media_cleaner

This script will go through all watched videos and delete any for a specific user that is older then a defined cutt off.

Config file

The first time you run the script it will attempt to create the config file for you by asking a few questions

filename: media_cleaner_config.py

• server_brand=0-emby or 1-jellyfin
• server_url='http://localhost:8096/emby' - Server name or ip address
• admin_username='UserName' - Username for Admin user with access to delete files
• admin_password='Password' - Password for Admin user with access to delete files (hashed password stored)
• access_token='ZZZZZZZZZZZZZ' - Token used to verify admin user actions
• user_key='YYYYYYYYYYYYY' - UserID of the user that script checks watched status for
• DEBUG=0 - 0 Do not display debug info; 1 Display debug info
• not_played_age_movie=100 - How many days to keep a watched movie before deleting; -1 do not delete media type
• not_played_age_episode=100 - How many days to keep a watched episode before deleting; -1 do not delete media type
• not_played_age_video=100 - How many days to keep a watched video before deleting; -1 do not delete media type
• not_played_age_trailer=100 - How many days to keep a watched trailer before deleting; -1 do not delete media type
• remove_files=0 - 0 for trial runs (media is not deleted); 1 to allow script to delete media
• keep_favorites_movie=1 - 1 Keep movies that have been marked as favorite; 0 Delete movies marked as favorite
• keep_favorites_episode=1 - 1 Keep episodes, seasons, and series that have been marked as favorite; 0 Delete episodes marked as favorite
• keep_favorites_video=1 - 1 Keep videos that have been marked as favorite; 0 Delete videos marked as favorite
• keep_favorites_trailer=1 - 1 Keep trailers that have been marked as favorite; 0 Delete trailers marked as favorite

Usage

Make media_cleaner.py executable and run ./media_cleaner.py. If no conifg file is found it will prompt you to create one. Once done you can run the script again to view files that will be deleted

Requirements

• python3
• python-dateutil

First Run

• You may get the below python error if the python-dateutil module is not installed
  • ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'dateutil' python-dateutil
• For Ubuntu/Linux Mint type systems you can install the python-dateutil module with the following commands:
  • $ sudo apt-get update
  • $ sudo apt-get upgrade -y
  • $ sudo apt-get install python3-pip -y
  • $ sudo pip3 install -U pip
  • $ sudo pip3 install python-dateutil
• For other operating systems
  • tbd or Google

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