Windows HOW-TO get uTorrent to tell XBMC to update its library

Exactly what I was looking for! Thank you.

One question before I get started, if I don't append labels to my downloads and simply have a directory set for all my RSS Downloader filters will it still work? (just adding your script to the "Run program" feature without doing anything else or does the script use the labels somehow)

Thank in advance!

edit: looked at the script for a brief moment and also saw the following in your post: "The %L passes the label of the completed torrent." etc. so I'm assuming it's not possible to do it for the way I have it set up, but since I have my TV shows on different hard drives I can't really use one common download place and then just append a label, since the label can't change directory to a different hard drive, right?

You can set up your RSS filter to save the files wherever you like. Mine is set to save each show in "//server/videos/television/showname/seasonxx/" I only need to change the filter at the end of each season in preparation for the next. As for labels, if you set the download location in your RSS filter, the label won't affect the directory name of the torrent. The easiest thing you can do is define a filter for each show you download. This will have the added benefit of organizing your television folder for you.

Pillzbury Wrote:You can set up your RSS filter to save the files wherever you like. Mine is set to save each show in "//server/videos/television/showname/seasonxx/" I only need to change the filter at the end of each season in preparation for the next. As for labels, if you set the download location in your RSS filter, the label won't affect the directory name of the torrent. The easiest thing you can do is define a filter for each show you download. This will have the added benefit of organizing your television folder for you.

Wait... I've done all this, this thread is about "HOW-TO get uTorrent to tell XBMC to update its library" and that's what I want to figure out how to do without using labels etc, because from what I understand the script used is sending information like labels to XBMC. Basically I want to know how to get uTorrent to tell XBMC to update its library when having each filter set to download to different folders (a.k.a. without the use of appending labels)

edit: the script posted (and made?) by watzen won't work because the "sourcePath = "YOUR/PATH/TO/SOURCE/"" would have to be a lot of different folders, one for each filter added in uTorrent, and that is my problem. Anyone got a solution for that?

edit2: Ahh, that seem to be what you have done Pillzbury? Didn't see your solution earlier, only watzen's, will try it out.

Yes, check out my version posted here: http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=120615

It doesn't rely on the label for the directory. It DOES rely on the label to determine if it should alert XBMC and update the library. Need help troubleshooting it? Reply in that thread.

i have my torrents download directly into the show folders

what script would i need to just send an update notification without moving/renaming files?

svtfmook

Few questions.

1. Are your shows downloaded to a local folder (i.e. C:\users\username\downloads\) or to a network share (i.e. //homeserver/videos/television/showname/season02/)
2. Do all your shows go into one folder? (tvshows/dexter101.avi, tvshows/scoobydoo305, etc.) Or does each show have its own folder? If so, are they further divided by seasons?

The script in this thread: http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=120615
should work assuming your torrents are downloaded to a network share, OR if your xbmc is on the same computer as utorrent and you download the files to a local folder.

each show downloads to a local folder corresponding to the show

J:\TV Shows\[name of show]

so the walking dead downloads directly to
J:\TV SHows\the walking dead\

and big bang theory downloads to
J:\TV Shows\the big bang theory\

Is your XBMC on the same PC? Do you have any other XBMCs on other devices or PCs that share the same library? If your XBMC is on another pc, what is the full network share to your tv shows? (//pcname/TV Shows/)

xbmc is on the same computer as utorrent and the files.

Just use the script in this thread: http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=120615

Everything should work once you edit the settings section. Remember, XBMC must be running in order for the library update to occur.