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TRaSH-Guides/docs/Downloaders/NZBGet/Basic-Setup.md

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NZBGet - Basic Setup

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Some Basics

Name Description
${MainDir} Root directory for all tasks.
${AppDir} Where NZBGet is installed.
${DestDir} Destination directory for downloaded files.

PATHS

!paths

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

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 amount of connections +1 to gain your max download speed.
Retention How long the articles are stored on the news server.

CATEGORIES

!categories

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

!!! info AppendCategoryDir: Create subdirectory with category-name in destination-directory.

DOWNLOAD QUEUE

!queue

!!! caution WriteBuffer: If you're low on memory don't set this to high.

LOGGING

!logging

CHECK AND REPAIR

!checkAndRepair

UNPACK

!unpack

!!! info DirectUnpack: This might lower your download speed but the overall time could be faster. (disable on low powered devices)

EXTENSION SCRIPTS

!extScripts

Depending if you're using some NZBGet script here you can change the order or when it should be used


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.

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