Guys, if you don't mind, I have a problem in relation to sickbeard.  In the Config > General category, I don't get the subcategory 'Defaults'.  This is where I can set resolution and season folders.  I'm guessing I didn't set season folders because the post processing script puts the shows in the root directory, instead of a season folder.

 

Can you guys post the part of the config.ini file where the setting is located?  I have no idea what to change the value to, and as I mentioned, the category does not show (all I get is Misc, Metadata, Web Interface and Episode Naming).  I believe it's "season_folders_default = 0".  Is your value set to "1" if you use Season Folders?  Thanks a lot.

 

not sure if this is what you mean, but what I do is click on each individual show and then you can edit it and there is a check mark for season folders. Without doing this it wasn't checked by defualt and mine went in the root directory as well.

Thanks a lot, got it. 

 

This confused me: http://sickbeard.com/config.html  I don't have that default category.

Thanks a lot, got it. 

 

This confused me: http://sickbeard.com/config.html  I don't have that default category.

no problem. I don't have that either. I think that is an older/newer? version. Mine just says alpha master

I'll check mine tonight. I know I set it to use season folders in the configuration when I started using it and I do not have to do it for each series.

 

I'll open the ini file and check the season_folders_default setting too. But I'm betting it needs to be 1, not 0.

 

I also set the option for the default quality that you're saying doesn't exist anymore...

 

It's possible the new release is just missing those options and they'll appear again once we update.

 

Peter

 

I'll check mine tonight. I know I set it to use season folders in the configuration when I started using it and I do not have to do it for each series.

 

I'll open the ini file and check the season_folders_default setting too. But I'm betting it needs to be 1, not 0.

 

I also set the option for the default quality that you're saying doesn't exist anymore...

 

It's possible the new release is just missing those options and they'll appear again once we update.

 

Peter

 

 

thanks! 

If you add shows/add existing shows then at the top is a customize options button that has the default settings for quality and season folder and initial state. You can make the missing episodes wanted by default so they download without having to go and manually set them to wanted so they download.

 

Not sure why the settings ended up there exactly but I'm betting they'll move in the future.

 

Peter

If you add shows/add existing shows then at the top is a customize options button that has the default settings for quality and season folder and initial state. You can make the missing episodes wanted by default so they download without having to go and manually set them to wanted so they download.

 

Not sure why the settings ended up there exactly but I'm betting they'll move in the future.

 

Peter

 

yeah weird spot but thanks!

That's cool that you can set the quality to custom. What do you have for yours. Would I get much out of having it check for 1080p first or are pretty much most tv shows only in 720p

I just use HD. There is no broadcast 1080p TV.

 

Peter

Hi guys, I'm having the same problem as Jake, do you know what you did to get the post processing working? I know this is strictly a SAB/sickbeard issue.

 

I've set it up in the usual way and it would just say 'Cannot run script /mnt/disk1/.sabnzbd/scripts/sabToSickBeard.py'. After a bit of googling I found some posts suggesting trying setting a symbolic link from the sabToSickBeard.py in the sickbeard folder to a folder in sabnzbd folder but sabnzbd doesn't find the script in the scripts drop down if I do that.

 

I'm using the latest alpha of unraid and I should say I'm a linux newbie so go easy! Unraid is awesome so far, I've never posted on the boards yet as every problem I've hit there's always been info here to sort it out  

 

EDIT: I fixed my own problem! Instead of copying the scripts from the autoProcessTV in sickbeard to a folder in the sabnzbd install, I just pointed sabnzbd to the autoProcessTV folder in sickbeard directly. This worked a treat!

So a somewhat related question, as someone who has used Sabnzbd for a long time for TV.

 

What is the benefit of using Sickbeard to Post process/rename your shows over just having Sabnzbd do it? 

I mean Sabnzbd already has a TV sorting function that works perfectly well in auto renaming/directory structure creation/etc, and for the life of me i cant see what Sickbeard is doing thats any different?

main pro for me seems to be that sickbeard uses the metadata that it gets from a search to create the initial folder, and then uses that folder each time. So it knows the association between a TV show and the file downloaded. Sabnzbd only knows the filename each time. So with something like CSI:NY, I can end up with 4 different folders created by sabnzbd based on how the filename was worded.

 

TBH it doesn't make much difference other than neatness - Plex media server scans both setups well enough.

 

The main disadvantage for me (and actually one reason to consider unRAID) is that sickbeard is limited to one folder. I have two 1TB drives with shows that span both drives, and sickbeard doesn't pick up previous episodes well. and when my current drive is full (soon) sickbeard will need to be reconfigured for every show to point at a new drive.

 

 

While I'm here how do you guys work with Plex media server and unRAID? currently I'm running USB drives attached to my mini, and I have PMS set to scan 'when it detects changes'. Now with unRAID I'm hoping most of the time the drives will be idle and spun down. If PMS is looking for changes, will it be constantly spinning them up for access?

 

longer term plan is to move PMS to unRAID

The main disadvantage for me (and actually one reason to consider unRAID) is that sickbeard is limited to one folder. I have two 1TB drives with shows that span both drives, and sickbeard doesn't pick up previous episodes well. and when my current drive is full (soon) sickbeard will need to be reconfigured for every show to point at a new drive.

 

Unless I'm missing something, why don't you just create a user share and put all your shows in there?  UnRaid will automatically span the content across drives (including new drives), and you can then point Sickbeard at a single directory (/mnt/user/TV/).

you're missing the bit where I say that disadvantage is one reason I'm considering unRAID

 

 

you're missing the bit where I say that disadvantage is one reason I'm considering unRAID

 

Re-read the post... sorry... misunderstood what you said.

Nope, a small company called Wightman Telecom.

Just reading thru, i dont know how small you fibre company is but my is a coop and for 3.0Mbps i pay 51.00 CAN

 

damn it

Nope, a small company called Wightman Telecom.

Just reading thru, i dont know how small you fibre company is but my is a coop and for 3.0Mbps i pay 51.00 CAN

 

damn it

 

They're not really small but not a big player either. Just over $40 a month. No cap. I'm switching to FIOS from another company called Eastlink, a little better price and others are telling me they have better speeds so I'm giving it a try.