Differences between each filebot container?

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Akastamente
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Differences between each filebot container?

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I bought 1 year subscription to try Filebot. However I am confused on all these different Dockers.

filebot command-line tool (Dockerfile)
filebot-node web application (Dockerfile)
filebot-watcher command-line tool (Dockerfile)
filebot-xpra remote desktop environment (Dockerfile)
filebot-projector web renderer (Dockerfile)
filebot-webdav webdav server (Dockerfile)


#1 What is the differences between filebot command-line tool and filebot-watcher command-line tool ?
#2 What is the differences between filebot-node web application and filebot-projector web renderer and filebot-webdav webdav server ?

#I have a Ugreen NAS and I wanted to download movies via qbt and automatically renamed within NAS. What if the Filebot cannot decide which movie is it on automated renaming?
#At the same time, I'd like to have a user interface for any manual edit I will want in NAS.

I don't know which Filebot to use and it is hard to understand their specific features.
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Re: Differences between All Filebot

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Each of these containers does something completely different. The README has a section on each of them. I'm not sure what to add to that, but if you have a specific question, just ask and I'll answer. That said, the use case is in the name, that answers #1 and #2 for the most part, if you need the command-line tool you use the command-line tool container, if you need a remote desktop you pick the remote desktop container, and so on.



:arrow: You will likely want to use the filebot-xpra container. That'll give you a Remote Desktop Environment that you can access via your browser from your Desktop PC. That way you can run the FileBot Desktop application on your NAS. If you're not yet familiar with docker, then you will likely have a hard time translating the instructions to whatever docker configuration web interface that UGREEN NAS is giving you. The [DOCKER] How do I run the FileBot Desktop application on my Synology NAS or QNAP NAS? instructions might help though.

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:arrow: You may prefer to just run the FileBot Desktop application on your Desktop PC and process files remotely via a network drive. That's the easiest solution. I'd start with that. Running the GUI on the NAS is a second step. Running automated scripts after qBT finishes a download, that's yet another much more advanced step, and the nature of docker containers will make this particular step rather difficult for less technical users. I'd start with the easy solution and then do one step at a time.
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