so this is going on my website after what happened with Reddit last time
so the Summer 2023 season is starting and the reason why I posted this here is this is about the time I start setting up my auto-download rule for the next season, I did change my media manager from a hack job to a nodejs script to a proper PVR 3 weeks into the season and it’s a mess
so the problem, is these PVRs don’t work the way I wanted them to, so why did I pick Medusa for my PVR, you could read the original post about this but here’s a simple answer, flexible, not annoying, and works excellent with anime
so what’s the problem?
the problem is, these PVR has a set interval on how often you can fetch new releases, in most cases it’s capped at 10 minutes, my old solution used an RSS feed, basically ping SubsPlease every 1 minute, when a new release comes in make medusa search for new releases, which does not always work and is terrible for the release group because website cost money to run and more traffic more money it costs.
so why not use autobrr?
the problem with autobrr is, as mentioned before the PVR I use is Medusa but autobrr does not support it, it is also a pain to setup
my solution
is another nodejs script, took me a few weeks to figure it out but finally, it’s done and working
How does it work?
this script will first login to rizon IRC, #subsplease channel, and sit there, waiting for a message
when the message comes in, it verifies the sender, matches the data, pulls the filename and URL from the message
then sends the filename over to Medusa to check if the show is in your list if it is it sends the torrent URL to qBittorrent to have it download the file
right now only qBittorrent is supported because this is what I use and what I see most people use, more client support might come later, if you want to open an issue or even better try developing it yourself and make a PR!, suck anywhere just make an issue I’ll be happy to assist!
try it now
the codebase is fully open-sourced, I still have to figure out a few things but right now its up on GitHub, pull it and give it a try
https://github.com/ChokunPlayZ/release-grabber
if you like It, give it a star
if you want something to be added make an issue, I’ll try my best to implement it
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