Fully automated process for TV Shows
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Fully automated process for TV Shows
hey
here's my current workflow for getting TV shows on to my Mac.
1) The utility "TVShows" searches EZ.TV (and others) once a day and downloads any new torrent files
2) The utility "Transmission" monitors the downloads and fetches the actual TV episodes
3) VideoDrive monitors the episode download and fetches metadata
4) Everything pauses, waiting for me to get to my computer and press the OK button
5) VideoDrive converts and adds the movies to iTunes.
I'd like an option that skips step 4. But only for TV shows. VideoDrive is getting great at recognizing popular shows, but still makes mistakes on Movies, so I want control over those. After all, it takes a human to spot that "the fly.avi" is not referring to the remake.
If I can get step 4 skipped, then TV shows will appear magically on my computer every night and I'll not have to lift a finger. Now that's progress!
Of course, if you can do this, then the next step will be to do it for just the shows I trust. VideoDrive gets Dexter right every time and I trust it to automate that, but it gets Doctor Who wrong every time so I want to intervene.
Many thanks
Andy
(ASIDE: I think this would also address this issue: "Modifier Key Need"
here's my current workflow for getting TV shows on to my Mac.
1) The utility "TVShows" searches EZ.TV (and others) once a day and downloads any new torrent files
2) The utility "Transmission" monitors the downloads and fetches the actual TV episodes
3) VideoDrive monitors the episode download and fetches metadata
4) Everything pauses, waiting for me to get to my computer and press the OK button
5) VideoDrive converts and adds the movies to iTunes.
I'd like an option that skips step 4. But only for TV shows. VideoDrive is getting great at recognizing popular shows, but still makes mistakes on Movies, so I want control over those. After all, it takes a human to spot that "the fly.avi" is not referring to the remake.
If I can get step 4 skipped, then TV shows will appear magically on my computer every night and I'll not have to lift a finger. Now that's progress!
Of course, if you can do this, then the next step will be to do it for just the shows I trust. VideoDrive gets Dexter right every time and I trust it to automate that, but it gets Doctor Who wrong every time so I want to intervene.
Many thanks
Andy
(ASIDE: I think this would also address this issue: "Modifier Key Need"
mozzer502- Posts: 45
Join date: 2009-01-03
Re: Fully automated process for TV Shows
To further simplify this request, I've just realized that 90% of all movies downloaded are placed in sub-directories, and because of that, VideoDrive doesn't get auto-started anyway. So, you could skip the part where I said "for TV Shows only"
mozzer502- Posts: 45
Join date: 2009-01-03
Re: Fully automated process for TV Shows
To further enhance this process, this thread gave me an idea.
When adding TV shows to iTunes, if the show already exists in the iTunes library, then the user should be prompted with "Skip, Overwrite, or Add Anyway" options. The default choice should be set on the Preferences panel.
Assuming that VideoDrive can detect if it is being executed by a person or by Automator, then the flow would be
If auto-running and fileexists
do whatever the preferences say to do (skip, overwrite or add)
if manually running and fileexists
prompt user for decision
Thanks
Andy
When adding TV shows to iTunes, if the show already exists in the iTunes library, then the user should be prompted with "Skip, Overwrite, or Add Anyway" options. The default choice should be set on the Preferences panel.
Assuming that VideoDrive can detect if it is being executed by a person or by Automator, then the flow would be
If auto-running and fileexists
do whatever the preferences say to do (skip, overwrite or add)
if manually running and fileexists
prompt user for decision
Thanks
Andy
mozzer502- Posts: 45
Join date: 2009-01-03
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