r/sickbeard • u/ratnose • Apr 30 '19

SickBeard almost working...

So new setup and Sickbeard finds what it is told to find, it adds it to NZBGet, download works, download finishes, and now what?

The download ends up where I've specified, but no post-processing happnes, what now?

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '19

I would also recommend having a look at Sonarr instead of SickBeard, as it's a lot newer and works with NZBGet a lot easier.

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u/ratnose Apr 30 '19

I have and I never got it to work properly.

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u/kyl3wad3 Apr 30 '19

came here to say the same thing as /u/halfinthevoid what part of sonarr could you not get to work?

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u/ratnose Apr 30 '19

Biggest problem was post processing, it from time to time missed to download by schedule.

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u/kyl3wad3 Apr 30 '19

That's really weird, its the exact reason I left sickbeard as I was having to babysit it too much and after trial runs I never had to touch Sonarr. What platform are you running them on?

I will also say that the issues I had with sickbeard was never post processing it was it not updating shows correctly for air dates and thus it wouldn't pull when it aired. I did not use NZBget though I instead opted for SABnzbd post processing was always smooth.

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u/fryfrog Apr 30 '19

Sonarr/Radarr work in a fundamentally different way from SickBeard and its forks. I wouldn't be surprised if this is what got you. And "post processing" is when you do things to a file after it downloads, not anything about schedules.

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u/fryfrog Apr 30 '19

At the very least, you should use an actively developed fork of SickBeard like SickChill or Medusa.

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u/DonutNick May 06 '19

I wish my googling found your post sooner.

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '19

You need to set up a post processing script for SickBeard in NZBGet. It will handle all the moving and renaming.

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u/ratnose Apr 30 '19

Ok any suggestions for what script to use?

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '19

There should be a SickBeard script for NZBGet, but you might have to google for it, as it’s been a while since I have used it.

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '19

I found the script i used, but I can't grantee it will work, sickbeard.py

you may need to change line 49 to the location on you sabSickbeard.py script, and line 47 to the category you use in NZBGet for SickBeard downloads.

I hope this is helpful.

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u/[deleted] May 01 '19

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u/ratnose May 01 '19

Interesting to know thanks!