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Johnstog
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SAB Download speed slows with browser open

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Hi,
Over past few week I have noticed the download speeds have dropped dramatically. I assumed it was my VPN but after further investigation I have found that if I have Firefox open with SABNZBD the download speed is around 1.8MB/s. If I close Firefox and leave SAB download in the background (view the tray icon) it can get up to 5.0MB/s. As soon as I open the browser is slows back to 1.8MB/s. This is very weird so obviously it has something to do with Firefox.

Does anyone have any idea what is happening?
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shypike
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Re: SAB Download speed slows with browser open

Post by shypike »

The UI with its periodic polling is a burden on SABnzbd,
at least it is for under-powered embedded systems.
Is SABnzbd running on a normal PC?
Try to reduce the refresh rate. Click on the wrench symbol at the top right.
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Re: SAB Download speed slows with browser open

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Same when you use other browser, like Chrome or IE?
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Re: SAB Download speed slows with browser open

Post by Johnstog »

Thanks for the responses.
@shypike - I have it running on a Windows Home Server 2011. The refresh rate is set at 1 sec.

I think the best option is to just let it run with the browser closed.

Thanks again
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