Pass unrar parameters in Windows

[Vorkbaard]

Hi, I'm running SABnzbd 0.6.14 on Windows Server 2008R2 64bit.

I read about Ionice parameters for those running Linux, but is it also possible to pass unrar parameters on Windows? Specifically, I would like to drastically lower unrar's process priority which is possible (I think) when passing ri1 as a parameter.

[shypike]

Currently you cannot pass extra parameters.
Also, on Windows it won't help you very much.
unrar is almost entirely disk-bound, so even with a low CPU priority it will
be able to saturate the disk channel completely.
There's no such thing as disk priority in Windows.
(Well, there is some since Win Vista, but only when programs like unrar have this specifically implemented this,
which is not the case for current unrar versions).

[Vorkbaard]

Unrar also has a sleep parameter. I'd like to be able to try it. Are there any plans to implement passing unar parameters through SABnzbd?

[shypike]

We might.
The biggest problem is that this is rope for people to hang themselves.
At least that's our experience with nice/ionice.

[Vorkbaard]

I see your point. Thanks for your explanation.

[shypike]

We'll probably add it to 0.7.x as a "special" feature.
(Special means settings that are in the INI file but are not shown in the 0.6.x user interface).