Getting these darn nzb files!

[piratepatch]

Hi, I'm a newbie needing help with nzb files. I'm using Newsbin & Sab and it all works fine with my bookmarks etc using the Newsbin Menu & search for ie stuff in Apps. What I can't figure is when I search Usenet Raw, I create an nzb when I see an item & it downloads the ID & date etc onto a Folder with nothing in it, fine.

I then go to my Sab home page and and locate the Id, ie in the last test i got "_FAILED_selected_files_20091225-174502"

I tried putting this in either "add report" or  "add file" but nothing shows up in the Queue. Is "Failed" the reason it won't work? I'm assuming that as long as I have the 6 number ID it should search for it if I enter that in "report Id"

Are there other parameters I need to enter.

I've scouted the usual FAQ's but can't locate the help info.
Thanks for any help

[slattynan]

Are you downloading the NZB file and then adding it to SABnxbd? are you using the beta version?

[piratepatch]

Hi, I'm using SABnzbd+ 4.12.  Windows XP, Zonealarm, Avast A/v.

I did find one answer to my Qs in that I should use the left hand menu "Add report" for the ID number as the "add file" is for uploading files. But when I put the 6 number ID in "Add report Id / url" and click the ADD button nothing seems to happen. Even if anyone could point me to a help page related to this would be great.
Have a good one.

[shypike]

Do you have a (paid) newzbin account and did you fill in
your username and password in Config->Newzbin correctly?
Have you tried using another skin?

[piratepatch]

Yeah Shypike, fully paid up Newsbin. As I said I can download most things if it is a straightforward case of "Add to bookmarks" using Newsbin .... then over to SAB - Config - Newsbin - "get bookmarks now"  and they appear in downloads folder no problem. Its this nzb thing that confuses me. I'm probably greener than most. I havnt figured how to read the newsgroups yet, maybe thats connected?

Ive read that the Firefox add-on sabnzbfirefox might be helpful?
But like most geeks its driving me nuts not knowing how to work this.
cheers

[Eejit]

I then go to my Sab home page and and locate the Id, ie in the last test i got "_FAILED_selected_files_20091225-174502"

I tried putting this in either "add report" or  "add file" but nothing shows up in the Queue. Is "Failed" the reason it won't work? I'm assuming that as long as I have the 6 number ID it should search for it if I enter that in "report Id"

I I know were you're going wrong. The 174502 isn't a report ID. It's the time you created the NZB to download from Newzbin. So putting this number  back into SAB after a failed download wont work. Newzbin ID's are 7 digit long.

[piratepatch]

Hey tnx for getting back Eejit, I certainly feel like one, to use the Glasgow parlance. I did download the Mozilla add on "Sabnzbdfox" & it worked no bother, & makes things easier for me. I still don't know how to get nzb's with just SAB & Newsbin, but Way to go  Firefox. I can't stand Explorer. I learned that the "History" tab will tell me if it worked & if it says "failed" then it did, usually due to the file no longer being kept on the server. I think I was a bit unlucky in the nzb's I was testing it on.

It's a steep learning curve for me, but I'm getting there.
Thanks for the help & advice.
cheers to everyone who's rocking with SAB+ Newsbin & Firefox