[GUIDE] Fully Automated Media Center with Transmission (Mac)

[rednoah]

1. RTFM

--def clean=y Automatically empty folders and clutter files that may be left behind after moving the video files or temporary extracted files after copying

2. Yes, it's very easy for anyone who knows a bit of programming

[plittlefield]

I cannot seem to get Transmission to run my script.

I have downloaded the original amc.groovy file and tweaked it to work with my directories.

If I run it manually substituting the Transmission variables for full paths and filenames etc. it works.

If I run it manually passing the Transmission variables for full paths and filenames etc. it works.

But Transmission does not run it itself.

My settings and files are as follows:-

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#!/bin/bash
# transmission_filebot.sh
/usr/bin/filebot -script "/home/paully/Bin/amc_paully.groovy" --output "/home/paully/Videos" --log-file "/home/paully/.filebot/logs/amc_paully.log" --action copy --conflict override -non-strict --def "ut_dir=$TR_TORRENT_DIR/$TR_TORRENT_NAME" "ut_kind=multi" "ut_title=$TR_TORRENT_NAME"

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/etc/transmission-daemon/settings.json
"script-torrent-done-enabled": true, 
"script-torrent-done-filename": "/home/paully/Bin/transmission_filebot.sh",

Any ideas?

Thanks



Paully

[rednoah]

Could you be missing a simple chmod +x? Or some other type of permission issue that would stop transmission from executing the script?

[plittlefield]

All good as far as I can see...

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-rwxrwxr-x 1 paully paully 344 Mar 12 14:10 /home/paully/Bin/transmission_filebot.sh*

...and besides it works when I feed it variables...

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$ TR_TORRENT_DIR="/home/paully/Downloads/transmission/tv" TR_TORRENT_NAME="Marvels.Agents.of.S.H.I.E.L.D.S01E15.720p.HDTV.x264-REMARKABLE" ~/Bin/transmission_filebot.sh

...and the log file shows...

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Parameter: ut_dir = /home/paully/Downloads/transmission/tv/Marvels.Agents.of.S.H.I.E.L.D.S01E15.720p.HDTV.x264-REMARKABLE
Parameter: ut_kind = multi
Parameter: ut_title = Marvels.Agents.of.S.H.I.E.L.D.S01E15.720p.HDTV.x264-REMARKABLE
Read archive [marvels.agents.of.s.h.i.e.l.d.s01e15.720p.hdtv.x264-remarkable.rar] and extract to [/home/paully/Downloads/transmission/tv/Marvels.Agents.of.S.H.I.E.L.D.S01E15.720p.HDTV.x264-REMARKABLE/marvels.agents.of.s.h.i.e.l.d.s01e15.720p.hdtv.x264-remarkable/Marvels.Agents.of.S.H.I.E.L.D.S01E15.720p.HDTV.x264-REMARKABLE]
Extracting files [/home/paully/Downloads/transmission/tv/Marvels.Agents.of.S.H.I.E.L.D.S01E15.720p.HDTV.x264-REMARKABLE/marvels.agents.of.s.h.i.e.l.d.s01e15.720p.hdtv.x264-remarkable/Marvels.Agents.of.S.H.I.E.L.D.S01E15.720p.HDTV.x264-REMARKABLE/Marvels.Agents.of.S.H.I.E.L.D.S01E15.720p.HDTV.x264-REMARKABLE.mkv]
Input: /home/paully/Downloads/transmission/tv/Marvels.Agents.of.S.H.I.E.L.D.S01E15.720p.HDTV.x264-REMARKABLE/marvels.agents.of.s.h.i.e.l.d.s01e15.720p.hdtv.x264-remarkable/Marvels.Agents.of.S.H.I.E.L.D.S01E15.720p.HDTV.x264-REMARKABLE/Marvels.Agents.of.S.H.I.E.L.D.S01E15.720p.HDTV.x264-REMARKABLE.mkv
Group: [tvs:Marvels Agents of S H I E L D] => [Marvels.Agents.of.S.H.I.E.L.D.S01E15.720p.HDTV.x264-REMARKABLE.mkv]
Rename episodes using [TheTVDB]
Auto-detected query: [Marvels Agents of S H I E L D]
Fetching episode data for [Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.]
[COPY] Rename [/home/paully/Downloads/transmission/tv/Marvels.Agents.of.S.H.I.E.L.D.S01E15.720p.HDTV.x264-REMARKABLE/marvels.agents.of.s.h.i.e.l.d.s01e15.720p.hdtv.x264-remarkable/Marvels.Agents.of.S.H.I.E.L.D.S01E15.720p.HDTV.x264-REMARKABLE/Marvels.Agents.of.S.H.I.E.L.D.S01E15.720p.HDTV.x264-REMARKABLE.mkv] to [/home/paully/Videos/TV/Marvel's_Agents_of_S_H_I_E_L_D/Marvel's_Agents_of_S_H_I_E_L_D_S01E15.mkv]
Processed 1 files
Done ヾ(＠⌒ー⌒＠)ノ

...it just won't do it on its own.



Paully

[rednoah]

Then I guess the next step is figure out why transmission is not calling the script, or any scripts for that matter. Try posting in their forums as well.

[plittlefield]

I will, good idea... however...

I used to have a simple script to output exactly those same variables to a text log file.

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#!/bin/bash
# torrent_done.sh
{
LOG_FILE=/tmp/torrent_done.log
echo "${TR_TORRENT_ID}/${TR_TORRENT_DIR}/${TR_TORRENT_NAME}" >>$LOG_FILE
} &

That's been working perfectly for the last year!

Could it be to do with Java versions?

The saga continues...

:-\

[plittlefield]

I have put back the original script to test it tonight.

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/etc/transmission-daemon/settings.json
"script-torrent-done-enabled": true, 
"script-torrent-done-filename": "/home/paully/Bin/torrent_done.sh",

PS: I have tried 3 times to register on the Transmission forum, it's not easy!



Paully

[rednoah]

Well, if the script is called then why don't you add lots of logging and output redirects so you can figure out what it says and where exactly it fails?

If the script is run correctly then it can't not work.

[plittlefield]

I am going to test it tonight using my old simple logging script (which uses exactly the same TR_ variables!), then try the filebot version again tomorrow.

I have posted on the Transmission forum for any thoughts.

I DO love a challenge...

[plittlefield]

Well, needless to say my old script was run by Transmission as expected and gave me my log file...

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/tmp/torrent_done.log
1//home/paully/Downloads/transmission/tv/The.Big.Bang.Theory.S07E18.720p.HDTV.X264-DIMENSION
2//home/paully/Downloads/transmission/tv/The.Crazy.Ones.S01E18.720p.HDTV.x264-KILLERS

...so, it's not Transmission!

Any other ideas?

[plittlefield]

Aaaaah, I think I may have found something in the debug logs...!

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/home/paully/.filebot/logs/amc_paully.log (Permission denied)

Ofcourse, the script is being run by the transmission-daemon user and group...!

So, if I change the group ownership of my ~/.filebot folder to the same group as Transmission, and make it writeable then the error should go and the Filebot script should run...

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chgrp -R debian-transmission ~/.filebot
chmod -R g+w ~/.filebot

...fingers crossed tonight.



Paully

[rednoah]

Yes, naturally filebot will not full access to it's application data folder, the log is the first thing that fails, but more importantly it'll need it a place to cache some data.

[plittlefield]

OK, fixed it completely and it's so annoyingly simple.

Change the user transmission-daemon runs as, then fix folder ownership.

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$ sudo /etc/init.d/transmission-daemon stop
$ sudo nano /etc/init.d/transmission-daemon
  USER=paully
$ sudo chown paully /etc/transmission-daemon/*
$ sudo chown -R paully /var/lib/transmission-daemon/
$ sudo /etc/init.d/transmission-daemon start

Transmission then downloads all torrents as my username and so Filebot uses those variables and copies files into folders already owned by me.

Growl, sigh, and general comments like "yeah, why isn't that in the documentation?!?... mumble, moan."



Paully

[rednoah]

You're welcome to write an extra thread on this issue, or an improved / alternate tutorial for setting things up correctly.

[plittlefield]

OK, I'll put it on my list of things to do

I will donate now too.

Thanks.

Paully

[ErsinB]

I'm having some trouble since the update. My AMC doesn't work anymore. I just read every single topic about this, but couldn't fix it. I'll be delighted if someone could help me with this.

I'm just using the simple script:

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#!/bin/bash
/Applications/Filebot.app/Contents/MacOS/filebot -script fn:amc --output "/Users/ErsinB/Downloads" --log-file amc.log --action copy --conflict override -non-strict --def artwork=n subtitles=en,nl --def [email protected] "ut_dir=$TR_TORRENT_DIR/$TR_TORRENT_NAME" "ut_kind=multi" "ut_title=$TR_TORRENT_NAME"

But this didn't execute the automatic renaming proces after a download. If I execute this file terminal gives me this:

Last login: Mon Jun 16 19:04:42 on ttys000
imac-van-ersinb:~ ErsinB$ /Users/ErsinB/Desktop/transmission-postprocess ; exit;
/Users/ErsinB/Desktop/transmission-postprocess: line 2: /Applications/Filebot.app/Contents/MacOS/filebot: No such file or directory
logout

[Proces voltooid]

So I looked in the /Applications/Filebot.app/Contents/MacOS/filebot folder, and only saw filebot.sh. So i changed the script into this:

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#!/bin/bash
/Applications/Filebot.app/Contents/MacOS/filebot.sh -script fn:amc --output "/Users/ErsinB/Downloads" --log-file amc.log --action copy --conflict override -non-strict --def artwork=n subtitles=en,nl --def [email protected] "ut_dir=$TR_TORRENT_DIR/$TR_TORRENT_NAME" "ut_kind=multi" "ut_title=$TR_TORRENT_NAME"

This still didn't rename any downloaded file. When I execute this terminal tells me:

Last login: Mon Jun 16 19:43:13 on ttys000
/Users/ErsinB/Desktop/transmission-postprocess ; exit;
imac-van-ersinb:~ ErsinB$ /Users/ErsinB/Desktop/transmission-postprocess ; exit;
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: net/filebot/Main : Unsupported major.minor version 51.0
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClassCond(ClassLoader.java:637)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:621)
at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:141)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(URLClassLoader.java:283)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$000(URLClassLoader.java:58)
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:197)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:190)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:306)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:301)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:247)
logout

[Proces voltooid]

I already installed Oracle Java SE Runtime Environment 8, that didn't solve anything. I tried to delete/reinstall the latest FileBot, but that didn't fix it neither. So I'm out of ideas.

Could someone help me with this? What am I doing wrong?

[rednoah]

You're still running Java 6. Use google to figure out how to make it use Java 8 instead.

Java 6 runtime telling you that it can't run Java 7 code:

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Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: net/filebot/Main : Unsupported major.minor version 51.0

[ErsinB]

Ok, I think I fixed that. Terminal gives me this when I ask for the current version:

Last login: Mon Jun 16 20:41:06 on ttys000
imac-van-ersinb:~ ErsinB$ java -version
java version "1.8.0_05"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_05-b13)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.5-b02, mixed mode)
imac-van-ersinb:~ ErsinB$

But when I execute the transmission-postprocess, it gives me this now:

Last login: Mon Jun 16 20:44:30 on ttys000
imac-van-ersinb:~ ErsinB$ /Users/ErsinB/Desktop/transmission-postprocess ; exit;
Locking /Users/ErsinB/.filebot/logs/amc.log
Parameter: artwork = n
Parameter: subtitles = en,nl
Parameter: mailto = *****
Parameter: ut_dir = /
Parameter: ut_kind = multi
Parameter: ut_title = null
NullPointerException: java.lang.NullPointerException
java.lang.NullPointerException
at net.filebot.media.ReleaseInfo$FolderEntryFilter.accept(ReleaseInfo.java:421)
at net.filebot.media.MediaDetection.isDiskFolder(MediaDetection.java:92)
at net.filebot.cli.ScriptShellMethods.isDisk(ScriptShellMethods.java:89)
at Script1.resolveInput(Script1.groovy:141)
at Script1$_resolveInput_closure80.doCall(Script1.groovy:142)
at Script1.resolveInput(Script1.groovy:142)
at Script1$_run_closure46.doCall(Script1.groovy:165)
at Script1.run(Script1.groovy:165)
at net.filebot.cli.ScriptShell.evaluate(ScriptShell.java:60)
at net.filebot.cli.ScriptShell.runScript(ScriptShell.java:81)
at net.filebot.cli.ArgumentProcessor.process(ArgumentProcessor.java:108)
at net.filebot.Main.main(Main.java:192)
Failure (°_°)
logout

[Proces voltooid]

So what's wrong now

[rednoah]

The environment variables that transmission should be passing in are not passed in.

[ErsinB]

Which means?

I justed tested it with a download, it did proces everything. Renaming, downloading subs and creating a folder. Everything just worked. I don't know why and how, but it did .

[Meph88]

Hi guys,

I am having major issues here.
I just got a mac mini and am fairly new to the mac OS environment.
I have the filebot postprocess running on a Windows 8.1 PC perfectly but want to move these processes to the new mac mini.
I've tried a few variations to get this working and I have followed the instructions here exactly but it appears that transmission is not running the script I'm telling it to.

The script I have set up and am attempting to use is as follows:

#!/bin/bash
/Applications/Filebot.app/Contents/MacOS/filebot.sh -script fn:amc --output "/Users/KevsMacMini/Documents/Sorted” --log-file amc.log --action copy --conflict override -non-strict --def music=y subtitles=en artwork=y plex=http://plexserver/web/index.html pushover=xxxxxxxxxx "ut_dir=$TR_TORRENT_DIR/$TR_TORRENT_NAME" "ut_kind=multi" "ut_title=$TR_TORRENT_NAME"

Obviously I changed the plex and pushover specifics but I can not for the life of me get this to do anything. The torrent files download and then........ nothing else happens.

Please help me. I have tried for hours, I believe I am close but just can't get this running.

To add from the above, I have tried running in terminal this:
#!/bin/bash
/Applications/Filebot.app/Contents/MacOS/filebot.sh -script fn:amc "/Users/KevsMacMini/Documents/TestDLlocation" --output "/Users/KevsMacMini/Documents/Sorted" --action move --conflict override -non-strict --def music=y artwork=y --def excludeList=excludelog.txt

This script works fine and I'm able to use it to organise files but the automated postprocess I can not get working.

Any help is appreciated.

[DrKnate]

Try to just install the Java 8 JDK, it will change all the variables needed during the install.

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/ ... 33151.html


After Installing:

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$ java -version
java version "1.8.0_11"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_11-b12)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.11-b03, mixed mode)

Seems to work now.

[iMe]

Hi guys,

There is a way to run a program feature in uTorrent for Mac but you'll have to use it via remote.utorrent.com after you set the login settings in uTorrent preferences



So, can anyone make a tutorial about Mac+uTorrent?

[donok]

Hi,

I tried to set up filebot with transmission on Mac OS X 10.10 and can't make it work. I installed filebot with Homebrew cask as detailed here http://www.filebot.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=2049

I created a script as suggested

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#!/bin/bash

filebot -script fn:amc --output "/Volumes/Media" --log-file amc.log --action copy -non-strict "ut_dir=$TR_TORRENT_DIR/$TR_TORRENT_NAME" "ut_kind=multi" "ut_title=$TR_TORRENT_NAME"

The script works perfectly when called from Terminal, but doesn't run when called from Transmission.

It tried to add log monitoring to the script to make sure it is called by Transmission, and that works perfectly. The script is called, but the filebot action is not performed and the argument are correctly passed
I also tried with a fixed input folder

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#!/bin/bash

filebot -script fn:amc --output "/Volumes/Media" --log-file amc.log --action copy -non-strict "/Users/Myself/Downloads"  

Again, works fine when called from Terminal, no action when called from Transmission.

Any other idea why filebot is not cooperative when called from Transmission script ??

Thanks

[rednoah]

So it works if you run it yourself but not from transmission? And you made sure the script is called by redirecting output? Try redirecting filebot output (including error output!!!) to a file and see what it says.