Tools for organizing downloaded media

Two utilities are provided: dispatch-media and classify-releases.

classify-releases tells what kind of files an archive, a torrent, or a directory refers to.

Usage:
    classify-releases [--auto]    (directory|torrent|archive)…
    classify-releases  --dirs     directory…
    classify-releases  --torrents release.torrent…
    classify-releases  --archives archive.rar…

dispatch-media runs configurable actions on downloaded archives and torrents. It extracts archives and links torrented files to a content-appropriate location. It uses the same algorithm as classify-releases to decide where files should be dispatched.

The source and target layout are described in a YAML configuration file. An example configuration is provided; edit it and put it in ~/.config.

Usage:
    dispatch-media [options]
Options:
    -v, --verbose    Increase verbosity
    --config=CONFIG  Load configuration from CONFIG instead of
                     ~/.config/dispatch-media.conf

Dependencies

On Debian/Ubuntu, requirements can be installed with:

sudo aptitude install python-libtorrent python-yaml rsync dtrx p7zip-rar unrar

Installation

No installation is required. Both programs can be symlinked to ~∕bin for convenience.