A common misconception about Usenet is that
it’s an overly complicated filesharing protocol with a high learning
curve. Although NZB technology has simplified the Usenet experience
considerably, it’s true that many newsreaders are painfully
sophisticated. Unzbin is a brand new NZB-only
client specifically designed to be the easiest Usenet downloader of all.
Not only is Unzbin simple to use, but it also comes loaded with some
amazing features.
Unzbin requires .NET Framework 2.0
Unzbin Features:
Check out the Unzbin homepage for a complete list of features. Features include:
- • 100% free to use, no spyware/adware
- • Multiple simultaneous downloads
- • Full Yenc, UUencode and base64 support
- • Automatic file verification, repair and unpacking
- • SSL support
- • Unique HeapDisQ technology; super fast decoding algorithms
- • Tiny footprint (low CPU and RAM), installer is just 356 KB
- • Offers a portable version - just 80 KB
- • Built-in search, which links to BinSearch.info
Simplistic Settings:
When running Unzbin for the first time, you’ll be prompted to enter your Usenet account details into the program. Most of the options below don’t need further clarification; these areas are pretty much self-explanatory. By default, the automated processes are already enabled (see below).
- • Validate / repair — This allows Unzbin to utilize the PAR/PAR2 files to repair and validate the archives.
- • Unpack — This option enables Unzbin to unrar (extract) the archives after the validation & repair process.
- • Prune — When enabled, the “Prune” feature will delete all of the source RARs (and PAR/PAR2 files) after a successful extraction.
Unzbin’s Three Tabs…
Connections — Displays the status of your Usenet account connections.
Parts — This shows the parts within the NZB file; including subject/thread name, source (name) of newsgroup, original poster, segments, age & size of posts, and status (decoded / decoding / downloading).
Console — This is the log file for Unzbin. All processes are reported here including unpack & validation results, user paths and filenames etc.
Unzbin is Automated:
Notable key features that make this an outstanding application: fully automated processes for decoding, validating, repairing & unpacking. Simply import an *.NZB file, and Unzbin will download all the files (including the PARs). Once all the files have been successfully downloaded, Unzbin will repair the files (if necessary) and decode them, and also unpack/extract the RARs. Lastly, these RAR & PAR files are then automatically deleted - leaving you with a folder containing the extracted goodies. What could be easier than than?
Unzbin is super fast and very reliable, lightweight and yet full-featured. This amazing piece of software is free from clutter with a clean layout and an easy to use interface. What are you waiting for? Grab yourself a Usenet account and join a NZB community (we like Merlins Portal), and let Unzbin do the work for you!
verynice Says:
Nice bit of software.
penisface Says:
looks pretty shitty.
Niek Says:
@2 : You must be the most amateur troll the internet has ever seen.
I love this app! Its very straight forward and easy to use. Nice job!
dixon Says:
will check this out. looks like a great replacement for nzb-o-matic. thanks
Oromis Says:
Looks Cool
Ill never ditch my sabnzbd though, it’s too awesome
daddy Says:
well newsleecher is best …will try tis program
Gargamel Says:
This would’ve been great is NZB sites weren’t currently being sued, shut down and filtered.
Tons of copyright material on a nice fat server and blatantly making money off it=FAIL.
http://torrentfreak.com/high-court-finds-newzbin-liable-for-copyright-infringement-100329/
nightmissle Says:
Not working for me, refuses to download any data
Hopefully I can get it to work in a little bit.
samritan Says:
@NIGHTMISSILE
I agree with you….its not working for me either!
Help…….help..anyone!!!?
nomyth Says:
It looks nice but I still like to pull headers. Who knows how many releases fall through the cracks of NZB sites or how often they’re updated.
Karamel Says:
Not working with AstraWeb
James Says:
Works great! Without any problems.
Alex Says:
Usenet is not free. P2L is retarded.
nightmissle Says:
@alex, then why are you even reading the article. gtfo troll
Jo Didley Says:
Oh wow, I thought Usenet died a long time ago.
Lou
http://www.anon-resources.at.tc
Rony Says:
Amazing software, far better then sabnzbd
Usenet Guy Says:
” 015 • Jo Didley Says: 08.04.10 at 11:43 am
Oh wow, I thought Usenet died a long time ago.”
LOL, yea I guess the many terabytes of info on there was posted back in the 80’s.
No Usenet is not dead, far from it.
Capt Hook Says:
What are you talking about USENET GUY, hes right usenet is dead! .
Capt Hook Says:
that was supposed to read “What are you talking about USENET GUY, hes right usenet is dead! (wink wink nudge nudge)”
nmr Says:
most scene groups release though Usenet cause of its fast speed while being anonymous..
for the same reasons hardcore leechers pay for a newsgroup hoster
WHO ? Says:
i think i will stick with alt.binz
ben10 Says:
Awesome Tool
Alt.binz free Version is old crap. Sabnzbd only Browsergui…. But
your Tool is so small and fast and easy for my friends
sp Says:
@20 lol, scene groups do not release to usenet.
Kathy Simone Says:
Hello all!
I want all your support tech people!
Please I need fast a sharingmatrix premium account only for three days or four days.
Thank you!
Kathy Simone
kathysimone80@yahoo.com
series Says:
I give it a chance but I think bitorrent always be in my descktop
mackditty Says:
uhh, alt.binz anyone? hellanzb anyone? this idea is far far gone. ill try it out, maybe ill eat my words. i just dont think command line interface hellanzb can be topped, especially now that there is a GUI
mackditty Says:
HELLANZB KILLS SABNZBD!!!! ownz it hard and this! to anyone thinking usenet is dead, youre an idiot. its been alive since the internet, and never faded or been a trend. who doesnt like uploading one file and millions able to grab? who doesnt like to grab at a speed as fast as their little modems heart can handle?
if you think usenet is dead then go to a torrent site, if youre like me, and use it to your advantage (download from usenet, upload to best private trackers 4TW) then youre a real american hero
BinaryNewsHowTo Says:
This is cool, but hellanzb and SABnazb+ both kick it’s ass.
To learn how to download from newsgroups visit http://binarynewshowto.com
UsenetReviewz Says:
Thanks for the article on Unzbin - I have been testing it out in depth recently and we are going to add it to the top of our list for best usenet readers .. Thanks Filesharefreak
http://usenetreviewz.com/best-usenet-clients/
NewsgroupReviews Says:
Enjoyed testing the reader. Cheers to Unzbin for releasing a nice, lightweight NZB client. Looking forward to future releases.
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dg100 Says:
Hello, newsgroup users. I don’t want to seem like a troll or anything, but I’m *relatively* new to the internet (only online for a few years) and a little bit puzzled. Could someone tell me: apart from faster downloading times (which is just a matter of being patient), is there any actual, useful reason for paying out for these NZB newsgroup things? At the moment, I haven’t heard anything which would suggest a significant advantage over something like utorrent. Thanks.
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Anon Says:
@DG100
Significant advantage? Well let’s see.
1. My astraweb connection maxes out my download, and usually my upload. That’s 4.3MB a second for me. I download from x264.me, and other private torrent sites, and I’m lucky if I get 400KB.
2. No fucking ratio keeping. I download, I delete. I download, I delete. Fucking uploading back, killing my HD one more KB at a time.
3. I do upload to usenet though. And it’s safer than uploading on torrents. Only my isp and server can see me. But with ssl, only my server can see me (though I’m sure my isp can break that if they wanted to, but why would they want to?). And my server, well they’re hardly going to go snitching on their users, are they?
4. Everything that I’ve been downloading off of trackers, and good trackers too (x264, awesome-hd, various music trackers), I can get off of usenet. Now, don’t get me wrong. You may not catch that perfect 1080p version on usenet (though usually it’s there for me) that’s only on one tracker. But you will get 1080p versions.
5. An idiot above said usenet was PTL. Yes, it is. I could justify it by saying that what I’m really am paying for is access to server space, but let’s not. It IS paying to leech. For 11 dollars a month, using astraweb, I get the fastest possible download, and fast as hell uploads (it does usually max out my symmetric fiber upload). I don’t have to worry about ratios, Nazi tracker admins, RIAA/MPA (everyone can see you on a swarm). I’m a grown man, and I don’t have time to deal with a bunch of 15 year olds. I am willing to pay a cheap price for usenet access, and damn, it’s cheap.
6. What exactly are seedboxes, tracker donations, and broadband connections, if not Pay to Leech? And what’s so good about invite whoring? How is that in the sharing spirit, begging for invites?
7. Usenet is great for storage too. I plan on uploading everything I have on usenet. Stuff I’ve only been keeping around because I didn’t want to delete it and lose it forever.
8. Private trackers aren’t about sharing. They’re about elitism. I joined bitmetv before I signed up for usenet, and what the fuck is the point of that site??? It’s so fucking hard to keep a ratio on it (without a paid for seedbox), that you have people downloading PARTS of files, and nothing more, just so they can build up their ratio. Is that sharing? No, it isn’t. Sharing is when you have something you like, and you let someone else have it too. People on sites like bitmetv are forced to download stuff they DON’T WANT, just to build a ratio so they can get to the stuff they do want.
Now don’t get me wrong. Ratio-free trackers are great and I support them. And some sites are easy to keep ratios on, like thebox. But fuck sites like bitmetv which only make it harder to share.