Things involved in a PVR for TV-Shows and Animes

PVR TODO.md

This a list of things that a PTR should, at least, include. A first approach could use some sensible defaults, like targeting XBMC and Transmission, having a set priority of episode download qualities etc.

Web interface

• Nice UI
• Username/Password
• Date/time
  • Use same time the server uses
  • Use the format: Thu, 31/12/2015

Download new episodes

• Scrape TV databases for information
  • Anime: anidb.net
  • TV-Shows: TVRage.com, TheTVDB.com
• Find torrents for show episodes
  • Anime: nyaa.se
  • TV-Shows: eztv.ch, kickass.to
• Torrent/episode checks every n minutes
• Transmission
  • IP:Port
  • Username/password
  • Download files location
  • Test button, to test the connection works

Post-processing

• Choose folder to scan
• Rename episode
  • Use the format (single episode): Season 02/Show Name - 2x03 - Ep Name.ext
  • and (multi episode): Season 02/Show Name - 2x03x04x05 - Ep Name.ext
• Move episode into correct location and remove the rest of the files
• Download/fetch meta-data
  • Show Metadata (tvshow.nfo)
  • Show Fanart (fanart.jpg)
  • Show Poster (folder.jpg)
  • Season All Poster (season-all.tbn)
  • Season Posters (season##.tbn)
  • Episode Metadata (Season##/filename.nfo)
  • Episode Thumbnails (Season##/filename.tbn)
• Download subtitles for normal TV-Shows
  • Just default to english subtitles

Notifications

• XBMC
  • Specify IP:Port to send to, and username/password
  • Test button, to test the connection works
  • Adds to library list
  • Notify when an episode has been added