I would like to suggest ICE ECC support. Can it be added to Sabnzbd?
What is ICE ECC? ICE ECC is an alternative to PAR2 files. It's faster creating AND recovering and supports multiple cores. I am unsure whether or not it supports 64bit.
Indirect reason: ICE ECC is able to create recovery files much faster than PAR2 programs can. I realize that has absolutely no benefit for sabnzbd because sabnzbd simply utilizes recovery files, it does not create them; however, it's worth mentioning.
Direct reason: ICE ECC is able to recover files much faster than PAR2 files. This would benefit everyone because it takes less time to recover files if the files include ICE ECC recovery files.
Bonus reason: Whenever Sabnzbd recovers files with Par2 files, it lags my computer senseless. I have tried limiting the recovery to a single core, I've tried reducing the priority, I've tried increasing the priority of *other* programs to compensate. Nothing seems to work. Whenever sabnzbd begins recovering files from a large multi gig download, my computer becomes unusable for about 2 minutes. I'm barely able to open the task manager, I'm barely able to move the mouse.
My computer is pretty good. I have 8 gigs of DDR3 1600 ram, a Core i7 870 quad core, a Radeon 5850 graphics card, a 650w PSU, a pretty clean system... my specs fit the bill nicely. This problem is not related to Sabnzbd, this is directly related to par2 recovery files. This problem occurs in other programs such as ParBuddy. This problem occured on my last computer as well. In short, this problem is directly linked to Par2 files and can be solved by switching to ICE ECC. Apparently, ICE ECC is a lot friendlier and allows you to continue using your computer during a recovery.
I know what you're going to say: "Nobody uses ICE ECC, so why should we add it to Sabnzbd? We would be wasting our time."
My response: Not a lot of people know about ICE ECC, so adding it to sabnzbd would cause people to take notice. Adding support would cause other program devs to add support and in a year or 2, everybody might be using ICE ECC. Not to mention, PAR2 files can also be included as a fallback in case someone doesn't have ICE ECC support in their usenet downloader.
All in all, I think ICE ECC should be given a fair consideration. It's a pretty good program.
Super bonus reason: Par2 successor may never come to fruition! It has been years since an update has been released or even talked about. Perhaps Par2 is dead? Food for thought! Maybe it's time to jump on the ICE ECC bandwagon?
Thanks for reading,
-whatevermynameis
