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Add a packed torrents common problem section.

Donald Webster 2020-07-22 11:44:09 -07:00
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## 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.
## 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).