AppleTV Movies and TV Show script for Mac

[randyharris]

MKV2M4V is a nifty app, but I've found iFlicks which is better suited to this task. It tags, re-muxes and adds a stereo AAC track if able, or re-converts if needed. Perfecto.

Within minutes I had it up and running and already fairly automated with a couple of simple folder actions.

[damato300]

Randy,

I have been using your script for the last 5 months without a problem. The other day i did an update to 10.7.4 and now the script does not work. I see you are suggesting using another application.

I downloaded iFlicks and have started encoding some of the stuff that didnt encode before. How would I automate this process now? You said you have it fairly automated with a couple folder actions. Could you elaborate?

Thanks
Dan

[randyharris]

I'll put something up shortly, I'm just getting my feet wet with it now.

The nice thing about iFlicks is that it will do a re-mux if it's possible, and re-cencode if necessary.

Basically what I'm doing is using folder actions to move the MKV's into a folder that I have the iFlicks import folder action on, so movies and TV shows get processed, moved into a folder and processed by iFlicks.

Pretty slick really. I'll probably create a script so that iFlicks will tag my Formula 1, MotoGP and WRC shows properly as they don't have data in thetvdb.

[damato300]

Awesome cant wait to see

Thanks

[randyharris]

iVI Pro is very capable too, not nearly as pretty as iFlicks but very capable.

I'll play with both.

[caisley69]

hi, I have just started useing sab with couch and sickbeard on my n40l. I would like to be able to get motogp and f1 could anyone help

[randyharris]

hi, I have just started useing sab with couch and sickbeard on my n40l. I would like to be able to get motogp and f1 could anyone help

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[caisley69]

says I need an invitation code, any one got one lol

[caisley69]

what rss are you useing to get motogp and f1 to d/l useing sab ? would realy like to get this up and running

[daphatty]

@randyharris

Not sure if you are still monitoring this thread but in case you are, can you tell us whether anyone has attempted to modify your script to work in Windows? All of this sounds exactly like what I need, except that my current Sickbeard and SAB+ server is Windows based.

[RayEdwards]

It now handles TV, Movie, Music Video downloads that contain multi-videos. For example if you download a single download that contains all episodes from a full season of a TV show, the script now handles that correctly. Previously it was geared towards single shows/movies, etc.

If you have the script installed, just make a backup copy of your AppleTV file that contains your user variables and overwrite the new one that will be written to your drive when you do the new install. That way you don't have to enter your specifics over again.

I may add the ability to specify by category whether you want to process it immediately or be able to delay processing until a specific time of the day or night. Have it figured out in my head, just need to do it.

That sounds like a useful improvement, especially for full-season downloads where the old script would only handle the first video correctly. The category-based scheduling idea would be useful too — I could see myself wanting movies processed immediately but letting TV or music videos wait until later.

Also, keeping the user-variable file separate from the script is a good approach. It makes updating the script much less painful since you don't have to re-enter all the paths and settings every time.