SABnzbd Config - Switches

Server

Maximum retries Maximum number of retries per server

Disconnect on Empty Queue Disconnect from Usenet server(s) when queue is empty or paused.

Queue

Pre-queue script Used before an NZB enters the queue.

On queue finish script Executed after the queue finishes downloading.

Propagation delay mins Posts will be paused until they are at least this age. Setting job priority to Force will skip the delay.

Only Get Articles for Top of Queue Enable for less memory usage. Disable to prevent slow jobs from blocking the queue.

Check before download Try to predict successful completion before actual download (slower!)

Abort jobs that cannot be completed When during download it becomes clear that too much data is missing, abort the job

Identical download detection Detect identical downloads based on name or NZB contents.
https://sabnzbd.org/wiki/duplicate-detection

Smart duplicate detection Detect duplicates based on analysis of the filename.
https://sabnzbd.org/wiki/duplicate-detection

Allow proper releases Bypass smart duplicate detection if PROPER, REAL or REPACK is detected in the download name.

Action when encrypted RAR is downloaded In case of "Pause", you'll need to set a password and resume the job.

Unwanted extensions Select a mode and list all (un)wanted extensions. For example: exe or exe, com

Action when unwanted extension detected Action when an unwanted extension is detected

Automatically sort queue Automatically sort jobs in the queue when a new job is added. The queue will resort every 30 seconds if % downloaded is selected.

Direct Unpack Jobs will start unpacking during the downloading to reduce post-processing time.
Only works for jobs that do not need repair.

Post processing

Pause Downloading During Post-Processing Pauses downloading at the start of post processing and resumes when finished.

Download all par2 files This prevents multiple repair runs by downloading all par2 files when needed.

Nice Parameters Read the Wiki Help on this!

IONice Parameters Read the Wiki Help on this!

Extra PAR2 Parameters Read the Wiki Help on this!

Enable SFV-based checks Do an extra verification based on SFV files.

Post-Process Only Verified Jobs Only unpack and run scripts on jobs that passed the verification stage. If turned off, all jobs will be marked as Completed even if they are incomplete.

Enable recursive unpacking Unpack archives (rar, zip, 7z) within archives.

Ignore any folders inside archives All files will go into a single folder.

Post-processing script can flag job as failed When the post-processing script returns a non-zero exit code, the job will be flagged as failed.

Ignore Samples Filter out sample files (e.g. video samples/proofs). Delete after download.

Deobfuscate final filenames If filenames of (large) files in the final folder look obfuscated or meaningless they will be renamed to the job name. Additionally, attempts to set the correct file extension based on the file signature if the extension is not present or meaningless.

Cleanup List List of file extensions that should be deleted after download.
For example: nfo or nfo, sfv

History Retention

Naming

Enable folder rename Use temporary names during post processing.
Disable when your system doesn't handle that properly.

Replace spaces in folder name Replace spaces with underscores in folder names.

Replace underscores in folder name Replace underscores with dots in folder names.

Replace dots in folder name Replace dots with spaces in folder names.

Make Windows compatible For servers: make sure names are compatible with Windows.

Quota

Size How much can be downloaded this month (K/M/G)

Quota period Does the quota get reset each day, week or month?

Reset day On which day of the month or week (1=Monday) does your ISP reset the quota? (Optionally with hh:mm)

Auto resume Should downloading resume after the quota is reset?