NZB Sites
Here are some examples of NZB sites currently working and operational:
binsearch.info, USEnet-Crawler, altbins.com, SABNZBD WIKI with other sources and older enteries here.
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File Description
| Filename extension | .nzb |
|---|---|
| Internet media type | application/x-nzb |
| Developed by | NewzBin |
| Latest release | 1.1 / November 10, 2009 |
| Type of format | Usenet extender |
| Extended from | XML |
| Open format? | yes |
| Website | (dead link)NZB File Specification |
NZB is an XML-based file format for retrieving posts from NNTP (Usenet) servers. The format was conceived by the developers of the Newzbin.com Usenet Index. NZB is effective when used with search-capable websites. These websites create NZB files out of what is needed to be downloaded. Using this concept, headers would not be downloaded hence the NZB method is quicker and more bandwidth-efficient than traditional methods.
Each Usenet message has a unique identifier called the "Message-ID". When a large file is posted to a Usenet newsgroup, it is usually divided into multiple messages (called segments or parts) each having its own Message-ID. An nzb-capable Usenet client will read all needed Message-IDs from the NZB file, download them and decode the messages back into a binary file (usually using yEnc or Uuencode).
The sites that use 'NZB' files, are not actually hosting any content. They're only hosting a file that has the indexed message-ID's on the USEnet servers. If content stored on the USEnet server is in violation of someone's copyright, serving the notice to have it removed at the source would be a best practice. While the indexing sites may hold a search reference to content on a news server, if content on the server is made unavailable--the links to the copyright works are as well.
File format example
The following is an example of a NZB 1.1 file.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?> <!DOCTYPE nzb PUBLIC "-//newzBin//DTD NZB 1.1//EN" "http://www.newzbin.com/DTD/nzb/nzb-1.1.dtb"> <nzb xmlns="http://www.newzbin.com/DTD/2003/nzb"> <head> <meta type="title">Your File!</meta> <meta type="tag">Example</meta> </head> <file poster="Joe Bloggs <bloggs@nowhere.example>" date="1071674882" subject="Here's your file! abc-mr2a.r01 (1/2)"> <groups> <group>alt.binaries.newzbin</group> <group>alt.binaries.mojo</group> </groups> <segments> <segment bytes="102394" number="1">123456789abcdef@news.newzbin.com</segment> <segment bytes="4501" number="2">987654321fedbca@news.newzbin.com</segment> </segments> </file> </nzb>