I am just getting started with Sonarr but am setting it up with just Torrents. I have it all working in theory and just downloaded my first show episode. Using Transmission for my Torrent client. File shows in c:\transmission\unfinished as I defined and in Sonarr showing it’s downloading as well. When done it moves to c:\transmission\completed as the torrent client is set to do. I also have a script doing post processing and deletes the torrent from Transmission GUI to free up the files. The file now sits there and Sonarr is saying the file is missing. In the settings for the Series I have basically for the Path “C:\sonarrfiles \ [name of show]”. Currently the name of show folder doesn’t exist as I’m expecting sonarr would create it the first time a file shows especially since it’s set to create season folders. Any idea what’s happening here?
That script is probably messing up sonarr’s ability to talk to Transmission to see which torrents are ready for processing… postprocessing is fine, but don’t let the script remove the torrents as well.
Since you want cleanup, it’s going to be far easier to use Completed Download Handling + Remove as explained here.
And for the love of your favorite deity, stop reading when you reach “Completed Download Handling vs Drone Factory”
Pretend Drone Factory doesn’t exist. It may look like a solution. It isn’t. It will go away at some point in the future.
OK so if I’m understanding right, I should try “stopping” the torrent, not removing it from Transmission? Keep in mind I am not deleting the files, just what’s in Transmission. Also I want the system to be able to delete the original files and not have them left in the completed torrent folder because they were still in use when Sonarr processed them.
Stopping the torrent vs. removing it: yes, indeed.
Delete original files: Download Client > Completed Download Handling > enable “Remove”. Sonarr should move & rename (sort) the file and then delete it from Transmission.
Files in use: I think this may help, I’m not 100% sure. I have had this enabled forever, and I can’t recall specifically why I did it: In Sonarr, go to Settings > Media Management > (enable advanced settings) > enable “Use Hardlinks instead of Copy”.
Overall the idea is that you’re “dumbing down” your download client. All it should do is download (+ optional postprocessing) + do exactly nothing else (e.g. let it sit completed in your queue). Sonarr will tell it everything else it should do. Which torrent to add, when to remove it, …
I changed my PHP script to torrent-stop and that worked great. Question, if I’m using like 18 torrents thru Jackett to feed Sonarr. When i deleted the show that didn’t process right, what is the right way to get Sonarr to search for it again? I thought I read somewhere that Sonarr or something won’t look for any feeds other than ones that have changed since last search, so in theory if that episode I deleted to download again is never updated in the torrents again, it will never find it again. If what I read is right.
Oh and I don’t use hard links as I want my files eventually moved to another server. I am planning on having MCEBuddy process the files into WMV (xbox 360 most compatible) and move them to my media center. If it all works.
