Here's an older guide to using the former TvNZB tab, everything's the same in 0.24.2 apart from:
1. It's now called the RSS tab.
2. You can use different feeds, not just the TvNZB ones.
3. You need to manually add the URL for the TvNZB feed you want in the 'RSS Feed' box, then click 'Add to favourites'. This is probably the one you want:
http://www.tvnzb.com/tvnzb_new.rss.
4. New toolbar option: Release name - when this option is checked, alt.binz will try to name the collection after the release name automatically, this is useful with other RSS feeds that display the full header.
I'd rewrite this properly, but I don't have the time right now, I'm afraid. If it's only the TvNZB feed you're interested in, then this should be fine. If it's other feeds, then you need to do a bit more configuring of URLs and filters.
D. Using the Search Engines
7. TvNZB
This engine allows periodic scanning of the RSS feeds provided by the TvNZB website (devoted to new TV releases). The feature includes a powerful but user-friendly autodownload filter that enables precise selection of only the files that you need, as well as an exclusion list that prevents download of duplicate files, or files in formats that you don't want, etc. So you can easily run the timed scan unattended without worrying about unnecessary downloads. Once an item is selected for autodownload, alt.binz grabs the NZB file from the site, downloads it to your default folder, then opens it and adds the file list to the download queue.
a. Toolbar & Options
Any item listed in the TvNZB window can be added manually to the download queue by right-clicking or Ctrl+D (except when the Timer is active). Autodownloading is enabled by using the toolbar buttons.
Clear
This button clears the file list window of all entries.
Filters
This toggle button opens a separate panel in which you can edit your autodownload filters (actually stored in "..altbinz\misc\tvnzbfilters.abz"). The filter format is explained in detail below. Any changes to the filter list become active as soon as the panel is closed. Note: the Timer button needs to be inactive for this button to work.
Timer
This button emables the timed scan of the TvNZB RSS feed. The interval between scans can be chosen from the drop-down list (10-120 mins). Typically, there's no need to set this lower than 20 minutes, since files are only added to the RSS listing at least 20 minutes after they've been uploaded (to ensure proper filling of the file set). Note: before enabling the Timer you should setup the list to 'New' and first refresh the list, so that all of the items currently in the list are recognised by the program as old items.
First in Queue/Paused
When checked, all items marked for autodownload will be added to the top of the queue and/or in a paused state. The Paused option is particularly helpful in the first few days of using the autodownload function, when you're fine-tuning your filter list.
Refresh
This button will display the current listing of your chosen RSS feed in the TvNZB window.
b. Setting up Filters
To use TvNZB autodownload feature, you should first set up a list of download filters. Filters are expressed in the following format:
string_to_search_for | A <-- "Allowed"
string_to_search_for | D <-- "Denied"
By default, all the files in the list are Denied (i.e. will not be autodownload). When the Timer is active, each new item (NZB filename) that is added to the TvNZB list is checked against all of the filters in turn, from the top of the list to the bottom. The last filter to match an item is the one that decides whether that item should be downloaded or not. A new item is a filename that is not already visible in the list window. Wildcards (*) can be used in a variety of ways to refine your filters.
Some examples of the filter format using wildcards:
show1* | A
show2.* | A
show2.*hr.hdtv* | D
In this example every new item that starts with 'show1' will be downloaded. Every new item that starts with 'show2.' will also be downloaded, except any that have 'hr.hdtv' in the NZB filename. Wildcards can also be used to narrow the filter to specific series or episode numbers, depending on the format in which the NZB filename is listed, e.g.:
show1*s02* | A <-- will download all files in the second series of the show
show1*s02e04* | D <-- except for episode 4
The filter list can be organised by show name in this way, with excluded items (marked 'D') always added after the items to be included. For everyday use, it may be more useful to maintain an inclusion list and an exclusion list separately. For example (using ';' to comment out lines):
;Include:
show1*s02* | A
show2*s06* | A
show3* | A
;Exclude:
*svcd* | D
*hr.hdtv* | D
*pdtv* | D
*proper* | D
In this example, because the exclusion list of keywords is kept at the bottom, files will never be downloaded if they are in SVCD, HR.HDTV or PDTV format, and no propered versions will be downloaded (useful if you'd rather do this manually instead). The exclusion list can be further refined to get files only in your preferred viewing format.
c. Filters: Advanced
The Download and Unrar directories can also be specified for each individual filter by adding two further switches to each line. The format is as follows:
show1*s02* | A | Download directory | Unrar Directory
Either of these entries can be left blank, in which case the default directories (i.e. those listed in Setup) will be used. For example, if you want to download to the default directory, but unrar each filtered file to its own destination directory, you would use something like this:
show1*s02* | A | | E:\MyShows\Show1
-Hecks
