This document summarizes an automated process for downloading TV show episodes, converting the file format, adding the episodes to iTunes, and syncing to devices to watch shows without being tied to the TV schedule. The key components are: 1. TVShows.app downloads new episodes automatically via BitTorrent. 2. A folder action triggers VisualHub to reformat the files. 3. Another folder action uses Perl to parse episode data and add the formatted files to iTunes. The overall process allows watching shows on demand by automatically handling the downloading, conversion, and syncing steps.

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9. ffmpeg commandline ffmpeg -y -threads 4 -i some.show.03x05.some.episode.name.avi -s 640x480 -r 29.98 -vcodec h264 -g 300 -aspect 640:480 -qmin 27 -b 900 -level 30 -loop 1 -sc_threshold 40 -partp4x4 1 -rc_eq 'blurCplx^(1-qComp)' -refs 2 -qmax 51 -maxrate 1400 -async 50 -acodec aac -ar 44100 -ac 2 -ab 128 some.show.03x05.some.episode.name.mp4

12. The Perl if (/^(.*)[]+s?([0-9][0-9]?)[ex]?([0-9][0-9])/i) { $show=$1; $season=$2; $episode=$3; $show=~s/*-*$//; // Remove dash from end of show name $show=~s// /g; // Convert dots to spaces $show=~s/((^)|())/$1/g; // Capitalise each word print "$show$season$episode"; } Show Season Episode

15. The Overall Process

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