Watch folder for Torrents?

[chrisrizzuto]

Hello all,

I would like to be able to place a Torrent file in a folder and have Download Station see that file and start performing the download.

I saw a thread that suggested I SSH into the QNAP and then use the following command: "ln -sf /share/CACHEDEV1_DATA/.torrent /share/CACHEDEV1_DATA/Download/Torrent"

The command did move my Torrent folder but Download Station didn't seem to be watching the folder or if it did, it would not start a download of a file I manually placed in that folder.

Download Station would download files that we dragged into the program...but a manual copy to the folder did nothing.

Has anyone had any success with something like this ?

Thanks in anticipation of any assistance

Cheers,
Chris

[pwilson]

Please access your NAS via SSH. Login as "admin" and run:

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/sbin/getcfg BTDownload "Torrent Folder"

Please cut&paste the output of this command back to this message thread.

[chrisrizzuto]

/share/CACHEDEV1_DATA/.torrent

[pwilson]

/share/CACHEDEV1_DATA/.torrent

Put your Torrent data files there, or install QGet on your other devices.

This should work for you until you upgrade to QTS 4.2.0.

[chrisrizzuto]

Hmmmm, so that's the problem

I am using QTS 4.2.0 !!

Did they change something?

[pwilson]

Hmmmm, so that's the problem

I am using QTS 4.2.0 !!

Did they change something?

Switch to Transmission. It still works under QTS 4.2.0.

[chrisrizzuto]

But, I just trained my wife how to use Download Station. Do you know what it is like have to retrain someone who hates computers.

Can I use them simultaneously?

And just out of curiosity, why is QTS 4.2 a problem? Is it just because it is still considered BETA?

[pwilson]

But, I just trained my wife how to use Download Station. Do you know what it is like have to retrain someone who hates computers.

Can I use them simultaneously?

And just out of curiosity, why is QTS 4.2 a problem? Is it just because it is still considered BETA?

Don't ask me. Ask QNAP. Yes you can use Transmission and Download Station simultaneously. I seldom use Download Station here.

[chrisrizzuto]

The beauty of Download Station is the simplicity of the search for people who don't get the torrent thing. I will use both and setup Transmission to watch my folder while she uses the Search Engine built-in to Download Station.

Thanks very much for your help....I never thought to use both Engines and that solves everything for me !

[pwilson]

I can't really help with that part. I use "Google" for finding torrents here. When I click on a "torrent" found via Google it opens in my "Remote Transmission GUI" installed on my PC's, or on "Remote Transmission" on my cellphone/tablet.

I also have a Transmission client add-on within Kodi on the NAS.

[schumaku]

QNAP Download Station does not support a torrent watch folder.

Considering the trend does go away from distributing torrent files towards magnet links I can't see any importance.

[forkless]

It does serve purpose as a blackhole enabled client for various automation utilities (Eg. Sickbeard/Rage/Couchpotato et al.) as there are no integration plugins for them.

[Dimaxa]

Any ideas how to get it work again?

[sadsack5000]

I would also be keen to see this feature working again. Its a pain having to go into download station and adding the file seperately

Plus i dont think i can handle the pain of setting up transmission after struggling with sonarr, sickrage, nzbget and sabnzbd

[sadsack5000]

p.s. i am sorry to hear the news about patrick, he was the all time #1 guru that helped me several times with my QNAP