Avoiding manually "Re-scan files" to recognize new show episodes

[jgwallace3]

I am using medusa in a docker container on a Windows 10 host. I manually download and move new show episodes into the directories for my TV shows -- I use filebot to do the rename and move.

To get medusa to 'see' the new episodes in the show list, I force a 'Re-scan files' for the show. This is time consuming as it seems to reprocess ALL episodes when all I really want is a scan for new (aka missing) ones.

Is there a better way to do this?

[simonc56]

You can import episodes with API postprocess command. So they are properly added in medusa database and filesystem.

curl -G -s -S --data-urlencode "nzbName=$NAME" \
              --data-urlencode "proc_dir=$DIR" \
              --data-urlencode "proc_type=manual" \
              --data-urlencode "process_method=move" \
              --data-urlencode "quiet=1" \
              http://$SERVER/home/postprocess/processEpisode

https://github.com/pymedusa/Medusa/blob/6f25e867c61de1dbcabe813d6ad62d8e5667f238/medusa/server/web/home/post_process.py#L38-L41

[jgwallace3]

I prefer to do the rename and move with a different tool. I just want to be able to nudge medusa and have it look for updated files.

[simonc56]

processEpisode can let you rename as you want before. But why do you prefer to move file with another tool ?

[jgwallace3]

I'm willing to try a call to the "processEpisode" handler, but I want to do the rename and move myself. Using the tool filebot, I can handle both movies and TV shows, they get renamed and moved as I like. I don't want it done automatically as I want to review the downloaded files before they're processed.

Where are the parameters to "processEpisode" documented?

[simonc56]

moved as I like

What do you mean 'as you like' ? How a move by filebot is different from a move by medusa ?

[jgwallace3]

Don't know the differences precisely, but it does both movies and TV shows, and works fine for me, so why change?

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moved as I like

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[simonc56]

why change?

To avoid this :

I force a 'Re-scan files' for the show. This is time consuming as it seems to reprocess ALL episodes

[jgwallace3]

So, I asked initially about a simpler, less time-consuming 're-scan'.

The *arr products (sonarr, radarr, etc) have a manual import feature and I was hoping for something similar in Medusa. (Note, I don't want to change, right?)

If I can call "processEpisode" and have an episode "properly added in medusa database" without a move or rename, that would be great!

I -will- look into trying the Medusa post-process. I -do- really like Medusa and have used it for years.

[jgwallace3]

Different angle: if I can't eliminate re-scan, can I make it more efficient? Delete or archive old episodes from old seasons? Or ignore?

[jgwallace3]

As a work-around, I use my rename tool to 'stage' episodes to a directory which I am having medusa watch in post-processing. It gets the episodes added without a re-scan, but feels cumbersome still.