A very simple way to automate your TV show downloads and more...

[Niteman]

A lot of you guys are probably running something a lot more complex like Sickbeard or nzbdrone - this solution most likely isn't for you, although it might be...

 

If you often find yourself manually downloading new episodes of your favourite show after they have aired on television then this tutorial could be for you because you can automate that entire process and more... I must state now that I do NOT take credit for anything mentioned in this tutorial. This tutorial is basically a simplified version of this one with RSS torrent feeds added on.

 

Here's what you need to do,

• Get a torrent client with RSS functionality (I recommend qBittorent)
• Get Filebot
• Sign up to showRSS and add all of your favourite shows to your personal list

Once you've done that, you can automate your TV show downloads in a few very simple steps,

1. Generate your personal showRSS feed address
2. Add the RSS feed to your Torrent client*
3. If you don't already, keep your incomplete torrents in a separate folder
4. In qBittorrent go to Tools>Options>Downloads and enable 'Run and external program on torrent completion' then enter the following,

filebot -script fn:amc --output "X:/VIDEOS" --log-file amc.log --action move -non-strict "X:/DOWNLOADS" --def excludeList=amc.txt --def clean=y

 

Be sure to change the file directories to your proper video and download folders. If you would like to know more about the script then read here.

 

The process of downloading your favourite TV shows, renaming them and placing them into the correct folder should now be completely automated. The renaming and file moving functionality also works with movies.

 

For example: if you download an episode of South Park (either manually or via the RSS feed) it will rename the file 'South Park - SxxExx - Episode Name' and move it into the following sub-folder of your video directory .../TV Shows/South Park/Season xx/South Park - SxxExx - Episode Name.

 

Thank you for reading and I hope that at least one of you guys finds this useful. Enjoy   

[Niteman]

I wanted to keep the tutorial as simple as possible in order to not overwhelm anybody at first glance, however it is possible to tailor the script to your personalised media collection. For example: in my torrent client here's what I actually run after a download has completed,

 

filebot -script fn:amc --output "D:/Media/Videos" --log-file amc.log --action move -non-strict "D:/downloads/torrents/complete" --def "movieFormat=E:/Videos/Movies/{n} ({y})" --def excludeList=amc.txt --def subtitles=en --def clean=y

 

Obviously this is still very basic, but sometimes the simplest solutions are the best solutions.

[Captain_Slow]

I just convert them using SmartConverter 2 and put them in itunes

[Niteman]

I just convert them using SmartConverter 2 and put them in itunes

 

It's my fault for not explaining clearly what the process in the tutorial actually does, sorry. This process does not convert anything, it simply downloads files (TV shows), renames them and moves them into the correct folders automatically.

[Captain_Slow]

It's my fault for not explaining clearly what the process in the tutorial actually does, sorry. This process does not convert anything, it simply downloads files (TV shows), renames them and moves them into the correct folders automatically.

 

I know, SmartConverter 2 finds episode and movie info for you and adds the metadata to the finished file. Uploading it to itunes organizes it for you.

[Niteman]

I know, SmartConverter 2 finds episode and movie info for you and adds the metadata to the finished file. Uploading it to itunes organizes it for you.

 

Oh right, sorry. I guess it's always nice to have alternative solutions to the same problem.

[nedge2k]

Just registered to say thanks - worked perfectly first time

 

I used to use SabNZBD and Sickbeard but ever since NZBMatrix got taken down, it's become a right PITA to get TV reliably! Torrents just work and now I have them auto DL'in and organised correctly in Kodi. Thanks again!