Why library folders must be writable?

Feature Requests
#1

The error

[Warn] NzbDroneErrorPipeline: Invalid request Validation failed:
– Folder is not writable by user me

My setup

  • Sonarr on a laptop running Ubuntu Gnome 16.04
  • 3TB external HDD connected to a Mi Box 3 (Android TV)

My problem

I can read my HDD files remotely on my laptop using FTP (ES File Explorer function). Android TV somehow can’t write to NTFS disks.

I want Sonarr to check these folders and see that I already have those files. So these files would not be labeled as “Missing” on my laptop. But Sonarr won’t import TV Series from unwritable folders.

Suggestions

  • Remove prerequisite “write permission” from library folders. I can manually handle copying / moving files as I have done my entirely life.
  • Check library info from Kodi to not label files as “Missing”.
  • Add remote library (via FTP, SSH, SMB, HTTP etc) and ignore copying / moving files to these folders.

P.S.: I know FTP isn’t safe. So using library info from Kodi would be the best solution.
P.S. 2: Once I get a backup device, I’ll try to find a way to make Android TV allow access through SSH or SMB.

#2

I realized I can do so by manually editing each entry from the library and pointing to FTP mounted folder.

Anyway: it sucks!

#3

They need to be writable so Sonarr can create new series folders if a new series is added.

Your use case is a bit outside the normal use case and not something I see us disabling the check for as the number of users with incorrect permissions that we’ve seen exceeds this use case, from what we’ve seen.

#4

Isn’t possible to check Kodi library before labeling a file as “Missing”?

#5

That isn’t something Sonarr will do (and not something we plan to implement).

#6

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