I give my son access to my instance of Sonarr. Instead of setting up two instances on two machines my idea is as follows:
Just like CouchPotato allows importing an RSS feed (typically IMDB), I would love to see this feature in Sonarr. To expand on CP’s offering I’ve like to be able to assign a category which matches a SAB for instance category. The reason being they end up in different folders which correspond to Plex Sections,
I’m a very experienced C# developer and given the functionality I’d expect to add I wouldn’t have to worry too much about MONO missing key features.
I also plan to do the same to CP.
Would people be interested in such a feature?
And to the devs where would you like such a feature to exist, perhaps at the bottom of the Download Client tab?
I’ve also like to see this being settable against an entire series. So he could add one and then select his category so all his, usually not my kind of thing, would again end up in his Plex sections.
And if anyone can think of improvements to this please feel free to mention them.
Regards,
Lee.
PS My next contract starts in about a month so I have the time to do this right now. Once the contract starts I will not, I do not do evening work (often).
Why wouldn’t you just download his series to a different series root folder, and have Plex index the folders to different sections?
You could add the series through the available API and set the respective root folders.
I think there are a couple different pieces here that are getting crossed, I’ll try to clarify how it works.
IMDB watch list is something that has been requested, essentially it would be watched and anything new would be added as a new series, though there are some technical challenges with that since things like default location, quality, which episodes to monitor (the options on add series) aren’t stored server side, they are stored in localStorage in the browser. This limitation isn’t something we’re going to look at in v2 of Sonarr, but is also similar to integrating with trakt to add new series, which we’d want to solve in the same way for both methods.
Assuming we’re talking about 1 instances of SAB there is no need to send downloads for your son’s shows to a different category (nor do we want to support this), Sonarr will import from one category and sort the episodes to the folder specified when adding the series.
If there are multiple Plex servers in use different ones can be notified when series complete by using tags (add a tag to the series and the notification)
As @Mirx_NL mentioned you can use the API to add a new series: https://github.com/Sonarr/Sonarr/wiki/API and not have to worry about the technical limitations that are currently exist to automate this through Sonarr.
That is one option yes! There are others which offer better functionality. I will continue to implement my solution and then the core dev team can choose which is best.
You also have also missed half the point. IMDB watch lists!
Selectively commenting isn’t the same as missing the point
As I don’t use IMDB watchlists, nor plan to, I can’t weigh in on that part of the discussion.
I was just trying to point out that a part of your selected approach (different categories etc.) is pretty far from the way Sonarr operates at is core, which is also what Marcus says in more detail.
Additionally, I was just making you aware that there is an API available, which is not common knowledge, or something the general user would want to play around with. The API would open up your options from doing it in Sonarr itself. Mainly because you also want the same for CouchPotato. The API would make a stand-alone program, firefox plugin, etc. viable options for you to consider.
markus101 I understand your concerns. Please have some faith in someone who has been going this for 20 years. If you do not like the finished solution you can ditch it. Otherwise be grateful that an experienced developer is bringing ideas to the table and not just as an average user asking (or usually telling) do this, do that.
Your software outshines all others. Let me help you make it better. Mirx_NL you are no longer needed in this discussion, you come cross as a forum Nazi (from the get go) and for want of a better way of saying it you frighten off people who are willing to commit time to help improve this already outstanding product. When I worked on old school XMBC and then MediaPortal I encountered many such people. If I am wrong then please accept my most sincere apologies.
markus101 plesse feel free to contact me directly so that I may explain the thinking behind this. I had already thought about many of the issues mentioned.
PS Mirx_NL Place 10 developers in a room given the same brief and you’ll most often get 10 completely different results. Taking that further, users will always do things differently This solution offers one, where as others will go the way you’ve suggested, others will have even different ways of handling this.
I’m interested to see how this turns out. If it ends up letting me add series which have no data on TVDB yet (due to not airing thus far) I’ll be a very happy camper.
I’m not sure I fully understand where you are coming from. This feature was already requested (hence the GHI for it) and we’re not against it, but its not something we’re looking at doing (you asked if v3 would have it). I’m not actually against the idea, but I’m trying to minimize UI changes as we’ve started gearing up for a major UI overhaul. My concerns are in assigning a category to a specific watch list, thats not how you’d want to link it in Sonarr, it would be set to use a specific Root folder (then the series folder would be created in that root folder) and would also need a profile, monitoring options, what type of series it is and whether season folders should be used (as well as optionally tags, though thats not available in the v2 UI). Lets talk about your idea and how we can make it work with Sonarr.
Exactly. You don’t add a series and link it to a download client category, you setup the options I mentioned above, this is what we were trying to explain.
I think you’re off base here, he’s trying to help out and is pointing out the fault in your idea, not attacking you for having it.
P.S. Edit your posts instead of creating a new one for each comment (they update automatically inline for people reading the thread).
Thats a major change that we’re not considering as part of this or in the reasonable future. If anything this would be a way for a show on an IMDB watch list to be added to Sonarr in an automated fashion.
Sorry! I’m a little confused by this, do you mean just stick to one post and keep editing it? Surely the flow breaks down them? It is very early here so hopefully I’m miles away from what you are saying.
I will re-read Mirx_NL post and try to understand what he is saying. I do actually get the main point. Each use when creating adding a series chooses the destination folder. That works fine until you have multiple users who both like the series. I will admit these are early thoughts and I’m sure mine are riddled with weaknesses but without sounding arrogant I’m pretty good at finding ways around such problems.
The aim is to provide the user with a near existing solution thats as native as they are use to.
Okay… markus10 would you like to have a smaller less public conversation about how you would like this to work vs my suggestion with your core team. My preference is Skype as we can see each other (event thoughtI hate it, M$ stuff, the only good thing the develop is VS!). I love your product, its a huge step up from SickBeard and is very much a part of my daily digital life. As such I am happy to share my skills making it better BUT do not want to waste time. My Skype address is cs[dot]leejones.
I learned to hate IRC and forums many years ago and its actually what stopped me contributing to Open Source projects. Too much exposes to ahole users and ahole think their shit don’t stink trolls.
I just meant when you end up post 2-3 times in a row in quick succession (3 in the span of about 10 minutes) or in the case of now, 2 posts in 7 minutes. It just helps keep things a bit cleaner.
That works fine until you have multiple users who both like the series.
Yeah, thats certainly a complication, the same complication exists in the event you’re manually adding series though.
We have a pretty solid community here and on IRC, especially when it comes to support. IRC isn’t a great tool for ongoing conversations or when people aren’t available (saw you asked about this feature there while I was sleeping ).
The forums/Github are a bit better so @Taloth and @kayone can contribute/catch up as we’re in different timezones on keep different schedules. I’ve expanded the description on the related [GHI] (https://github.com/Sonarr/Sonarr/issues/276) - lets pick up the conversation there and see where it gets us.
