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Best Newsgroup Program

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reply to Optimus2357
Are you looking for a search engine or a program to download nzbs?

Program. I am not familial with the process through a web platform. Wouldn't you still need a client for the download process? Kind of like Utorrent to Pirate's Bay?

reply to Optimus2357
I use sabnzbd. Quick and simple and has 2 nice benefits. 1 it can be run through a tab on any internet browser and 2 its super simple to set it up like a server so if you have multiple computers in the house you can easily stream stuff from the sabnzbd computer to others in the house etc.

Ok. LOL. So I downloaded SABnzbd..and now I have a new problem/question. What is the best Usenet Indexing Site to use?
Right now I am using nzb.su. Liking it so far. Thanks for the info.

reply to Optimus2357
There are quite a few indexing sites to choose from. Here are several options:
»www.newsgroupreviews.com/usenet-···nes.html

A couple popular sites are Binsearch.info (free) and Nzbmatrix ($10 on-time fee)

-NGR
Newsgroup Reviews

reply to Optimus2357
The answer to both of your questions is, "depends on what you want to do..."

For the software side, I also use SAB with Sickbeard most of the time for downloading NZBs. If I want to pull headers (read articles manually), I use Pan which is free.

For indexing sites, they all have advantages & downsides; they are all useful for different types of searches. There really isn't a dominant "Winnar" IMO. Best thing to do is just sign on with several, and stick with a set that suits you.

For raw searches - Binsearch.info and Mysterbin. Once I learned how to use them, they were full of awesome.

For user-submtted NZBs - Newzbin and NZBmatrix. They're good, but they've both been wonky lately and both cost money.

NZBs.org has a nice, clean interface that I like (kinda like NZBmatrix minus the bs). Womble's is excellent for rss.

It is smart to be familiar with several, we never know when circumstances might take one down temporarily or permanently.
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reply to Optimus2357
I use for raw searches:

»www.binsearch.info/
»www.mysterbin.com/

Mainly those two because of the ability to look into rar files and see what is in them, really powerful feature.

»www.nzbclub.com/

I like this search site too because it shows all kinds of details on files you search for like activity and rating.

For indexing I use filesharingtalk.com. It is free and they don't ask you for any money whatsoever.

Sometimes I use NZBTVSeeker.com when I need to get a whole season of a TV show.

I use release blogs to keep up with what has been released:

sceper.eu
scnsrc.me
rlslog.net

Also some good sites to keep bookmarked:

»www.abgx.net/
»www.orlydb.com/

Using all of those, I am able to find 99% of what I want for free.

I use Newsbin Pro 6 to download. To me, for a lifetime license, it is worth the money. SabNZBd is good too for starters though.

Thanks for everyone's help. I decided to go with SABnzbd and NZB.su. I like the simplicity and low resource footprint. I also like the ability to network the downloaded files and file share. Basically I am just using it music. Between Ondemand, Netflix and Hulu, I have more AV content then I can ever watch (for me). I may switch to Newsbin Pro depending on what kind of throughput I see from SabNZBd I see over time. Who knows.

But now I have a different issue. SabNZBd integration. I am going to start a new thread on that though. Thanks again!

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