- Add an RSS feed from a video source like tvrss.net
- Come back to your computer and find a video automatically downloaded and ready to watch
- Click inside Miro to watch the video, after which it is marked as watched and later automatically deleted.
The drwaback to Miro is that it will bring even a well-spec'ed machine to its knees. My dual core CPU with 2GB RAM slows to a crawl. Who wants that? I don't so I cobbled together a more manual system -- one that runs for weeks without any slowdown.
The elements:
- Liferea
- Deluge torrent
- Your favorite video player
Add a video feed to Liferea. In Tools > Preferences, set the refresh time to daily so that tvrss.net doesn't ban you. right click the feed and choose "Properties." In the Advanced tab, choose to auto-load the item.
Deluge:
Make sure to set Deluge as your default BT client by right-clicking on a torrent file, choosing Properties, going to the "Open with" tab, and choosing Deluge. Next, set the default save location for Deluge and any otehr options you need in Edit > Preferences.
By double-clicking on the torrent (or right-clicking), you can open the containing folder automatically. Delete the torrent and the downloaded file at the same time once you've watched it.
Now, I won't pretend that this method is as easy as Miro, which automates the entire process, but the speed benefits more than make up for the difference.
NOTE: Deluge has an RSS plugin, but the functionality doesn't work the way I wanted it to. I had real hopes for it, though. I'll keep looking at it.
5 comments:
All that complications are not needed. Deluge has a plugin called FlexRSS that does exactly what you need.
I don't use it myself but I know of people who do and it works wonders
Couldn't you set Deluge to autoload any torrent files in the folder where Liferea downloads the enclosures?
Toote: I tried FlexRSS first, but it didn't work reliable for me. I can't say why because it doesn't have a lot of information on it. I'm still looking at it, though.
Andrew: I have Deluge set to auto-download, but I still need to click on the posting representing a new episode.
As I said at the end of the post, it's not exactly what I want. I continue to try to make the system more automatic.
I too have had trouble with the FlexRSS plugin—actually with tvrss feeds ;)—but (when I get around to it) I think the best approach is to troubleshoot it. This seems like a good workaround, but have you discussed it on the Deluge forums or whatnot?
Andrew,
I intend to revisit this setup and make it as streamlined as possible, but it's not extremely high priority because it works well now -- I just spend a minute a day clicking on the new feeds.
I'm really busy working on the preseed project (it's in Sites wiki), which I'll put the first iso up for by next week.
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