Marcozd - SortTV specifies the target folder name in the command. So, for example let's say that all my download content goes to /home/public/downloads/ the script file is located at /home/public/sorttv.pl and I want the to be moved to the folder you specified above. The command I would use is:
perl /home/public/sorttv.pl /home/public/downloads/ /media/TV_SHOWS/
/media/TV_SHOWS/ localhost:[XBMC's Port Number]
The script will then create the /House/ folder if it doesn't already exist along with the /House/Season # folder where the shows will be filed. Each time you run it, it will look for those folders, create them if needed, and then move the files accordingly. You won't actually have to specify the House folder or the season folder, it does all that by itself! For more information on the script, go to the
SortTV XBMC forum. And make sure you thank cliffe for his hard work!
zulemara: That sounds like a great way to test it out first!
As for the remote, it would be easy to set up an IR remote for XBMC as many others have done, but my wife and I both have WebOS phones that we use the
XBMC remote application on. I know these applications are available for
iOS and
Android as well. It provides a touch screen remote and a graphical menu of all the server's contents. It's so slick I don't think you could beat it with any off the shelf remote for sheer functionality. The downside, of course, is that you'd have to control all your audio/TV components with a separate remote since the phone can't handle that. If you don't have a smartphone or ipod touch that could take care of that task, I would recommend just using a standard ir receiver/remote kit like others have done for their HTPCs. You should be able to pick one up pretty cheap!
Dave