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Add the option to assign Automatic/Manual save paths per Category #20359

Open 0penSourcerer opened 9 months ago

0penSourcerer commented 9 months ago

Suggestion

I am suggesting adding the option to give each Category the option to use Automatic/Manual save paths so that there could be more flexibility with managing saved locations when adding torrents. This would prevent the user from having to switch back and forth between Automatic/Manual mode when adding torrents.

The current options in qBittorrent only allow for a Global default option for using Automatic/Manual save paths, but if implemented, my suggested feature could be toggled on/off for each Category (perhaps by right-clicking the Category and selecting a "Change management mode" option).

If implemented, it would seem that a "Per Category" option would need to be added to the dropdown menu in the Options -> Downloads -> Saving Management -> Default Torrent Management Mode setting.

Use case

  1. The user adds a torrent to the client, with my suggested "Per Category" option selected in the Default Torrent Management Mode setting.
  2. The user selects a Category in which they have already pre-defined the save path, and set said Category to "Automatic" in advance.
  3. The user doesn't have to decide whether or not to use Automatic/Manual mode for said torrent.
  4. The user then adds another torrent to the client.
  5. The user selects a Category in which there is no pre-defined save path (said Category had been set to "Manual" in advance).
  6. The user then types in the desired save path for said torrent, without having to toggle Automatic/Manual mode for said torrent.

I have many categories which use Automatic mode with pre-defined paths, and many categories in which Manual mode and specified save paths per-torrent are used as well. This would save me (and other users in a similar situation) the time of having to pick Automatic/Manual mode when adding new torrents.

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jirkacapek123 commented 9 months ago

That's a really great idea, I am sure I would use it.

glassez commented 9 months ago

I wonder what your criteria are for which categories are suitable to be auto managed and which are not?

0penSourcerer commented 9 months ago

I wonder what your criteria are for which categories are suitable to be auto managed and which are not?

While lots of my torrents can use Automatic management to always go into a bulk directory, lots of them require more granular file path structures, and each of those torrents require Manual management, as I'm specifying the path per-torrent.

AvangionQ commented 9 months ago

Categories: anime, TV shows, movies, porn, music, apps/games Each category would have their own default drive and path, then the app should look for any similar named/numbered files. Files that belong in a subdirectory as part of a set are placed there. I would appreciate this as well, but manually sorting new files isn't hard.

0penSourcerer commented 9 months ago

Categories: anime, TV shows, movies, porn, music, apps/games Each category would have their own default drive and path, then the app should look for any similar named/numbered files. Files that belong in a subdirectory as part of a set are placed there. I would appreciate this as well, but manually sorting new files isn't hard.

It isn't a matter of difficulty, it's a matter of time efficiency. We all value our time in different ways, and I personally would prefer not having to switch back and forth between Automatic/Manual mode with frequency when it could be pre-defined per category.

snorlaxjones commented 7 months ago

This would make a huge difference for people with multiple drives.

edit: ......i just found out what happens when you right click a category and select "edit" and i wonder if that's the exact feature you were also looking for @0penSourcerer

0penSourcerer commented 3 months ago

This would make a huge difference for people with multiple drives.

edit: ......i just found out what happens when you right click a category and select "edit" and i wonder if that's the exact feature you were also looking for @0penSourcerer

I use this feature already (of pre-defining category paths), but it doesn't solve the issue of Torrent Management Mode defaulting to Automatic or Manual based on which Category is selected.

rd1 commented 1 day ago

+1 !

especially make QB move the downloads to the folders.

That would be most helpful for easy management