# NZBGet - Basic Setup !!! danger "NZBGet development has been officially abandoned by the developer :bangbang:" {! include-markdown "../../../includes/downloaders/basic-setup.md" !} <!-- --8<-- "includes/downloaders/basic-setup.md" --> ------ ## Some Basics | Name | Description | | :----------- | :------------------------------------------ | | `${MainDir}` | Root directory for all tasks. | | `${AppDir}` | Where NZBGet is installed. | | `${DestDir}` | Destination directory for downloaded files. | ## PATHS ![!paths](images/paths.png) I will only explain the so called most important paths. | Name | Description | | :---------- | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | `MainDir` | `/data/usenet` | | `DestDir` | `${MainDir}` (so it will go in to `/data/usenet`) | | `InterDir` | Files are downloaded into this directory (before unpack+par2) | | `NzbDir` | Directory for incoming nzb-files. | | `QueueDir` | This directory is used to save download queue, history, information statistics, etc. | | `ScriptDir` | Directory with post-processing and other scripts. | | `LogFile` | Where your log files will be stored (Please create a log directory in your config) | ## NEWS-SERVERS ![!newsservers](images/newsservers.png) | Name | Description | | :------------ | :-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | `Active` | Use this news server. | | `Name` | The name is used in UI and for logging. It can be any string. | | `Level` | Put your major download servers at level 0 and your fill servers at levels 1, 2, etc.. | | `Host` | Host name of news server. | | `Port` | Port to connect to. | | `Password` | Password to use for authentication. | | `Encryption` | Encrypted server connection (TLS/SSL). (preferred to use this) | | `Connections` | Use the lowest possible number of connections to reach your max download speed +1 connection. | | `Retention` | How long the articles are stored on the news server. | ## CATEGORIES ![!categories](images/categories.png) | Name | Description | | :----------- | :------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | `Name` | This should match what you put in Sonarr/Radarr (tv/movies/sonarr/radarr/series/films) | | `DestDir` | `${DestDir}` Destination directory (/data/usenet/movies) | | `Unpack` | Unpack downloaded nzb-files. | | `Extensions` | List of extension scripts for this category. | ## INCOMING NZBS ![!incoming](images/incoming.png) !!! info `AppendCategoryDir`: Create subdirectory with category-name in destination-directory. ## DOWNLOAD QUEUE ![!queue](images/queue.png) !!! warning `WriteBuffer`: If you're low on memory don't set this to high. ## LOGGING ![!logging](images/logging.png) ## CHECK AND REPAIR ![!checkAndRepair](images/checkAndRepair.png) ## UNPACK ![!unpack](images/unpack.png) !!! info `DirectUnpack`: This might lower your download speed but the overall time could be faster. (disable on low powered devices) ## EXTENSION SCRIPTS ![!extScripts](images/extScripts.png) Depending if you're using some NZBGet script here you can change the order or when it should be used ------ ## Recommended Sonarr/Radarr Settings The following settings are recommended to for Sonarr/Radarr, else it could happen that Sonarr/Radarr will miss downloads that are still in the queue/history. Being that Sonarr/Radarr only looks at the last xx amount in the queue/history. ### Sonarr ??? example "Sonarr" `Settings` => `Download Clients` ![!Sonarr: Settings => Download Clients](images/sonarr-settings-download-clients.png) Make sure you check both boxes under `Completed Download Handling` at step 3. Select NZBGet at step 4 and scroll down to the bottom of the new window where it says `Completed Download Handling` and check both boxes. ![!Sonarr: Download Clients - SABnzbd](images/sonarr-download-clients-nzbget.png) ### Radarr ??? example "Radarr" `Settings` => `Download Clients` ![!Radarr: Settings => Download Clients](images/radarr-settings-download-clients.png) Make sure you check both boxes under `Completed Download Handling` at step 3, and both boxes under `Failed Download Handling` at step 4. {! include-markdown "../../../includes/support.md" !} <!-- --8<-- "includes/support.md" -->