Automate moving TV shows

[KryptoNyte]

Is there a method or plugin that automates the moving of TV shows from the recording directory into an import directory on another hard drive? Would like to use primary SSD to record all television, then late at night, move these files into an import directory to clear the SSD for tomorrow's recordings - and initiate a media scan soon after the files are moved.

[Skirge01]

I wrote a bat file utilizing robocopy a while ago that you could probably repurpose for that. I posted it around here somewhere.

[KryptoNyte]

Is the utility capable of reading the status of whether a program is being watched before it is moved, or invoke a media scan in Sage after the move is complete so that the files are immediately re-adopted?

[bill321]

I have a robocopy batch file that does this (mostly). I use the minage switch in robocopy to move only the files that are older than 8 days. In your case, if your SSD is small, you could use 1 or 2 days. I run the batch file in the middle of the night when nothing is being watched. Since I am moving only one day's worth at a time, the move happens pretty quickly.

I record to two local drives and move to a NAS. The local drives and NAS drive are configured as recording directories with the NAS folder configured to "use only" 0 gigabytes in Sage.

cd "C:\Program Files\Windows Resource Kits\Tools"
robocopy "e:\sagelocal1" "\\syn2\newsagerecordings" /move /e /minage:8 /R:2 /NFL /log:c:\sagelocal.txt
robocopy "f:\sagelocal2" "\\syn2\newsagerecordings" /move /e /minage:8 /R:2 /NFL /log+:c:\sagelocal.txt

c:\wget\bin\wget.exe --delete-after --tries=1 --directory-prefix="c:\wget" "http://username:password@[ipaddress of sage machine]:8080/sage/GlobalCommand?command=UpdateMediaLibrary"

You need robocopy and wget (plus the web interface plugin installed) - all free.

Bill

[Skirge01]

Yep, mine ran nightly and looked for anything older than a day or so.

[KryptoNyte]

Interesting, thanks. Anyone else have any other helpful variants to mention?

[Skirge01]

If you're looking for something more robust, you could check out SJQ.

[KryptoNyte]

Thanks folks. I've been avoiding learning how to use SJQ, but maybe I'll have to dive in here at some point.

[wayner]

I do this with SJQ. For any show with a genre of "children" I use Handbrake to transcode to h.264/mp4 files and then copy to a folder named with the name of the show. Changing to mp4 may reduce file size somewhat and will make the files more portable as these files are easier to play on an ipad.

Within SJQ you have full access to the Sage API so you can determine watched status, etc and you can start a media scan.

[pjpjpjpj]

I just use the default Sage "convert" function. I am OTA so all my recordings are MPEG2, I just set them in the "Favorite" Options screen to auto-convert to MKV, delete the original after converting, and I assign the path to another drive/folder of my choosing. It's all built into native Sage, and gives the same result as what you appear to looking for (other than the fact that it takes time to convert, whereas just moving a file as-is would be almost instant). The files are in other folders on other drives but all still show up in the recordings list like nothing ever happened, and there's no risk of Sage "losing track" of them because the move is being done by Sage itself rather than a third-party.