Torrents -> Usenet: What should I know?

[ChiknNutz]

I am using OZNZB for the indexer and have all qualities except for the two 3D ones enabled. Not sure which ones I should exclude.

Okay, not sure what the heck happened here, but the one movie I got to download that I mentioned in my last reply, has now been deleted. Now idea how or why, but I certainly didn't do so. It shows up in the Plex log as being deleted, but I have no idea what program actually deleted the movie, nor do I have any idea why it got deleted. This is crazy. I should be able to retrieve it from a Snapshot though, right?

 

[pirateghost]

I am using OZNZB for the indexer and have all qualities except for the two 3D ones enabled. Not sure which ones I should exclude.

Okay, not sure what the heck happened here, but the one movie I got to download that I mentioned in my last reply, has now been deleted. Now idea how or why, but I certainly didn't do so. It shows up in the Plex log as being deleted, but I have no idea what program actually deleted the movie, nor do I have any idea why it got deleted. This is crazy. I should be able to retrieve it from a Snapshot though, right?

Make sure you don't have sab and couch potato fighting for the same folders. You can't have them both trying to process the data. Your files are being deleted by one of the systems involved.

 

[depasseg]

This process isn't rocket science, but it is confusing and until you really understand what's going on, you need to follow a guide to the letter. There is a lot of interaction between the programs and files need to be in specific folders. If you screw up a configuration setting, things are going to break.

 

[ChiknNutz]

Ya I get that and spent all of last night doing it all over again. I was finally successful, only to have something go awry. I have since pulled a few more movies, let's see if they stay put. Also, thanks to snapshots, I was able to retrieve the deleted movie. I wasn't able to just use the Windows restore function, though, due to permissions issues. The owner of the folder is "media" (per one of the guides I followed) and wouldn't let me do that, but I simply copied it from the older folder to the current one.

Dammit, just checked the folders again and something is deleting them. Cr@p. What program would be doing this?

 

[pirateghost]

Ya I get that and spent all of last night doing it all over again. I was finally successful, only to have something go awry. I have since pulled a few more movies, let's see if they stay put. Also, thanks to snapshots, I was able to retrieve the deleted movie. I wasn't able to just use the Windows restore function, though, due to permissions issues. The owner of the folder is "media" (per one of the guides I followed) and wouldn't let me do that, but I simply copied it from the older folder to the current one.

Dammit, just checked the folders again and something is deleting them. Cr@p. What program would be doing this?

Either couch potato or sab. It all depends on how you have it configured.

 

[ChiknNutz]

Best as I can tell so far, it is the Renamer function of CP, but I am not sure what I need to do to fix it. I looked at the CP logs and it does show an error.

 

[ChiknNutz]

Here is an extract from log from CP. I am guessing it has to do with either file permissions or how I have the jail storage mapped.

12-04 12:47:49 INFO[ie.providers.info.omdbapi] Found: JFK (1991)
12-04 12:47:50 INFO[hpotato.core.plugins.base] Opening url: get https://api.themoviedb.org/3/movie/tt0102138?api_key=xxx&append_to_response=alternative_titles, data: []
12-04 12:47:50 INFO[tato.core.plugins.renamer] Same quality release already exists for JFK, with quality 1080p. Assuming repack.
12-04 12:47:50 INFO[tato.core.plugins.renamer] Removing "/media/movies/JFK (1991)/JFK.mkv"
12-04 12:47:50 INFO[tato.core.plugins.renamer] Moving "/media/downloads/JFK (1991)/JFK.mkv" to "/media/movies/JFK (1991)/JFK.mkv"
12-04 12:47:50 ERROR[tato.core.plugins.renamer] Couldn't move file "/media/downloads/JFK (1991)/JFK.mkv" to "/media/movies/JFK (1991)/JFK.mkv": Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/pbi/couchpotato-amd64/share/couchpotato/CouchPotatoServer/couchpotato/core/plugins/renamer.py", line 829, in moveFile shutil.move(old, dest) File "/usr/pbi/couchpotato-amd64/lib/python2.7/shutil.py", line 302, in move copy2(src, real_dst) File "/usr/pbi/couchpotato-amd64/lib/python2.7/shutil.py", line 130, in copy2 copyfile(src, dst) File "/usr/pbi/couchpotato-amd64/lib/python2.7/shutil.py", line 82, in copyfile with open(src, 'rb') as fsrc: IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/media/downloads/JFK (1991)/JFK.mkv'
12-04 12:47:50 ERROR[tato.core.plugins.renamer] Failed renaming the file "JFK.mkv" : Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/pbi/couchpotato-amd64/share/couchpotato/CouchPotatoServer/couchpotato/core/plugins/renamer.py", line 625, in scan self.moveFile(src, dst, use_default = not is_torrent or self.fileIsAdded(src, group)) File "/usr/pbi/couchpotato-amd64/share/couchpotato/CouchPotatoServer/couchpotato/core/plugins/renamer.py", line 829, in moveFile shutil.move(old, dest) File "/usr/pbi/couchpotato-amd64/lib/python2.7/shutil.py", line 302, in move copy2(src, real_dst) File "/usr/pbi/couchpotato-amd64/lib/python2.7/shutil.py", line 130, in copy2 copyfile(src, dst) File "/usr/pbi/couchpotato-amd64/lib/python2.7/shutil.py", line 82, in copyfile with open(src, 'rb') as fsrc: IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/media/downloads/JFK (1991)/JFK.mkv'

 

[pirateghost]

Here is an extract from log from CP. I am guessing it has to do with either file permissions or how I have the jail storage mapped.

12-04 12:47:49 INFO[ie.providers.info.omdbapi] Found: JFK (1991)
12-04 12:47:50 INFO[hpotato.core.plugins.base] Opening url: get https://api.themoviedb.org/3/movie/tt0102138?api_key=xxx&append_to_response=alternative_titles, data: []
12-04 12:47:50 INFO[tato.core.plugins.renamer] Same quality release already exists for JFK, with quality 1080p. Assuming repack.
12-04 12:47:50 INFO[tato.core.plugins.renamer] Removing "/media/movies/JFK (1991)/JFK.mkv"
12-04 12:47:50 INFO[tato.core.plugins.renamer] Moving "/media/downloads/JFK (1991)/JFK.mkv" to "/media/movies/JFK (1991)/JFK.mkv"
12-04 12:47:50 ERROR[tato.core.plugins.renamer] Couldn't move file "/media/downloads/JFK (1991)/JFK.mkv" to "/media/movies/JFK (1991)/JFK.mkv": Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/pbi/couchpotato-amd64/share/couchpotato/CouchPotatoServer/couchpotato/core/plugins/renamer.py", line 829, in moveFile shutil.move(old, dest) File "/usr/pbi/couchpotato-amd64/lib/python2.7/shutil.py", line 302, in move copy2(src, real_dst) File "/usr/pbi/couchpotato-amd64/lib/python2.7/shutil.py", line 130, in copy2 copyfile(src, dst) File "/usr/pbi/couchpotato-amd64/lib/python2.7/shutil.py", line 82, in copyfile with open(src, 'rb') as fsrc: IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/media/downloads/JFK (1991)/JFK.mkv'
12-04 12:47:50 ERROR[tato.core.plugins.renamer] Failed renaming the file "JFK.mkv" : Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/pbi/couchpotato-amd64/share/couchpotato/CouchPotatoServer/couchpotato/core/plugins/renamer.py", line 625, in scan self.moveFile(src, dst, use_default = not is_torrent or self.fileIsAdded(src, group)) File "/usr/pbi/couchpotato-amd64/share/couchpotato/CouchPotatoServer/couchpotato/core/plugins/renamer.py", line 829, in moveFile shutil.move(old, dest) File "/usr/pbi/couchpotato-amd64/lib/python2.7/shutil.py", line 302, in move copy2(src, real_dst) File "/usr/pbi/couchpotato-amd64/lib/python2.7/shutil.py", line 130, in copy2 copyfile(src, dst) File "/usr/pbi/couchpotato-amd64/lib/python2.7/shutil.py", line 82, in copyfile with open(src, 'rb') as fsrc: IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/media/downloads/JFK (1991)/JFK.mkv'

Check SAB. Something is happening to the file before the renamer does anything. You have some bad configuration

 

[Robert Trevellyan]

Most likely you have sorting enabled in SABnzbd.

 

[ChiknNutz]

I am trying to figure this out now, I just checked and nothing is enabled in the SORTING section of SAB.

 

[diedrichg]

What about CP? Check Settings>Renamer and see if Cleanup is checked.

 

[ChiknNutz]

I do have it enabled, isn't that what you would ultimately want to have?

 

[diedrichg]

I do have it enabled, isn't that what you would ultimately want to have?

It's cleaning up the entire folder including the movie. See my post above with my settings. You want the movie moved from the temporary "Complete" folder to the 'permanent' movies folder that Plex will read from. Cleanup will delete EVERYTHING in the temporary Complete folder.

 

[ChiknNutz]

I've went thru all the settings a bunch of times and am pretty darn sure everything is up to snuff.

Okay so the last couple that I got to download got copied over to the correct folder, but were not renamed. They retained the long funky naming convention. Also, I've only been able to hit about 30%-40% as related to movies that will actually play. I've even tried using third party software to convert them and they won't at all.

 

[pirateghost]

I've went thru all the settings a bunch of times and am pretty darn sure everything is up to snuff.

Okay so the last couple that I got to download got copied over to the correct folder, but were not renamed. They retained the long funky naming convention. Also, I've only been able to hit about 30%-40% as related to movies that will actually play. I've even tried using third party software to convert them and they won't at all.

Mkv files play fine with Plex or VLC. You don't need to convert them.

 

[ChiknNutz]

I've found the MKV files are fine too, it is the AVI and WMV files that are giving me fits. I just discovered how to tell what the original file format is from within CP, so I will try to pick those that are MKV until I can get this sorted out.

Oh, and to be accurate on the copying/renaming bit. The initially downloaded file is renamed correctly, but the copied/moved file does not seem to be renamed at all. Can't imagine why one function would work and the other not, since it's all wrapped in the same setting.

 

[pirateghost]

I don't understand why you're having such an issue. I've been doing this for years and have set different systems up for friends and never had these kinds of problems.

 

[diedrichg]

Yeah, sorry. Not sure why it's not renaming. Make sure SAB renaming is not enabled. I have never received avi or wmv unless I specifically requested it, CP only grabs mkv and the occasional mp4. Stay away from the avi and wmv's unless you like cam movies. I prefer to wait for official rips.

 

[ChiknNutz]

I dunno either. I don't go in like a bull in a china shop at all and just start changing this and that. For this, I am really cautious and try to be very careful about what I am doing. There is a renaming area in SAB under the switches, but I made no changes to that. The only options enabled there are the "Enable folder rename" and "Replace Illegal Characters In Folder Names"

Oh, what is the +Delete setting in SAB, under Categories? You have this setting in the post you referred to.

 

[ChiknNutz]

I was able to download several working movies last night. The odd behavior is that they were all properly renamed in the original folder, a copy was made of the original, but the new copy was not renamed. I guess it's not a big deal to manually rename them after the fact, just want to figure out what is causing this.