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Hi all.

Is it possible to have SABnzbd download just a piece of an NZB in order to determine the true name of the file?

For example, by using Binsearch and searching certain newsgroups, I can find files I'm looking for, but I don't know what they are until I download and unpack the entire file, at which point the "true" name of the release, as opposed to the gibberish name ("4LI2V3MPLJP5F2A", for example) is revealed.

That's outside the scope of SABnzbd.
You're downloading such stuff without knowing what's inside?
How do you even know what to look for?

I know that certain posters post to certain newsgroups; it's just that, because the files are posted under gibberish names (because of DMCA, probably), I don't know what they are until the download is complete. (The poster isn't providing .NFO or .JPG or even samples.)

So if there were a way to download only part of the file to reveal the name, I wouldn't blow bandwidth.

The simplest way is to remove all files except the first RAR from the download and then download it.
(You can edit the content by clicking on the job title in the queue).

As SABnzbd is already inspecting RAR files for signs of encryption anyway, so looking at the content
should be feasible. Finding a proper way of displaying it, is the bigger challenge.

Thanks Shypike.

As it turns out, the poster has hidden NFO files within each post -- it just takes a careful look to spot it.

If anyone else is curious, I've learned that another way to do this is to download the first file in a collection, and then open the file with a text editor. Somewhere near the top of all the gibberish will be the name of the file, like HollywoodBlockbuster.mkv.