From 185936727b6cacf1462f6d0f99f7fb9bfc1c8af1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Donald Webster Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2020 11:44:09 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Add a packed torrents common problem section. --- Downloads-and-Importing.md | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Downloads-and-Importing.md b/Downloads-and-Importing.md index b2f5b9a..1c4c161 100644 --- a/Downloads-and-Importing.md +++ b/Downloads-and-Importing.md @@ -34,4 +34,7 @@ The download client should *not* be responsible for removing downloads. Usenet c The download client should download into a temporary-ish folder and Sonarr should import from that into your Library folder. If you download right into your library folder, you'll end up with multiple copies of episodes and when there are import issues, you may not notice because your media server will see the download client copy. The download folder will also be a hot mess of poorly named folders and files while your library folder will be nice and neat. ## Incorrect category -Sonarr should be setup to use a category so that it only tries to process its own downloads. It is rare that a torrent submitted by sonarr gets added w/o the correct category, but it can happen. If you're adding torrents manually and want sonarr to process them, they'll need to have the correct category. It can be set at any time, since sonarr tries to process downloads every minute. \ No newline at end of file +Sonarr should be setup to use a category so that it only tries to process its own downloads. It is rare that a torrent submitted by sonarr gets added w/o the correct category, but it can happen. If you're adding torrents manually and want sonarr to process them, they'll need to have the correct category. It can be set at any time, since sonarr tries to process downloads every minute. + +## Packed torrents +If your torrent is packed in `.rar` files, you'll need to setup extraction. You can typically search your torrent client's name and "unpack" to find a solution. There are some other interesting solutions in this space, like [unpackerr](https://github.com/davidnewhall/unpackerr) and [rarfs](https://sourceforge.net/projects/rarfs/), but they're more complicated. One issue to look out for with packed torrents is that the video file will be copied or hard linked like normal, but it isn't needed since the `.rar` files are seeding. That means if you're using a *copy* setup, the torrent will be consuming double the space. And if you're using a hard link setup, your torrent folder will be a little messier because of the unneeded file. This can be mitigated w/ a [cleanup script](https://gist.github.com/fryfrog/94716e7e27ba38dff57c7631d9f58bed). \ No newline at end of file