New Downloaded TV Series hardsymlinked .. to NEW / Recent folder

[zeroday]

I could not find this in the forums, so I request it.

When I was using nzbget there was an unpak script which was able to determine what TV series were downloaded, Original file was stored and it created a hard symbolic link in another folder and it added the date to the front of the file. the original file was placed in it's normal folder which was defined like TV/Serie-Name/Season/etc. but the episode was also put in a folder called /New/
after a defined period of time 7 to 14 days, the files older than that date were moved to the /Recent folder and after a predefined time it was removed from the Recent folder

in all circumstances the original file still is in its original position (no soft symbolink link, but a hard symlinked, (if you remove it in New or Recent it still is in the normal folder and if you remove it in the normal folder it still keeps in the /New or Recent folder until all files have been deleted of course).

The reason why this is a very nice feature is that you can keep track on what has been downloaded and what you need to watch, especially for TV series (and for me TV series only is enough).
cause now with sabnzbd I can see what has been downloaded but I cannot see and/or remember everything to watch, if it was in the New or Recent folder it would make it more easier ..

Thanks !

[inpheaux]

I still think this is something that should be handled by your media player. As I mentioned on IRC, XBMC has "recently added" lists for most media types which is exactly what you're looking for.

[zeroday]

Many consumer do not use advanced mediaplayer, but simple players with NFS and Samba use. there is no way for those user to put things in a database which will show new content
the most easiest way is that during the unpack and placing / moving of the content the data is put in a folder where they can see it's new and/or recent.
best way with a hard symbolic link and not soft.
when unpacking certain data the folder new/recent is checked and content will be removed / replaced or added
it could be part of the total putting the files in the /tv/series/season/ script.

xbmc is a way, but not every user is using xbmc as there are many alternatives.

[rascalli]

Maybe an option to use the unpack script of nzbget as post-processing script in sabnzbd+ ??

[zeroday]

Maybe an option to use the unpack script of nzbget as post-processing script in sabnzbd+ ??

the script I used for nzbget was originally for the Popcornhour and it picky .. tried it to run under ubuntu but failed, it is running at some nas devices as well with nzbget
but as newbie to scripting a no go from my side .. of course I can share the script.