I have had this issue from day one, even when it was NZBDrone. I can’t seem to figure out how to fix it.
For some episodes/series ( cant i figure out if there is a rhyme or rythem to which shows/episodes are affected or if it is just random) they will not snatch automatically even though they are available when I manually search. Everytime I try and find the problem I am told to check my logs, but often times I don’t notice that it wasn’t snatched until 3,4,5 days later…which was already maybe a week since it aired+ how ever many days before I notice so the log doesnt have the data anymore. Very frustrating
So I cleared all of my logs a week ago to try and pinpoint the issue with a clean log file. The issue happened and I have uploaded some screen shots and my log files. If anyone has ANY idea it would be really helpful. I’m so close!
http://wikisend.com/download/543654/Sonar Issues.zip
Will tell you the answer to help the others.
Configuring Sonarr is important. These things stop Sonarr from working right.
1st Profiles - They must fit the way the files are on Usenet or in the Torrents.
2nd File Sizes - Quality - You must have the proper minimum and maximum file sizes to match your profiles.
3rd Special ID’s on the files. You must allow Sonarr to be able to download it. Sonarr can tell if something in the file name tells it info about the way the shows are encoded and who from.
4th Dangerous NZBs and indexers. - Just because a file is shown as available doesn’t mean you can get it. More and more files are being replaced with empty files and malware files. Heck, a lot of them are even password protected and make you go to trash sites to look for passwords.
Finally, I can say with ease of mind. Join a site, make friends, and help each other. I allow sonarr to work but I now only go to trusted sites and trusted uploaders.
If you want to try it. Here is the solution.
Look at the files you want to get down. Test download them. If they are clean. Set Sonarr according to the 4 things it needs to see.
- Profile - Various things like SDTV DVD HDTV
- File Size - Measure the size of the file based upon minutes of show.X the format of the show Profile. Then adjust your size
- Inclusion/ Rejection List - Make sure you didn’t tell Sonarr to exclude it.
You know the file will be available the next time when you try to manually search for the file and it has NO ! next to it
Good luck and happy collecting
Also forgot the 4th thing. Make sure Sonarr did not Blacklist the file in the first place.