CouchPotato - Automatic Movie Downloader via NZB & Torrents!

[sander]

I'm trying to get CouchPotato working on my Ubuntu 10.04; I can find movies, and they seem to arrive in SAB, but then SAB's queue shows something like:


index.php!action=getnzb&nzbid=347222&i=sxxx&h=60638383838aaaaaaa

instead of a normal download name. The download size is 0 MB, age is 14829 days (!), and nothing happens.

However, the SAB stdout log is more hopeful:

2010-08-08 22:16:44,262::INFO::[urlgrabber:126] Grabbing URL http://nzbs.org/index.php?action=getnzb ... 1111111113

When I use the URL in a browser, it *does* result in a downloaded .NZB-file.

However, in SAB nothing happens.


Any tips?


EDIT:

I found it!

Short story: at NZBs.org's settings in CP, I had filled out my login name at "Id". After filling a the id-number, it works.

Longer story: the URL sent to SABnzbd, was OK within my webbrowser as my webbrowser filled out the needed username/password. However, using 'wget -O outfputfile.html' I saw NZBs.org complaining about my username/password.

[RuudBurger]

The 0 MB, age is 14829 days is when it is still fetching the NZB from the URL.
What happens when you add the URL manually to SAB via the "Add NZB" function?

[sander]

The 0 MB, age is 14829 days is when it is still fetching the NZB from the URL.
What happens when you add the URL manually to SAB via the "Add NZB" function?

Indeed. See the EDIT in my post; after filling out the NZBs.org's login number (instead of login name), it works.

Another question: I see binsearch cannot be used? Is there a special reason for that?

And: I'm amazed by the looks of CP. Dankjewel!

[RuudBurger]

Binsearch is not supported, because I didnt write the script (yet).
Will be busy with school for at least the month of august, but will do some die-hard programming to satisfy all your movie downloading urges .
If you want an NZB provider, add it on the GIT Issue page. (Check if it doesn't exist yet).

[sander]

The 0 MB, age is 14829 days is when it is still fetching the NZB from the URL.

Ah: 14829 days ... points back to 1 jan 1970 ... start of Unix time ... clear.

[ekim]

Sorry - this has probably been asked but this thread is huge and I can't find an answer. Does this download movies based on ones that I have requested or does it see what movies are availble to download and download them if they met set requirements (i.e. rating, year, genre).

[RuudBurger]

Read the first line of the starting post.

[csop19]

[UPDATE]
New renaming features:
to get the original filename without the extension
represents the audio codec if it is indicated in the filename, else 'unknown'
represents the video codec else 'unknown'
represents the releasegroup if the file is named like *-GROUP.ext else: 'unknown'

Codecs:
DTS, AC3, AC3D, MP3
x264, XviD, DivX

Use Case: There are hardware players that cannot playback DTS audio without the help of an external decoder. (Using XBMC you can achive that using smart playlists (video plugins))
The group and video codec are just here for completeness' sake.

[Arteekay]

Loving the new , that's that I needed to turn on renaming. Was surprised at how well it works.

One issue that came up once it hit my download directory was a scene nfo with an imdb link to the wrong movie. Not at all sure how common that is, but the experience is a bit jarring when it's wrong.

[rascalli]

One issue that came up once it hit my download directory was a scene nfo with an imdb link to the wrong movie. Not at all sure how common that is, but the experience is a bit jarring when it's wrong.

Scene sometimes does provide the wrong URL

[sander]

Great: just like SABnzbd itself, CouchPotato will communicate over IPv6. This is how: In CP's Settings, choose General, then at Host, fill out "::". Then restart CP, and you're OK.

Most easy way to check CP's IPv6: http://[::1]:5000/ , or http://ip6-localhost:5000/ (tested on Ubuntu).

The real fun is of course accessing CP over your public IPv6. Which works great on my machine. Handy to access your CP across Internet.

I have not tested this on Windows. I believe Windows' default IPv6 behavior is NOT to accept incoming sessions over IPv6 (so copying NAT behavior) :-(

If you want to check your IPv6, go to http://www.appelboor.com/check-ipv6-refresh.html

HTH

[jonaskp]

This is such an awesome program, I just had to donate.

Great work, RuudBurger. I never knew that I needed this, until I tried CouchPotato.

[RuudBurger]

Haha, no problem
Thanks for the donation!

[Homerboy]

Hmmm I seem to be having issues with CP saving settings.
I just installed it on my WHS machine.
Browser launches and I go into settings, change something and click "save" but when I go back into that setting screen, everything I entered is blank.
Check the .ini and no changes made.
Any ideas?

[RuudBurger]

Anything in the log?
Try removing the .ini and let CP create it again.