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Question: Is there a way to tell sabnzbd to create a history entry named for the extracted NZB-within-another-NZB when only one thing was selected in binsearch results, like it does when you select 2 or more?

This works:

• Do a generic search on binsearch, such as: nzb 720p hdtv
• Select 2 or more of the NZB files in the list.
• Create an NZB file.
• Load that NZB file into sabnzbd, and wait for everything to finish.
• History shows an entry "nzb+720p+hdtv" for the original NZB file, and one for each of the extracted NZB files.

So far, so good, but...

• Do the same thing, but select only one of the NZB files in the search results.
• History shows only "nzb+720p+hdtv". There's no entry with the name of the NZB you selected from the binsearch results list.
• Try to search your history and figure out which episode you most recently downloaded. No joy.

As a workaround, I cut and paste the name of the desired NZB into a separate search, then create the binsearch NZB. It works, but it's a pain.


Version: 0.7.16
OS: Windows 7
Install-type:Windows Installer
Is the issue reproducible? yes

I'm not sure what's going on in this case.
I'll put another entry in my todo list.

When an NZB downloads a single NZB, the assumption is that you want to reuse the first NZB name.
In this specific case that doesn't work out.
I still claim that the current method is the best for single NZB in NZB situations,
the underlying thought being that you took the trouble of picking a decent name for the first NZB.

> I still claim that the current method is the best for single NZB in NZB situations,

Can you give me an example of a search term you might use on binsearch for which the search term would be a more appropriate name to show in the history list than the name of the thing you selected from the search results?

I can't think of one. You must be talking about some other source of nested NZBs, rather than binsearch. Perhaps the naming method could become a configuration setting, for example under Switches/Naming?

Well, I assumed you took the trouble to set a decent name, which is what I do.
If you're using binsearch's default names, then names are less than useful.
But this is also true for direct finds, you always need to set a proper name when using binsearch.
You are right that in the case of an indirect NZB, the downloaded NZB may very well have a decent name.
I'll look at some options.