[Windows Front-end] Sabby (NZB STREAMING)

[rascalli]

Download Sabby Installer!

Windows Front-end
+hides in system tray
+drag/drop queue
+video streaming via vlc
+stream_unrar packaged with installer

.NET 3.5 required, (VLC default installation required for streaming)


http://jaymcwhorter.com/sabby

[melfy]

approx: 

300kb/s for 45min in 350mb
700kb/s for 45min in 1200mb
1500kb/s for 90~120min in 4500mb

rough estimates i guess

[melfy]

Must we use VLC? Can you explain what happens with disk space when you stream something then stream something else then stop?
What is the best way to account for end-of-download processing by sabnzbd, if you happen to still be streaming?

temporary files stored in  sabnzbd's INCOMPLETE\.stream_unrar (considering this is where you want loose data written)

stream start => incomplete\.stream_unrar cleared + stream_unrar started + pause to catch up, nothing fancy + launch vlc
VLC exit => stream_unrar terminated + incomplete\.stream_unrar cleared

less user interaction the better sit back and relax!

[feerlessleadr]

this is a really ool little app.

I first started the app in a random directory on my computer and it wasn't picking up my sab .ini settings.  Then i figured that i may have needed to start the app in the sab programs directory folder.  This also didn't pick up my sab settings.

I then noticed that if i clicked on the globe icon my browser would open up to the wrong address but right port and if i clicked on the hard drive icon it would open up to my unprocessed downloads folder, not the processed downloads.

I then tried to open up the preferences for the app but nothing would happen when i clicked on it.

This is definitely an app that I would use and will use once I can get everything sorted out.

[melfy]

yea, i just tested it on a fresh install of sabnzbd with common settings on a diff pc, found a bunch of bugs

i will post an update later that should work better out of box

[activ]

Looks promising but sabnzbd is running on my nas, how do I manually change the sabnzbd location?

[melfy]

Looks promising but sabnzbd is running on my nas, how do I manually change the sabnzbd location?

As of now it's impossible, sorry..

Been trying to start rewriting the entire thing in C# instead of vb, but haven't gotten around to it lol... don't feel like working in vb anymore, also replacing stream_unrar.exe with code to directly act with unrar.dll but might be awhile cause i'm working on my website

[activ]

Okay, thanks for making something and sharing anyway. If ever you get around to making the new version I'll use that.

[sander]

Download Sabby Installer!

Windows Front-end
+hides in system tray
+drag/drop queue
+video streaming via vlc
+stream_unrar packaged with installer

.NET 3.5 required, (VLC default installation required for streaming)


http://jaymcwhorter.com/sabby

But ... what is it? What does it do? Is it a tool a put a downloaded NZB into the SABnzbd queue? Or does it stream content from the SABnzbd download directory? Or even something else?

[melfy]

But ... what is it? What does it do? Is it a tool a put a downloaded NZB into the SABnzbd queue? Or does it stream content from the SABnzbd download directory? Or even something else?

view the queue of sabnzbd & stream content from the SABnzbd incomplete directory

[sander]

But ... what is it? What does it do? Is it a tool a put a downloaded NZB into the SABnzbd queue? Or does it stream content from the SABnzbd download directory? Or even something else?

view the queue of sabnzbd & stream content from the SABnzbd incomplete directory

How can you stream (as in watch video, right?) from the incomplete directory? The incomplete just contains a bunch of par and rar files, doesn't it?

[melfy]

hense the need for an application designed specifically for that, give it a whirl (as long as sabnzbd is running on same PC as sabby)

[sander]

hense the need for an application designed specifically for that, give it a whirl (as long as sabnzbd is running on same PC as sabby)

I haven't got Windows, so I can't test it. If your app means you can start watching a movie as soon as (or a few minutes after) the download starts, I would call it revolutionary: Video-on-Demand via newsgroup-downloads.

EDIT:

I found info here: http://code.google.com/p/stream-unrar/wiki/Introduction
There's a Linux executable too, so I'll try it out.

Thanks!

[sander]

OMG! This is increcible! Indeed it's Video on Demand via Newsgroups...

Just a simple command was enough to get this working on my Ubuntu:

Code: Select all

 ./stream_unrar -e output/  -m  /media/5E0C8BBD0C8B8F29_/downloads/incomplete/blabla

Beginning to monitor watch directories


As soon as there's is a 01.rar, there will be output in the output directory, and VLC can start playing it. Incredible.

Request to SAB's developers: please let SABnzbd start by downloading the first rar (so ...part01.rar), not the par2's, so that we can start watching right away!
Second request: make stream_unrar a part / option of SABnzbd.