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I keep experiencing failed downloads with SabNZBD, it will download around 80% of each file leaving me with massive corruption that I must fix.

There is no doubt in my mind it is related to the fact I am using Satellite internet that is patchy and drops out all the time, using Newsbin it will simply re-download the sections of files that were downloading when the internet dropped, but SabNZBd does not appear to do this.....

I am just wondering if there is an option to do this (I have searched, but perhaps am using the wrong keywords), and if not can I help to improve the reliability (logs etc)

Cheers!

SABnzbd will not re-download missing parts afterwards.
I doubt whether newsbin does either.
However, if you do have a unreliable connection, you should disable retries in Config->Switches.
This way SABnzbd will keep trying forever (or until it has a working connection again).
Set retries to 0 ( which means unlimited).

shypike wrote:Set retries to 0 ( which means unlimited).

Hi!

If I do this, upon restart it is set to 2........

sparky3387 wrote:

shypike wrote:Set retries to 0 ( which means unlimited).

Hi!

If I do this, upon restart it is set to 2........

Set it to 99999999 and it works fine! Thanks heaps!

sparky3387 wrote:

shypike wrote: If I do this, upon restart it is set to 2........

That's not right.
I'll check it out.

It is right after all.
The main thing is to prevent people from setting it to 1, which is a bad idea.
Setting it to a huge value like you did, is the right solution.