  • Generic improvements:
  • You are able to rename downloads.
  • Improved RSS result parser for search results
  • Make NZBClub search work again
  • Improve rar-in-rar junk detection
  • Fixed a few very rare crashes and hangs
  • Lower CPU usage on lower specced Macs
  • Improved Split Join functionality
  • Support new failure report URL scheme for newznab sites
  • Quicker quit time of the app

New in NZBVortex 2.11.7 (Sep 22, 2014)

  • Fixed NZBClub search
  • Fixed password detection in RAR5 archives

New in NZBVortex 2.11.6 (Dec 10, 2013)

  • Support XtremeSplit (XTM) split files
  • Very rare: Freezing of User Interface while it is still downloading
  • Improve passworded Rar in Rar - detect this new password trick
  • Junk detection: more than 10% damaged pause improvement
  • Par2 file details check improvement

New in NZBVortex 2.11.5 (Dec 2, 2013)

  • Support XtremeSplit (XTM) split files
  • Extremely rare: Freezing of User Interface while it is still downloading
  • Improve passworded Rar in Rar - detect this new password trick
  • Par2 file availability check: whitelist NFO - allow it to be missing
  • Junk detection: more than 10% damaged pause improvement

New in NZBVortex 2.11.4 (Nov 18, 2013)

  • Free mode: configured speed limit always used even when not enabled when it's below 250KB/s
  • Low occurrence: RSS feeds TV tracking might cause high CPU load and unable to quit app

New in NZBVortex 2.11.3 (Nov 12, 2013)

  • Fix low occurrence crash in SSL error handling

New in NZBVortex 2.11.2 (Nov 12, 2013)

  • Free mode never starts downloads
  • Fixed a possible hang during obfuscation check on corrupt PAR2s

New in NZBVortex 2.11.1 (Nov 5, 2013)

  • Improved Mavericks power management support - prevent AppNap, SystemSleep and mark as background process
  • When trying to wild-card checking - try wildcard with par2 prefix if it finds 1 or more matching file
  • Remove several Thread sleeps in favour of semaphores -less cpu wakeups
  • Too much disk/io during parsing of NZB - bad moment for segment missing check
  • Lower memory usage while parsing large NZBs
  • Move from KVO to simple setProperty overloading for report DataObject changes
  • Crash while having RSS feeds without name (empty string)
  • Implement PAR2 filedescription packet parser - better quick check for obfuscated downloads
  • Add NZBGrabit obfuscation format (x01, x02 or x001, x002 filext)
  • Add support for unofficial (X-DNZB-Failure) DirectNZB header - auto get new NZB when NZB fails (DOGnzb)
  • Upgrade RAR to version 5.0 (zipped rars example)
  • Don't add intermedia episodes for full year episodes (2013.09.24 resolved to season 2013 episode 924)
  • Only two items visible on scrollviews when it's containing view is becoming visible again
  • Improve view switch animation, more smooth and layered
  • Auto renaming of "one file result" after download doesn't work anymore
  • RSS: TVshow watchers should process from new to old
  • RSS: TVshow watchers should process all feed items, even the downloaded ones
  • Data is not written to destination drive if download started with destination drive offline which was later connected
  • Don't pause NZBs with password when password in NZB filename {{password}}
  • Check for missing articles inside the NZB - some NZBs are not complete
  • Deleting specific RSS TV Show Episode States deleted them all
  • UI threading issue during finish search
  • Improve HTTP download code - redirects and partial urls
  • Edit ended after entering one character when table view column has sorting enabled
  • Quitting app causes current downloaded to be marked with error
  • Fixed crash in OS X 10.6 while completing downloads

New in NZBVortex 2.11.0 (Nov 4, 2013)

  • Focus of this release: lower power usage, improved Mavericks support, better obfuscated download support:
  • Improved Mavericks power management support - prevent AppNap, SystemSleep and mark as background process
  • When trying to wild-card checking - try wildcard with par2 prefix if it finds 1 or more matching file
  • Remove several Thread sleeps in favour of semaphores -less cpu wakeups
  • Too much disk/io during parsing of NZB - bad moment for segment missing check
  • Lower memory usage while parsing large NZBs
  • Move from KVO to simple setProperty overloading for report DataObject changes
  • Crash while having RSS feeds without name (empty string)
  • Implement PAR2 filedescription packet parser - better quick check for obfuscated downloads
  • Add NZBGrabit obfuscation format (x01, x02 or x001, x002 filext)
  • Add support for unofficial (X-DNZB-Failure) DirectNZB header - auto get new NZB when NZB fails (DOGnzb)
  • Upgrade RAR to version 5.0 (zipped rars example)
  • Don't add intermedia episodes for full year episodes (2013.09.24 resolved to season 2013 episode 924)
  • Only two items visible on scrollviews when it's containing view is becoming visible again
  • Improve view switch animation, more smooth and layered
  • Auto renaming of "one file result" after download doesn't work anymore
  • RSS: TVshow watchers should process from new to old
  • RSS: TVshow watchers should process all feed items, even the downloaded ones
  • Data is not written to destination drive if download started with destination drive offline which was later connected
  • Don't pause NZBs with password when password in NZB filename {{password}}
  • Check for missing articles inside the NZB - some NZBs are not complete
  • Deleting specific RSS TV Show Episode States deleted them all
  • UI threading issue during finish search
  • Improve HTTP download code - redirects and partial urls
  • Edit ended after entering one character when table view column has sorting enabled
  • Quitting app causes current downloaded to be marked with error

New in NZBVortex 2.10.3 (Aug 2, 2013)

  • Batch adding NZBs might cause skipped par2 files to disappear
  • Add support for RSS feeds from www.nzb-rss.com
  • Improved memory usage of yEnc decoder
  • Improve quit speed - optimise stopping threads
  • Support spaces in cleanup expressions
  • Selected search engine not restored after restart if it's a newznab search engine
  • Make password lock clickable on NZB progress view which opens Set password view
  • Upgraded CocoaHTTPServer used in Network API to version 2.3
  • Update LetsMove to version 1.8

New in NZBVortex 2.10.2 (Jul 17, 2013)

  • Show closed/opened lock icon depending if password has been entered for NZB
  • Improve "snappiness" of update data in Scrollview views
  • Post extract "par2 filename repair" postprocessing
  • Sandboxed apps can't use proc_listpidspath anymore
  • Don't strip [] and () characters from NZB filename so NZBs keep years in name
  • Slightly less cpu cycles when no NZB is processing
  • File cleanup - file_id.diz
  • Ability to disable "download error" notification sheet
  • Favicon for web interface bookmark.
  • Match RSS Include filter in order, first has preference
  • Some specific poster uploads filenames with usenet file name "(null)"
  • Improve CPU usage on high count nzb queues
  • Blacklisting in search by poster name
  • Integrate an additional search engine
  • Add any Newznab based site as a search engine
  • Select Newznab search engine categories
  • Reintroduce "smart par2 check" checkbox in advanced preferences
  • Add option to auto create separate folders for seasons when using groups
  • Ability to abort Usenet Search and downloads of nzbs in search
  • Archive password file support and via nzb filename {{PW}}
  • Recreate rss completely, new code and improved UI
  • Detect wake up while updating RSS feeds, cancel update if detected
  • Disable "Missing start archive" junk check when filenames in nzb are incorrect
  • Sorting of the list of group in the menu
  • Sort Watch/RSS List top left on name
  • Groups: Ability to move to subfolder with same name as RSS watch
  • RSS TV Shows: download all episodes of a show but never double
  • Groups: Ability to move TV shows to season folder
  • Fixed bug where no download would start from RSS without include filter

New in NZBVortex 2.10.1 (Jul 8, 2013)

  • Fixed bug where no download would start from RSS without include filter

New in NZBVortex 2.10.0 (Jul 8, 2013)

  • Integrate NZBking search engine
  • Newznab as search engine
  • Post extract "par2 filename repair" postprocessing
  • OS X Mavericks broke or disabled proc_listpidspath in Sandboxed Apps
  • Don't strip [] and () characters from NZB filename so NZBs keep years in name
  • Slightly less cpu cycles when no NZB is processing
  • File cleanup - file_id.diz
  • Ability to disable "download error" notification sheet
  • Favicon for web interface bookmark.
  • Match RSS Include filter in order, first has preference
  • Some specific poster uploads filenames with usenet file name "(null)"
  • Improve CPU usage on high count nzb queues
  • Blacklisting in search by poster name
  • Newznab search engine categories
  • Reintroduce "smart par2 check" checkbox in advanced preferences
  • Add option to auto create separate folders for seasons when using groups
  • Ability to abort Usenet Search and downloads of nzbs in search
  • Archive password file support and via nzb filename {{PW}}
  • Recreate rss completely
  • Detect wake up while updating RSS feeds, cancel update if detected
  • Disable "Missing start archive" junk check when filenames in nzb are incorrect
  • Sorting of the list of group in the menu
  • Sort Watch/RSS List top left on name
  • Groups: Ability to move to subfolder with same name as RSS watch
  • RSS TV Shows: download all episodes of a show but never double
  • Groups: Ability to move TV shows to season folder

New in NZBVortex 2.9.5 (Apr 22, 2013)

  • NZBVortex failing to repair with error message 0 more blocks needed
  • Crash after download a "old style" search result (web view)
  • Double extraction when mismatching Unicode normalization form in filename
  • Improve filename detection in malformed subjects in NZBs

New in NZBVortex 2.9.4 (Mar 28, 2013)

  • Support RAR archives sets starting with .000
  • Binsearch should default to "popular groups"
  • Repair obfuscated filenames using SFV when par2 set is damaged
  • Add support for 7z archives
  • Fix crash while trying to mount a bad completed folder (sandbox)
  • Advanced -> Add PAR2s from NZB removed all downloaded files
  • Merge a download into a failed download should be possible

New in NZBVortex 2.9.3 (Mar 1, 2013)

  • Fixed crash while adding a nzb via Remote API or WebUI
  • Make "Move to completed" more robust regarding mounted volumes

New in NZBVortex 2.9.2 (Feb 25, 2013)

  • Set password for NZB: make more clear when no archive is available
  • When adding RSS feeds via search: disable show episode when checkbox is disabled
  • Ability to add RSS feeds via search even without search results
  • "Move to completed" deletes download if download and completed is same folder and result is one folder
  • Binsearch "search in other groups"
  • Binsearch search results are all added with the name of the search
  • PAR2 repair not performed after "Join before par2 repair" has been used
  • Introduce advanced option to show advanced/full search result title
  • Make Repair file backup cleanup rule more strict
  • Pressing Cmd+Z (undo) after typing in search bar results in application hanging
  • Typo: Avarage > Average

New in NZBVortex 2.9.1 (Feb 3, 2013)

  • "Ask for Download Location" not working for Search and RSS
  • Support more obfuscated filename schemes

New in NZBVortex 2.9.0 (Jan 28, 2013)

  • We've added binsearch and nzbX search engine and support a new filename format.
  • Nicely animated and striped Progressbar
  • Improve Speed graph - wider and fill color
  • Support new hashed NZB filename or in-NZB files
  • Binsearch support - result scraper
  • Add NZBX.co search engine
  • Ability to specify decompress password during enqueueing
  • Support more tv show number schemes
  • RSS feeds: Watch name in bold if updates available
  • Update Growl framework to 2.0.1
  • Improve incomplete nzb file detection
  • Support badly numbered HJSplit split sets
  • "Pause Junk" pauses too small or no start archive AND (new) also rar-in-rar and hint files
  • Combine search results adds to top of queue
  • Whitelist IP for network API / WebUI
  • Quicker NZB parser
  • DirectNZB http headers for add NZB via URL
  • NetworkAPI: Ability to specify group during add of NZB
  • Improve password detection by distincting between real password or hinted files
  • Password detection on corrupted RAR not working

New in NZBVortex 2.8.6 (Dec 22, 2012)

  • Web interface sporadically requests for API key while not needed
  • Oddly formatted uuencoded articles might cause crash

New in NZBVortex 2.8.5 (Dec 17, 2012)

  • Some bugs where fixed and Network API extended.
  • New in this version:
  • Fix issue where NZBVortex might keep asking for folders during start
  • Incorrect "archive is password protected" warnings for some downloads
  • Fix download issue for some uuencoded downloads
  • Various Network API improvements
  • Preferences sheet opens too slow
  • Ability to disable SSL for Network API and Web interface
  • Process ArticlesForBackupServers in File after saving Servers

New in NZBVortex 2.8.4 (Dec 3, 2012)

  • Writing to disk errors when saving preferences for a second time
  • Only update security bookmarks when folders are really changed
  • Support uuencoded articles
  • Mysterbin went down - remove from search engines
  • Unsandbox folder after selecting download folder "ask folder mode"
  • Improve password checks of archive, faster and more reliable
  • Filter matching using regex should not split up regex using spaces

New in NZBVortex 2.8.3 (Nov 10, 2012)

  • New:
  • NZBclub via HTTPS not working anymore, move to http
  • Filesize on finished downloads wrong if download has directories
  • Make more clear users have to use HTTPS for webui on iOS devices
  • AQXMLParser crash while parsing RSS feeds - sporadic
  • Prevent never-ending crash reporter uncaught exception
  • Force set of security bookmark in MASFolderSelection even when path is same
  • WebUI: Improve NZB context menu, more situation aware
  • WebUI: improve colors - make same as native UI
  • Network API: Authentication hash check fails when base64 uses padding
  • Network API: remove pauseAll, resumeAll
  • Network API: Incorrect HTTP bonjour publish - Publish HTTPS

New in NZBVortex 2.8.2 (Sep 25, 2012)

  • WebUI: Support Safari Privacy Modus (API Key)
  • WebUI: Prevent hover background color for iOS devices
  • WebUI: Do not show progressbar for 0% progress
  • Very low frequent crash in XML parser
  • Support "season" only filter and downloads in RSS
  • Don't warn when run on Mac OSX 10.8.0 - bypassed OSX bug

New in NZBVortex 2.8.1 (Sep 22, 2012)

  • Small bug fixes

New in NZBVortex 2.8.0 (Sep 21, 2012)

  • Add Web Interface for remote control
  • Improve retina MacBook pro support
  • Search/rss feature addition for NZBClub
  • Implement a network API for other apps to control NZBVortex
  • Add Simple file verification support (sfv)
  • Fix possible registration issue on Snow Leopard (server) machines
  • Invalid RSS feed XML / search might cause stability issues
  • NZBVortex fails to extract rar archive of splitted one-massive rar file
  • "Paused, likely junk, missing start archive(s)." When filenames do not match on NNTP server.
  • Move usenet password from plist to keychain
  • Add advanced option to enable "Pause damaged downloads without repair" (SFV)
  • Add option to toggle "Pause Junk downloads"
  • Restructure Advanced preference screen
  • Add 'Download next' option to the search menu.
  • False rar-in-rar detection for subs which are spanned over multiple archives
  • Ability to choose growl, mountain lion notifications or none
  • UI freeze + high mem load when right click on fileset when having 100+ items selected
  • Watched network folders or symlinks to network folders don't work
  • Many more small fixes...

New in NZBVortex 2.7.4 (Jun 23, 2012)

  • Work-around for bug in latest Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion update
  • Retry missing articles 3 times per server for optimal completion
  • Option to manual skip files and filesets from NZB
  • Better support for Mountain Lion Notifications
  • Updated RAR to version 4.2
  • Scheduler put Mac to sleep/shutdown even when option not enabled
  • Pause NZB's with a very small start RAR file, password trick
  • Password protect should also pause nzbs which are missing start rars
  • False positives password warnings (rar-in-rar)

New in NZBVortex 2.7.3 (May 28, 2012)

  • Support usenet servers which respond with a complete article (220) instead of body only
  • Search Merge and Download doesn't download all files
  • Scheduler pause + sleep when done should trigger sleep
  • RSS window remember and restore splitview positions
  • Initial watch folder process during start doesn't work sandbox
  • Auto launch NZBvortex can cause incorrect helper not installed warning
  • Fixed potential crash while adding nzbs via a open panel (very low frequent)

New in NZBVortex 2.7.2 (Apr 16, 2012)

  • Fixed Always requests keychain permission on osx 10.6
  • Fixed a potential crash in unsandbox bookmarks code

New in NZBVortex 2.7.1 (Apr 13, 2012)

  • Fixed in 2.7.1: A potential crash while downloading a zip in watch folder
  • Rare crash during adding of a NZB after a damaged NZB (gerteunis) - resolved.
  • Implemented a NFO preview popup for search results (gerteunis) - resolved.
  • Dont offer to move app to applications in sandbox mode (gerteunis) - resolved.
  • Make MAS sandbox compatible on Mac App Store
  • Use a semi private API to detect if an file is in use (gerteunis) - resolved.
  • "?" Matching in filtering etc should match exactly one character (gerteunis) - resolved.
  • Cleanup rss view and make it easier to understand (gerteunis) - resolved.
  • Delete files from parse queue when they don't contain an nzb start tag (gerteunis) - resolved.
  • "Auto remove finished nzbs" prevents queue completed notify & sleep (gerteunis) - resolved.
  • Show NFO links back in search results (gerteunis) - resolved.
  • Show files + PAR2 file count in main search results (gerteunis) - resolved.
  • Rebuild state file when SQLite open fails (gerteunis) - resolved.
  • Remove temporary entitlement and use secure bookmarks (gerteunis) - resolved.
  • Failed download counts as paused and finished at the same time (queue status) (gerteunis) - resolved.
  • Blacklist path finder for open file check (gerteunis) - resolved.
  • Pause nzbs containing uuencoded articles (gerteunis) - resolved.
  • Add "maxsize=" to the SD RSS feed created with "Save As RSS" button (gerteunis) - resolved.
  • Option to disable growl notifications (gerteunis) - resolved.
  • Very sporadic crash while deleting a finished download (thanks Winston Smith) (gerteunis) - resolved.
  • Double add of same nzb still posible sometimes (gerteunis) - closed.
  • Only SHA1 check NZB files in parse queue (gerteunis) - closed.

New in NZBVortex 2.7.0 (Apr 11, 2012)

  • Rare crash during adding of a NZB after a damaged NZB (gerteunis) - resolved.
  • Implemented a NFO preview popup for search results (gerteunis) - resolved.
  • Dont offer to move app to applications in sandbox mode (gerteunis) - resolved.
  • Make MAS sandbox compatible on Mac App Store
  • Use a semi private API to detect if an file is in use (gerteunis) - resolved.
  • "?" Matching in filtering etc should match exactly one character (gerteunis) - resolved.
  • Cleanup rss view and make it easier to understand (gerteunis) - resolved.
  • Delete files from parse queue when they don't contain an nzb start tag (gerteunis) - resolved.
  • "Auto remove finished nzbs" prevents queue completed notify & sleep (gerteunis) - resolved.
  • Show NFO links back in search results (gerteunis) - resolved.
  • Show files + PAR2 file count in main search results (gerteunis) - resolved.
  • Rebuild state file when SQLite open fails (gerteunis) - resolved.
  • Remove temporary entitlement and use secure bookmarks (gerteunis) - resolved.
  • Failed download counts as paused and finished at the same time (queue status) (gerteunis) - resolved.
  • Blacklist path finder for open file check (gerteunis) - resolved.
  • Pause nzbs containing uuencoded articles (gerteunis) - resolved.
  • Add "maxsize=" to the SD RSS feed created with "Save As RSS" button (gerteunis) - resolved.
  • Option to disable growl notifications (gerteunis) - resolved.
  • Very sporadic crash while deleting a finished download (thanks Winston Smith) (gerteunis) - resolved.
  • Double add of same nzb still posible sometimes (gerteunis) - closed.
  • Only SHA1 check NZB files in parse queue (gerteunis) - closed.

New in NZBVortex 2.6.3 (Jan 15, 2012)

  • Mis-identified "password protected" archives
  • Potential erroneous "password protected" warning on a NZB
  • Old style results for Soulver on NZBIndex + crash during download
  • Filter finder pid and name from lsof isBusy results
  • RSSViewController downloadSelectedFeedItems BAD_ACCESS
  • Tune cleanup even more (recursive clean folder cleanup)

New in NZBVortex 2.5.4 (Dec 5, 2011)

  • Better defaults during folder configuration
  • Par2 fix-filename should not rename possible split files
  • other small bugfixes

New in NZBVortex 2.5.3 (Nov 15, 2011)

  • Support the French/Canadian renamed file uploads and improve other funcky nzbs
  • Better support misnamed files during par2 phase
  • Introduce a "configure sleep" balloon while clicking the Zzz button
  • Show a balloon for the hard to find (seems) sleep and speed limit buttons
  • Lion resume fullscreen wrong screen dimensions.
  • Add a low CPU priority mode option for postprocessing
  • Press SPACE to pause/resume marked downloads.
  • "Reset Monthly server volume" doesn't work when "volume limit warning" is disabled
  • Server traffic reset button doesn't update UI right away
  • A reminder on launch that speed limit is use
  • Show "speed limit" balloon above speed limit mode button when pressed
  • Detect "wake up computer" timeout - make it little more snappy
  • Application fade in animation glitch
  • Button to add search query as RSS watch
  • Merging nzb with another already imported paused nzb should not start download.
  • Wildcard support rss / group matching / cleanup (regex using slash)
  • Right click -> make this nzb the next to download
  • Delete to trash with "Yes and Delete Files" or at least make it optional.
  • Episodes watch values not saved following power cut
  • Move out all other stuff from ProcessSpeed thread
  • Rename files if the nzb contains other filenames compared to the par2 set content
  • Drop NZB after itself (blue line bottom of itself) moves moves below the next NZB
  • Franticly clicking SSL checkbox might cause a crash during test server settings (NSThread)
  • Fix infrequent crash during manual download of RSS feed items
  • Fix for very rare and hard to find crash in network stack

New in NZBVortex 2.5.0 (Nov 3, 2011)

  • Support the French/Canadian renamed file uploads and improve other funcky nzbs
  • Better support misnamed files during par2 phase
  • Introduce a "configure sleep" balloon while clicking the Zzz button
  • Show a balloon for the hard to find (seems) sleep and speed limit buttons
  • Lion resume fullscreen wrong screen dimensions.
  • Add a low CPU priority mode option for postprocessing
  • Press SPACE to pause/resume marked downloads.
  • "Reset Monthly server volume" doesn't work when "volume limit warning" is disabled
  • Server traffic reset button doesn't update UI right away
  • A reminder on launch that speed limit is use
  • Show "speed limit" balloon above speed limit mode button when pressed
  • Detect "wake up computer" timeout - make it little more snappy
  • Application fade in animation glitch
  • Button to add search query as RSS watch
  • Merging nzb with another already imported paused nzb should not start download.
  • Wildcard support rss / group matching / cleanup (regex using slash)
  • Right click -> make this nzb the next to download
  • Delete to trash with "Yes and Delete Files" or at least make it optional.
  • Episodes watch values not saved following power cut
  • Move out all other stuff from ProcessSpeed thread
  • Rename files if the nzb contains other filenames compared to the par2 set content
  • Drop NZB after itself (blue line bottom of itself) moves moves below the next NZB
  • Franticly clicking SSL checkbox might cause a crash during test server settings (NSThread)

New in NZBVortex 2.4.2 (Aug 30, 2011)

  • Fix infrequent crash during manual download of RSS feed items
  • Fix for very rare and hard to find crash in network stack

New in NZBVortex 2.4.0 (Aug 20, 2011)

  • Mac OS X Lion full screen mode
  • Auto remount NAS when it's unmounted
  • Merge search results (i.e. add additional par2 set)
  • Keyboard support, selection and commands
  • Multi select support almost everywhere
  • Lower CPU usage in Idle (up to 66% lower) and Download (up to 25% lower)
  • Test server settings in preferences
  • Better support for newsservers with missing groups
  • Merge NZBs into each other
  • Delete completed download files
  • Added a search context menu
  • Option to auto remove completed download
  • Backspace opens remove nzb
  • Add support for link in search results and RSS
  • File list auto scaling
  • Support RAR archives with authenticity check
  • much much more...

New in NZBVortex 2.3.0 (Jul 18, 2011)

  • Groups with auto matching, added to queue, filterbar, rss and more.
  • Option to disable removing dots form filename (better for some scrapers)
  • Better cleanup "Sample" folder (especially for german releases)
  • More queue sort options: Age, Size, Name, Group Name, Remaining bytes
  • Lion UI fixes for the momentum scrollbars
  • Better Giganews SSL to non-SSL server switch
  • Prevent multiple launches of NZBVortex
  • Able to add preference toolbar icon
  • Welcome message displayed too often for new users
  • Support for RAR sets which start with .001

New in NZBVortex 2.2.6 (Jun 13, 2011)

  • NAS or external HDD less prone being remounted with -1 suffix
  • Various post processing tweaks and tuning
  • Various cleanup improvements
  • Improve corrupted queue detection

New in NZBVortex 2.2.5 (Jun 7, 2011)

  • Tuned performance for SSD drives (with TRIM or TRIM hack)
  • Zip file support
  • Split file support
  • Video preview now also works on Split and mk4 files
  • Better detection of "Preview file available"
  • Lower cpu usage
  • Faster and less memory used for parsing large NZBs
  • Better detect passworded nzbs
  • Detection of a corrupt state database file
  • Checkbox before RSS feed name now disables update; new option added to disable download of nzbs
  • Move "One folder extraction result fix" to cleanup phase (even multiple sub folders now)
  • Support badly formatted yEnc articles better
  • Support pause and cancel during Joining
  • Better old nzb detection
  • Support concurrent add of search results
  • And of course: all kinds of other small issues fixed.

New in NZBVortex 2.2.0 (May 3, 2011)

  • 0000619: [Bug report] Do not pause NZB on unknown / undefined NNTP result codes
  • 0000616: [Bug report] Fixed several small issues while par2 checking multi-par2-set nzbs
  • 0000612: [Feature request] Retain "speed limit" mode on restart of NZBVortex
  • 0000611: [Feature request] Search triggered when leaving min and max field
  • 0000609: [Feature request] Add Option to disable recursive uncompress
  • 0000608: [Crash report] Do not try to find nzbs in large zip files (50MB max)
  • 0000587: [Feature request] Store smartcheck results somewhere
  • 0000594: [Feature request] Add "Limit/ Unlimit download speed" feature to Dock menu.
  • 0000259: [Feature request] UI update for folder selection
  • 0000350: [Feature request] After cleanup delete empty folders
  • 0000606: [Bug report] When sheet open do not enable the scheduler toolbar button
  • 0000607: [Feature request] Warning during first time preview is started; "might not work"
  • 0000602: [Bug report] Extract double archived rar files / recursive uncompress (rar in rar)
  • 0000582: [Feature request] Add ability to load VLC with partial downloads and completed rars from the interface
  • 0000595: [Feature request] "Search Usenet" shortcut should not include shift key
  • 0000581: [Feature request] Visual feedback when double clicking a search result
  • 0000596: [Feature request] Focus search field on open of usenet search
  • 0000501: [Feature request] Show feed item details in RSS view.
  • 0000578: [Feature request] change dock-badge to show percentage resp. time remaining instead of download-speed
  • 0000592: [Feature request] Free mode text in scheduler - like preferences
  • 0000589: [Feature request] Press enter in Minimum and Maximum size should submits search
  • 0000283: [Feature request] Add capability to schedule a range of times to pause/resume
  • 0000520: [Feature request] Notify user when backup servers are used.
  • 0000572: [Feature request] Remove preference cog from the view selection toolbar button
  • 0000573: [Feature request] Select file in finder when showing download and the download result in one file
  • 0000575: [Bug report] Potential deadlock crash while resuming an nzb (low occurance)
  • 0000538: [Feature request] IPv6 Server Support
  • 0000570: [Feature request] Make license/register view (non MAS) a sheet instead of view
  • 0000569: [Feature request] Make preferences a sheet on the main screen
  • 0000564: [Bug report] "ask for download location" should always create a new subfolder in selected location
  • 0000568: [Bug report] Mark RSS feed items "Processed" when the RSS feed is disabled
  • 0000565: [Feature request] Manual download of RSS feed item or Search result download should respect "ask for download location"
  • 0000563: [Bug report] Unable to open the main window after closing it when rss view is active
  • 0000567: [Bug report] Prevent "Download file to:" location from being empty
  • 0000580: [Feature request] Cleanup of png breaks blueray rips for some players: BDMV folder (Bluray)
  • 0000584: [Feature request] Refactor to usenetengine framework and ui

New in NZBVortex 2.1.2 (Apr 8, 2011)

  • Potential deadlock crash while resuming an nzb (low occurance)
  • "Ask for download location" should always create a new subfolder in selected location

New in NZBVortex 2.1.1 (Mar 17, 2011)

  • Support Sxx.Eyy (the extra dot) RSS feed item show matching
  • Fixed a potential crash in downloading invalid RSS feeds
  • Add support for HTTP 301 and 302 redirects in RSS (very specific)

New in NZBVortex 2.1.0 (Mar 14, 2011)

  • 0000557: [Feature request] Upgrade unrar to the just release unrar 4.0 final
  • 0000547: [Feature request] Implement "pause all transfers" sheet button when global volume limit is reached
  • 0000548: [Feature request] Implement "disable server" in volume reached info sheet when a server's volume is reached.
  • 0000552: [Feature request] Add an option to enable "zzz" on start of nzbvortex
  • 0000551: [Bug report] Add a queueable sheet display helper function
  • 0000545: [Bug report] NZBVortex is not preventing the computer from sleeping while there are active downloads.
  • 0000393: [Bug report] CMD+T shortcut doesn't work when window is closed
  • 0000529: [Feature request] Make "press resume for processing" instant, not via processing thread
  • 0000457: [Feature request] Growl notification should reveal file of completed NZB when clicked
  • 0000521: [Feature request] Add data count for block accounts.
  • 0000544: [Feature request] Add a dummy server into preferences the first time NZBVortex is started
  • 0000533: [Feature request] RSS include/exclude should exclude empty keywords (query ending in comma)
  • 0000511: [Feature request] Keep last X downloaded RSS feed items
  • 0000514: [Feature request] Support bad SSL certificate web servers for RSS and search
  • 0000494: [Feature request] Transfer volume counter (periodic, fair use)
  • 0000527: [Feature request] File list optimizations, lower cpu usage
  • 0000523: [Feature request] Play sound on nzb download complete / queue complete
  • 0000515: [Feature request] Add hidden preference to disable displaying of connection errors
  • 0000526: [Feature request] Download nzb's files ordered by filename
  • 0000525: [Bug report] Watch folder change not instant
  • 0000524: [Feature request] On NZB remove from queue (cancel or finish) instant update the UI
  • 0000513: [Bug report] RSS: Multiple successive episode numbers are not downloaded in one session

New in NZBVortex 2.0.0 (Jan 4, 2011)

  • 0000496: [Feature request] Tune startup speed by loading the RSS feeds in the background
  • 0000493: [Bug report] NZBs added from Watch folder while "Pause all added NZBs" option is on aren't paused
  • 0000487: [Bug report] Throttling does not work for speeds below 300/400KB/s
  • 0000489: [Feature request] Offer "Move to applications" when started from a non applications folder
  • 0000451: [Feature request] Optimize queue loading and memory usage (large queue/file/article count)
  • 0000482: [Bug report] NZBvortex preventing sleep / standby mode
  • 0000465: [Bug report] NZB states are counted incorrectly in queue status label (bottom of screen)
  • 0000435: [Feature request] Notify user when NZB(s) being added contain no par2 files
  • 0000157: [Feature request] Handle Passworded archives
  • 0000045: [Feature request] Add display of the NZB's age (relative to the posting date) / Sort queue by age
  • 0000384: [Feature request] NNTP Login error message should be displayed to user
  • 0000413: [Feature request] (RSS Feeds) - NZBs containing only numbers in their names should be renamed using RSS title
  • 0000458: [Feature request] No target folder creation for single file downloads
  • 0000376: [Feature request] A global "Add as paused" option, not only from RSS Feeds.
  • 0000476: [Bug report] High cpu usage on big queues: backup connections scanning
  • 0000391: [Feature request] Implement check for password protected archives
  • 0000473: [Feature request] Add option "Pause passworded nzbs" advanced option (enabled by default)
  • 0000024: [Feature request] Add support for multiple servers
  • 0000466: [Feature request] Retry on par2 check failed NZB should retry download of missing articles
  • 0000456: [Feature request] Growl notification for "queue completed" when all is downloaded/processed
  • 0000347: [Feature request] ctrl-left click = rightclick
  • 0000484: [Bug report] Better handling of full download drive
  • 0000416: [Bug report] Warn if nzbvortex can't save files (invalid target drive)

New in NZBVortex 1.6.2 (Oct 24, 2010)

  • [Bug report] Exceptional rare crash during file list replace with uncompressed files
  • [Feature request] Implemented a DNScache (less dns requests)
  • [Bug report] Fix low occurrence issue where the queue is empty after start

New in NZBVortex 1.6.0 (Oct 4, 2010)

  • Performance tuning of large file lists
  • Introduced "Download all par2 files"
  • Introduced "Add PAR2s from NZB..."
  • Introduced "Download all par2 files of..."
  • Move to completed fails during sleep/wake (wifi not available)
  • Make search history available in the top right corner search field
  • Make (hidden) pref for Shutdown instead of sleep
  • Rar postprocessing cleanup for Rxx, Sxx, Txx and Uxx
  • Small pixel tweaks in RSS view
  • Add "Search for NZB" using a public nzb index site
  • Prevent never-ending file save on fast connections (memory eater)
  • Delete state file if it's damaged on start of app
  • Warn for app slim functions when app is damaged
  • Add "Add par2 files from.." to NZB context menu to add all par2s from another NZB
  • Continue download of target folder already exists AND filename is there
  • Unable to import NZB with same name from same location
  • Graphic glitches and interface freezing when switching view mode fast over and over
  • Make KB/s MB/s and GB/s work better for Dock icon as well
  • Only update filelist when selecting a NZB when the filelist is visible
  • Time to completion incorrect
  • And lots of other smaller changes

New in NZBVortex 1.5.0 (Aug 15, 2010)

  • 0000380: [Feature request] Double click a RSS feed item matching the season/episode filter should increase episode
  • 0000379: [Feature request] Make connect error detection detect a computer wakeup
  • 0000331: [Feature request] Review and tune speed throttling
  • 0000375: [Feature request] Finetune User Interface, thanks for the feedback
  • 0000374: [Feature request] File List and NZB queue double click actions - open folder/file
  • 0000371: [Feature request] Various download state and memory optimizations
  • 0000370: [Feature request] Make parsing filenames from NZB's better for bad posts
  • 0000367: [Feature request] Make views slide in and out of the window
  • 0000366: [Feature request] Display selected NZB's info and main file icon
  • 0000365: [Feature request] Introduce new toolbar with more action
  • 0000364: [Feature request] Allow drag/drop reorder of rss feed
  • 0000363: [Feature request] Add "apply current filter on all non downloaded feed items" in rss view
  • 0000362: [Feature request] Mark newly received rss feed items bold
  • 0000361: [Feature request] Do not filter rss feeds on episode numbers in preview window
  • 0000330: [Feature request] Make Zzz and turtle icon white when pressed
  • 0000164: [Feature request] Button to Pause all / Resume all
  • 0000357: [Bug report] Computer going to sleep when pausing the last download and Zzz enabled
  • 0000052: [Feature request] Make downloads reorderable by drag & drop
  • 0000358: [Bug report] "Detailed View" button becomes inactive after changing anything in the preferences window
  • 0000353: [Feature request] Speed graph in nzb info panel
  • 0000355: [Feature request] Add SSL status to download statistics bar
  • 0000348: [Feature request] Reporting missing pars when not able to repair in status and growl message
  • 0000077: [Feature request] Add the ability to customize the toolbar
  • 0000308: [Bug report] RSS view column order and size are not saved
  • 0000151: [Feature request] Show also how much par files nzb has or warn if it has no par files
  • 0000026: [Feature request] Allow the display of a NZB's contents / pending files
  • 0000352: [Bug report] Rar postprocessing cleanup for Rxx, Sxx and Txx
  • 0000346: [Feature request] Lower cpu usage by using bsd sockets only for non-ssl connections
  • 0000337: [Feature request] Cancel all transfers should not affect finished transfers + also offer "delete files" option
  • 0000341: [Feature request] Move NZB actions pause; resume to NZB object
  • 0000340: [Feature request] Remove state update code, tune find-download-article and make getunsavedbytes O(1)
  • 0000345: [Feature request] Enable option to filter on RSS Categories
  • 0000343: [Feature request] Make inter RSS feed wait more smart
  • 0000336: [Bug report] Finished downloads shouldn't be affected by Pause All from the menubar menu
  • 0000339: [Bug report] Adding compressed NZB's some times fail
  • 0000342: [Bug report] Filter out "report" namespace XML tags from RSS feeds (newbin only and volatile tags)
  • 0000338: [Feature request] Enabled show nzb context menu regardless of item state
  • 0000333: [Feature request] Make shutdown a little faster (smarter way of waiting for conn close + save)

New in NZBVortex 1.0.0 (Jun 20, 2010)

  • RSS feed support
  • Support for ZIPed NZBs
  • Added move to top/bottom of queue
  • Queue items are selectable including context menu on list and item
  • Clear button on the button right to clear finished
  • Around 40 other changes (check full change log)

New in NZBVortex 0.7.0 (May 3, 2010)

  • Make post processing optional/delayable
  • Ability to move completed downloads to another location
  • After completion cleanup: Make configurable which file types to auto cleanup
  • Incorrect parsing of yenc message with 'special character' filenames
  • Cleanup filenames in NZB's which contain set numbers in the filename " (1/79)"
  • One-article files use crc32 field instead of pcrc32
  • Make NZB parse routine more robuust to it will not add nzb's twice or download in same folder
  • Article state repair after restart was causing downloading of skipped files
  • During prefs save: only reset current connections if connection prefs are changed
  • Save invalid yenc message to file in "Application support" folder
  • Gather anonymous system info during Sparkle update
  • Sleep button doesn't work if there are paused download in the listing
  • NZB waiting in "saving/downloading" state after "Need additional blocks: .. 1.."
  • NZB download folder should not end in .nzb even when cleanup falls back to default
  • 'Support' filenames with an forward slash in it
  • Extra cleanup expressions
  • When reverting state of FileArticle to FileArticleStateWaiting also update File and NZBstate
  • Make sure a 0 bytes file will be saved if all articles are bad
  • Filename cleanup should accept accented chars
  • Increase max number of concurrent connections
  • Change button for Download location and NZB watch folder broke on 10.5
  • Incorrect display of total and nzb file size on large files

New in NZBVortex 0.6.0 (Apr 12, 2010)

  • Support nzb parsing of filenames encapsulated with two single quotes instead of a double quote
  • Stop / pause should also work during postprocessing mode
  • Postprocessing should not unrar/unzip to another subfolder when there is just one rar set
  • Update all texts and handling of NZBViewController stats
  • Fix a crash when processing post processing results (very very rare)
  • Download a limited number of NZB at once in Simultaneous transfer mode
  • Offer option to move downloaded files to trash when deleting NZB
  • Some NZB's have suffix (xx/xx) in the filename, strip that
  • Display growl message when adding NZBs from watch dir
  • No growl notification when server url is changed to non-available/non-existing address
  • Add "Pause All" and "Resume All" to Dock menu.
  • US-ASCII encoding not supported in NZB files
  • Parsing of NZB should be done on a separate thread not on IO thread
  • Sometimes application skips parts or downloads only a small amount
  • Button to enable speedlimit
  • Alternating rows colors in NZB listing
  • Show how many nzbs were added to the queue. Best place - stautus bar.
  • Show total amount of data to be downloaded.
  • Bunch of UI Ideas for the future
  • Implement coloured progress bar for status
  • Numbers-only-named nzbs with enabled "Autmatically add NZBs" causes crash
  • Implement a CrashReporter for better crash reporting
  • Download start Pars first
  • Save file should be more resistant to crashes
  • Add copyright notices in the about of NZBVortex
  • Crash in during save of article, parse article footer

New in NZBVortex 0.5.5 (Mar 25, 2010)

  • Make NZBVortex OSX 10.5 compatible
  • Changes Case of some Letters
  • Starting NZBVortex on 10.5 crashes during setting of OpenPanel location
  • Application crashes when manual adding a nzb and "Ask for download location" is enabled
  • Cleanup unrepaired rar files (*.rar.1) after succesful uncompressed
  • Make getStartPars check for other sets which don't have a .par or vol00+xx filename
  • Make name cleanup work better by stripping all weird chars
  • Trouble repairing archive with two par2 sets and one is okay other needs additional blocks
  • Support double digit start par2s (0+1, 00+01, 0+03 etc)
  • Simultaneous transfer should limit to the 'top' CONNECTIONNUMBER NZBs
  • "Disabled preferences require a license"
  • Pause downloads when free diskspace gets below 2x write cache size
  • Make find index in data faster on OSX 10.5
  • Extract RAR sets in separate subfolder so they will not overwrite each other

New in NZBVortex 0.5.0 (Mar 15, 2010)

  • Shaved of 300KB of the NZBVortex application size, leaner!
  • Added experimental version of SmartCheck, detects if par2 check is skippable
  • If unrar fails and SmartCheck skip has been used go back to PAR2 check
  • Use Par2SL instead of current Par2 CLI applications.
  • Make sure Sample skip doesn't skip all files (gerteunis)
  • Shutdown when done option (gerteunis)
  • Save files to FILENAME.partial first to notify users which files are "done"
  • Add a NZB "watch" folder
  • Free edition was skipping par2 files as well, not allowed
  • Ability to Ignore 'Samples' from NZB's when the sample files have their own par2
  • NZBVortex crashes when opening nzb which is deleted directly after adding
  • Make save state faster so it can be used more often
  • Some news servers use "unauhthorized" to notify no more connections are allowed
  • "Add NZB" button opens dialog causing crash NZBVortex when iLife mini browser is installed and crashing
  • "Delete NZB after adding" should delete to Trash
  • Remove support for PPC. Compile only for Intel.
  • "Service Discontinued" NNTP status should not mark article Failed

New in NZBVortex 0.4.2 (Feb 22, 2010)

  • A lot of CPU tuning has been done in this release.
  • No real new features; just a lot of performance and functionality tweaking.
  • Other new features:
  • On start of NZBVortex revert state of nzb back to state which triggers par2 or unrar
  • Do not process par1 messages, try to skip download of par1 files if an equivalent par2 is available
  • When stopping or finishing NZB the file handles aren't released
  • Create a new folder with number of target folder already exists (auto create target folder)
  • Prevent adding the same NZB twice or more
  • Download speed in dock icon
  • Correctly handle corrupt NZB's and log + notify it
  • Check work directory before starting post processing
  • Filename cleanup should not end up in a ".NZB" filename
  • In 0.4.1 all pars are downloaded, not smartly skipped
  • Cleanup rar.1 etc as well, par2 repair will store the original to rar.1
  • Display error growl message if postprocessing failed
  • Growl not displayed while in free mode

New in NZBVortex 0.4.1 (Feb 15, 2010)

  • Optimize CPU usage. statefile save cause overall spikes (large NZB's).
  • Optimize memory usage when parsing NZB files.
  • Exception Type: EXC_CRASH (SIGABRT) while opening specific NZB file.
  • OSX security dialog prevents adding multiple NZB's at once.
  • Add option to delete NZB files upon import/add.
  • Make registration work better and live.
  • Drag & Drop NZB to application window.
  • Application crashes after changing write cache size from default to 100.
  • Don't show '(licensed)' in application title.
  • Make 'smart downloading' setting unavailable if no active license is present.

New in NZBVortex 0.4.0 (Feb 13, 2010)

  • Optimizing download speed only downloads required pars
  • Par check and verify
  • Unrar downloaded files
  • Cleanup files after completion
  • Added an "Open location" button after download
  • A lot of other engine and UI tweaks!

New in NZBVortex 0.3.0 (Jan 27, 2010)

  • 0000069: [Feature request] Add a Support button on the toolbar (gerteunis) - resolved.
  • 0000068: [Feature request] Add donate button to UI (gerteunis) - resolved.
  • 0000051: [Bug report] Download status incorrect if download order changed (gerteunis) - resolved.
  • 0000009: [Bug report] Reference count not 0 after deleting NZB from UI (gerteunis) - resolved.
  • 0000013: [Feature request] Add Growl support (gerteunis) - resolved.
  • 0000025: [Feature request] Please add the ability to throttle downloads (gerteunis) - resolved.
  • 0000017: [Feature request] Create and add application/Dock icon (gerteunis) - resolved.
  • 0000015: [Feature request] Add better error messages (gerteunis) - resolved.
  • 0000065: [Feature request] Added Simultaneous Transfer option (gerteunis) - resolved.
  • 0000040: [Feature request] Add "time remaining" for individual downloads and whole queue (gerteunis) - resolved.
  • 0000064: [Bug report] NZB progress displays downloading even when it's not downloading (gerteunis) - resolved.
  • 0000037: [Feature request] Add memory cache to reduce disk thrashing (gerteunis) - resolved.
  • 0000014: [Feature request] Ability to choose in what (sub)folder downloads are stored (gerteunis) - resolved.
  • 0000056: [Feature request] Add option to delete NZB files upon import/add (gerteunis) - resolved.
  • 0000050: [Bug report] Change in server settings needs restart (gerteunis) - resolved.
  • 0000057: [Feature request] Toolbar Settings are not remembered between restarts (gerteunis) - resolved.
  • 0000027: [Feature request] Add the ability to stop, pause, resume all and clear all finished downloads at once (gerteunis) - resolved.
  • 0000058: [Feature request] Window Size and Positioning are not remembered between restarts (gerteunis) - resolved.
  • 0000032: [Feature request] Changes to the "Preferences" panel (gerteunis) - resolved.
  • 0000063: [Bug report] NZBVortex downloads no files but displays no error (gerteunis) - resolved.
  • 0000031: [Feature request] NZBVortex's state is not saved in the user's application support directory (gerteunis) - resolved.
  • 0000054: [Feature request] Add NZB dialog doesn't remember last opened folder (gerteunis) - resolved.
  • 0000004: [Feature request] Implement SSL support (gerteunis) - resolved.
  • 0000059: [Feature request] Allow selection of multiple files in "Add NZB" dialog (gerteunis) - closed.