HellaVCR - TV downloader

[thaylok]

Just wanted to pimp HellaVCR, a great tool if you follow a lot of tv-shows.

http://code.google.com/p/hellavcr/

It´s actually a downloader "for" Hellanzb (API), but as it uses
queue/blackhole support, it is just a usefull for SABnzbd

Main advantage over similar projects is that it is written in php
with a good web-interface so configuration is a breeze.

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[Undisclosedpower]

There is actually a  patch on googlecode to make it work with sab directly (no need to use the writing to disk). Which doesn't work correctly if you try and use the patch, but does run ok when you add the code by hand. If there is interest I can post up a zip of the changes.

[stanpete]

Thank you for the info.
I'm interested in your modified version.

st

[JayBird]

Yep, im interested too

[auskento]

I really like the look of hellavcr, except I haven't been able to get the patch for sabnzbd to work.

I would be very interested in seeing this too.

I really like the idea of being able to tag this on to the same server i do my downloading, instead of using NZB TV (which is great too) but requires a windows PC to run it

[stanpete]

One question (@all?)

I'm not familiar with php. I try to run this on leopard with firefox. I can start the update process in terminal,
but when I open index.php in my browser it shows some fragments of the layout, a lot of gibberish and it tells
me that it can't find tv.xml etc
I did the chmod on the important files so what am I doing wrong ?

st

[thaylok]

One question (@all?)

I'm not familiar with php. I try to run this on leopard with firefox. I can start the update process in terminal,
but when I open index.php in my browser it shows some fragments of the layout, a lot of gibberish and it tells
me that it can't find tv.xml etc
I did the chmod on the important files so what am I doing wrong ?

st

PHP is a server-side programming language,
you need to run your .php files from a webserver.

Firefox doesn't speak, or read php

here is some usefull reading: http://www.procata.com/blog/archives/20 ... -os-x-105/

[stanpete]

Thank you. I just realized this on the last 5 minutes. Got it working already ;-)
Stupid stanpete.

[stanpete]

Cool, I already rewrote hellavcr.php
I found it quite annoying that you had to select a format. One of the series I wanted
usually doesn't have the format attribute. And I don't care if it divx, xvid or whatever - but the program
does.
I fixed it so that if it doesn't find the right format it will download the next best version
it can find instead of doing nothing.
If anyone is interested in the changes, I will post them.

st

[stanpete]

Ok, since the OP wasn't online I packed everything together. PM me if you want the sab modded
code.

st

Edit: you don't have to mail me. here it is http://rapidshare.com/files/170323295/h ... B.zip.html

[auskento]

Thanks for making this available.

I got it all up and running, and love having the interface tapped on the back end of my Sabnzbd install.

Unfortunately the matching doesnt work as well as i'd like

Had it set to scan for this Friday's shows, as only DivX.

It ended up missing CENSORED, grabbed an MKV High def of CENSORED, and got CENSORED right.

Will have to stick with NZB TV for the short term.

I definately see some great options for this, as long as the Newzbin search mechanism can be customized.

[geebee]

How do I start this running on my QNAP NAS?

php hellavcr.php >> hellavcr.log

-sh: php: command not found

EDIT:

OK I tried it via wget...


wget http://daisy/hella/hellavcr.php -o hellavcr.log

Output in hellavcr.log is:

--2008-12-06 10:49:16--  http://daisy/hella/hellavcr.php
Resolving daisy... 192.168.2.8
Connecting to daisy|192.168.2.8|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: unspecified [text/html]
Saving to: `hellavcr.php.3'

    0K                                                        4.04M=0s

2008-12-06 10:49:18 (4.04 MB/s) - `hellavcr.php.3' saved [352]




Any ideas?

[stanpete]

...grabbed an MKV High def of CENSORED...

This might actually be my fault ;-)
I didn't like its behaviour to download only the format you selected. So I added the function
to look for a different version if it can't find what you were looking for.
This must have slipped into the file i gave you...

But you are right... the search function is bit weak.
If they improve it, this will be my favorite tv app.

st

[shypike]

Please play by the rules and do not discuss on this forum what your are downloading.
http://forums.sabnzbd.org/index.php?topic=41.0

[Johnny5]

how do you edit hellavcr.config.php to accept a username and password for sabnzdb?