What i would really like to see!

primüs

10-02-2009 23:59:35

What i would really like to see.....

....is TVRename runs as a service, in the tray, actively, or passively (thinking about it more, probably passively is best) checks the finding and organising folder (after doing updates every 30 minutes, or an hour, for missing stuff etc). It can detect not only the usual .avi, .mpg etc, but also a folder with a split of .rars on it.

Once it does the check, after i tell it to, it extracts, renames, moves etc all my episodes that it newly detected, and then makes me a little play list, either via text file or an actual WMP/VLC play list or whatever.

Reason for this:

Finding and Organising folder only ever contains what i have recently downloaded and not watched.
I download during the day (at work, hehehe) via RDP so they are all sitting there unwatched still rar'd when i get home
I run this check, it does it all for me and moves it all, then i just have to open the play list and watch waht i DL'd that day.

I hope it makes sense what im trying to explain but yeah....

P.S. i guess i wasnt done harrasing for the day hehe.

sstteevvee

11-02-2009 00:15:59

I really should be going to bed, and not answering posts here! Its after midnight, so here are some quick answers:

Have a look at the command line stuff I've added to the latest alpha version. If you schedule a task, I think you will be able to do most of what you want (apart from the rar stuff).

RAR+ZIP support is on my to-do list. Its not something I encounter too much myself, so has always been a bit lower in priority.

Automated periodic checks (and finding and moving) from within tvrename has been something I've had on my list for ages, but never got around to doing. :) I think I might be able to do it without too much difficulty, so if the commandline stuff above doesn't suit you, let me know and I'll bump it up my to-do list a bit.

Making a playlist is an interesting idea. I'll have a think about it. At the moment, I have a crontab command that runs on my server and makes symlinks to anything recent, all in a folder of it's own. On my media player, I just go to that folder and see what has been added in the past week (and at 10 or so episodes a week, its not a big list).


> crontab -e

*/15 * * * * cd /mirror/shared/Media2/\!Recent ; rm -f /mirror/shared/Media2/\!Recent/* ; find /mirror/shared/Media2 -type f -mtime -8d \( -iname "*.avi" -or -iname "*.mpg" \) -exec ln -s '{}' \;

primüs

11-02-2009 00:28:41

*steals crontab command*

Only just got the alpha tonight so havent had much of a chance to play with the commandline stuff.....symlink crontab definitely seems a good rotue for me though, my NAS although proprietary software, is based on *nix and has been hacked for bash access, so lets hope i can get it doing what i need :D

Although most feature requests/usabilities are possible using a number of other features, such as this one with using scheduled tasks and the new commandlines, the reaosn i suggest them as i do is not all people are going to be smart enough to fiddle with all that, hell i didnt even think of it, although now it makes perfect sense since you have said it. Most of my applications (unless they are for my own personal use :P) are made for pure automation of everything for the user, considers them to be dumb as dogshit, so less we ask them and make them do, the happier they will be with the program, im sure you understand that concept though, and what im suggesting would probably take a fair bit of work to implement and make sure of no bugs!

Anyways yes, past midnight, must be bedtime *puts on another tv show* maybe in 43 minutes =)

sstteevvee

11-02-2009 23:47:27

It's interesting seeing some of the questions I get on the forums, as I can see how people expect to use the program - which also means it can be rearranged to suit expectations and be more obvious. The last big rearrangement still hasn't been forgotten, so it might be a while until the next one :)

I've been thinking more about built-in automation/scheduling, and I reckon it may not be too hard (famous last words!). I've got this horrible nightmare that some poor user is going to turn on automation, walk away, come back the next morning and find that TVRename has randomised their entire collection. I guess that could motivate me to get my 'undo' functionality coded.

The other problem with adding features I don't use often is that they're not tested as thoroughly, so chances are it'll be other users who end up finding problems :)