I really appreciate all of the people who have looked at the current beta of SpearNZB.
I do apologize that I didn't do enough testing before I announced to the world by posting it on Usenet.
The biggest problem with this beta is that when I package it up to be in native file formats (.app, .exe ext...) There are bugs that manifest that I haven't seen while running it as I normally do.
The reason why I wanted to do a beta is that I've been using SpearNZB since the Fall with the basics of the program working. Meaning that every TV show that I'm interested, in being automatically downloaded and waiting. Based on that I felt it was time to see what would happen when other people got their hands on it.
I have to admit, that the communications I've received have been very positive despite the problem that people have had.
One part of the app that has caused confusion is the NZB database that gets built. The thing to understand is this database is built by scanning headers in the newsgroups that are selected, so this can take some time. Once this database is built you essentially have your own private database of the NZB files found on Usenet, which is very powerful but the drawbacks are the bandwidth and time to scan for these files.
Knowing this you should limit the newsgroups to what you think you will need.
I have pondered ways to make this better, like choosing the dates your interested in. If you want to download new episodes only then you don't need to scan a years worth of NZB files for example.
Also I'm sure the next Beta will have bugs, but I'll do a better job of testing on all platforms first to minimize what happened this time.
Thanks again and hang in there, it will be worth it...