Need help with sickbeard and sabnzbd postprocessing
Posted: January 12th, 2013, 5:40 pm
Hi guys! I have a problem thats driving me crazy. I don't usually ask questions on forums, I just read guides and figure things out on my own. Well apparently too many guides is bad for you... I read through forum and although I found some similar problems, after 3 days of reading different guides, trying things out in different ways I am so confused So I need a fresh pair of eyes to take a look at my config and explain me what my mistake is.
Confusion only added up after different guides either spoke of sickbeard to sabToSickBeard.exe script or tv to sabToSickBeard.exe script or avoided it at all. Here is my problem, - I am trying to make SAbnzbd + Sickbeard work together. Downloads go great, via a browser (open file, nzb association etc) or Sickbeard (from as many shows as I want, or just selected episodes all is fine) but unfortunately they all get placed into the same folder and just stay there. I have tried so many different things that as you'll see my categories currently left nearly blank because i just don't know what else to put there.
My setup. Windows 7 64, SAB 0.7.9, SickBeard Alpha build 499. Everything is placed locally on the same PC. Sabnzbd has an ip, but Sickbeard runs on localhost. Incompletes for SAB: H:\Garbage, completed files go to D:\Program Files\NewsBin Downloads. Sickbeard is (accordingly to my understanding) is watching D:\Program Files\NewsBin Downloads and then transferring TV content to D:\Program Files\TV Shows (setup as default folder and has folders with different shows added in sickbeard) . D:\Program Files\ also happens to host a number of other dirs - Movies, Anime , Music etc.
Sab part of directories works fine. I followed files from incompletes (H:\Garbage), to completed (D:\Program Files\NewsBin Downloads) but thats where they get stuck. Any help would be much appreciated.
Please do not be quick to point out that my SAB Categories are not filled in completely, they were. I tried more then a few things until i gave up on trying to do it on my own. Since neither of it was working I deleted it all. So my question(s) would be: - Do I need a category 'sickbeard' that calls/uses a script to SabToSickBeard.exe? Or do I need TV category that calls/scripts to SabToSickBeard.exe? Or do I need both? What about my folders, how would I point them giving my setup?
Please be sure to check the screenies below in case something basic slipped my mind.
Categories SAB
http://postimage.org/image/60zq0rpox/
Folders SAB
http://postimage.org/image/b0x68pvbl/
Switches SAB
http://postimage.org/image/4r1wlpvwx/
Sorting SAB
http://postimage.org/image/v5qqe6p5d/
Sickbeard settings
http://postimage.org/image/5x5wkik7l/
SickBeard postprocessing
http://postimage.org/image/p84heeehd/
And another question I have about Sabnzbd. In reference to the screenie below, when the download starts, the optional presets/commands in top right corner (just under the pause button), are they for manual control only (When you decide to DL something on your own (no sickbeard), once the DL started you choose a preset category (TV, music, movies etc) thats already in SAB categories or does it change on its own if SAB recognises a download as TV, movies, music or any other category thats have been preprogrammed ? )
Main view:
http://postimage.org/image/d81ewn0lt/
If anyone is willing to give me a hand with this I would be very grateful. Thanks in advance
P.S: I've been over http://wiki.sabnzbd.org/configure-categories so many times I even found an easter egg lol.
Confusion only added up after different guides either spoke of sickbeard to sabToSickBeard.exe script or tv to sabToSickBeard.exe script or avoided it at all. Here is my problem, - I am trying to make SAbnzbd + Sickbeard work together. Downloads go great, via a browser (open file, nzb association etc) or Sickbeard (from as many shows as I want, or just selected episodes all is fine) but unfortunately they all get placed into the same folder and just stay there. I have tried so many different things that as you'll see my categories currently left nearly blank because i just don't know what else to put there.
My setup. Windows 7 64, SAB 0.7.9, SickBeard Alpha build 499. Everything is placed locally on the same PC. Sabnzbd has an ip, but Sickbeard runs on localhost. Incompletes for SAB: H:\Garbage, completed files go to D:\Program Files\NewsBin Downloads. Sickbeard is (accordingly to my understanding) is watching D:\Program Files\NewsBin Downloads and then transferring TV content to D:\Program Files\TV Shows (setup as default folder and has folders with different shows added in sickbeard) . D:\Program Files\ also happens to host a number of other dirs - Movies, Anime , Music etc.
Sab part of directories works fine. I followed files from incompletes (H:\Garbage), to completed (D:\Program Files\NewsBin Downloads) but thats where they get stuck. Any help would be much appreciated.
Please do not be quick to point out that my SAB Categories are not filled in completely, they were. I tried more then a few things until i gave up on trying to do it on my own. Since neither of it was working I deleted it all. So my question(s) would be: - Do I need a category 'sickbeard' that calls/uses a script to SabToSickBeard.exe? Or do I need TV category that calls/scripts to SabToSickBeard.exe? Or do I need both? What about my folders, how would I point them giving my setup?
Please be sure to check the screenies below in case something basic slipped my mind.
Categories SAB
http://postimage.org/image/60zq0rpox/
Folders SAB
http://postimage.org/image/b0x68pvbl/
Switches SAB
http://postimage.org/image/4r1wlpvwx/
Sorting SAB
http://postimage.org/image/v5qqe6p5d/
Sickbeard settings
http://postimage.org/image/5x5wkik7l/
SickBeard postprocessing
http://postimage.org/image/p84heeehd/
And another question I have about Sabnzbd. In reference to the screenie below, when the download starts, the optional presets/commands in top right corner (just under the pause button), are they for manual control only (When you decide to DL something on your own (no sickbeard), once the DL started you choose a preset category (TV, music, movies etc) thats already in SAB categories or does it change on its own if SAB recognises a download as TV, movies, music or any other category thats have been preprogrammed ? )
Main view:
http://postimage.org/image/d81ewn0lt/
If anyone is willing to give me a hand with this I would be very grateful. Thanks in advance
P.S: I've been over http://wiki.sabnzbd.org/configure-categories so many times I even found an easter egg lol.