Im a new user and I love the Sonarr interface…looks greta and is very simple to setup too.
Ive re-entered all of the series I was getting via sickbed and the downloads have started and are working fine.
I do have a small issue though with how the files are placed once they have been downloaded though
When using sickbeard, I had a big list of the TV Shows that Id downloaded at one point or another, then s each episode was downloaded it was placed in the following directory structure (using the show 24 as an example)
So as can you see above as the relevant episode downloads, it renames it and places it inside the relevant season folder, and it places it inside the relevant series folder, this series folder is then placed inside the root series folder as it were.
The reason for this is so when I want to move the files to my central storage I can just pick up the second level series folder and drop it into my server TV folder meaning less work. The I don’t have to recreate the folder name each time.
When Im doing this in Sonarr, I can’t find a way to make Sonarr create that second “series” folder as standard and whilst its not the end of the world, it would make things so much easier if this could be done
Am I missing something very simple or am I correct in thinking this can’t be done at the moment
In the media management settings, I tried specifying the series folder format as {series title}{series title} but it didn’t seam to do what I wanted.
Any pointers would be great and please keep up the good work…excellent software and much better than Sickrage
I think easiest would be to disable season folders on all series (use Series Editor) and use a naming patten like this: {Series Title}\Season {season:00}\{Series Title} - {season:0}x{episode:00}.
With Sickbeard I had to have a specifically named folder to put each series in and if that folder wasn’t present then the download wouldnt process. IT appears that Sonarr checks for and creates theseries name folder each time so I can just move that whole folder across knowing it will be created next time as well.
So right now that is all working perfectly.
I did however have a couple ore quick questions.
When downloading NZB’s the files once downloaded only appear in one place, the final resting place of the file as it were after the download has completed. However, when downloading torrents, im still seeing a full copy of all downloaded files in the normal utorrent downloaded directory and these remain unless I delete them, including all of the other little download files that I really don’t need or more importantly want.
Is there a way that Sonarr can dispose of any unwanted files once they’ve been downloaded and moved to the fully downloaded series directory.
Finally, when Ive downloaded the files required, they show in green on the calendar as downloaded, but as I move them from the folder they are placed in they then go to red as the file is missing…is this the standard procedure…its not the end of thew world, but it isn’t what I’m used too I guess.
Do you have ratio’s set for your torrents? If set, Sonarr will only delete the torrent when the ratio is met. Not sure what it does when there is no ratio set at all.
If there is no ratio set then most torrent clients will seed forever.
I just go through the completed folder ever week or so and delete everything. Yes, it’s one bit of management, but I always had to do that with all the files sickbed wouldn’t download that I had to manually torrent anyway, so this is still a big step up.
Correct, but if you move the entire folder Sonarr won’t rescan it and check to see if files are missing (it treats it as disconnected) and assumes it will be restored later.
If you’re moving files and want Sonarr to stop monitoring them (marking them as missing) you need to turn on “Ignore Deleted episodes” in Media Management settings.
To your first point, you say that if I move the whole folder, it wont re-scan it and assume it will be restored later. Does that mean it wont download the next episode unless I recreate that folder before the next episode airs. I’m not worried about missing files, as I am always moving these files to a server storage environment, but I will of course always want the next episode downloaded.