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by ruigomes 4202 days ago
I'm using a Raspberry PI with transmission to handle my torrents.

I can go to the web page and just paste the magnet URL and it just downloads it for me.

I also have flexget running from time to time which checks if there are any new episodes of TV Shows I'm following and automatically downloads that for me and places them in the correct folders after downloading.

I was mostly inspired by this tutorial (http://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=47084) but I've made some changes along the way.

I can publish my flexget config if you want to take a look, I believe I had to make some changes in it after an update. I'm also not using the Trakt.tv functionality. I find it easier to just edit the config file than to sign up for a website and create a bunch of lists and whatnot.

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I have the same setup with Deluge and minidlna. Dump a magnet link and the torrent is downloaded and moved to the DLNA library directory for easy access. I watch most non-Netflix shows like this.

An added bonus is the ability to schedule downloads for 2AM-8AM only, when I have unlimited bandwidth.

One tip to save a bit of time: Most browsers have plugins that let you automatically send a magnet link to your remote transmission daemon when clicked on (the chrome plugin also shows your transmission activity in a popover).
Thanks mcrider. Cool tip! I didn't know to look for plugins.
I'd love to see the config, if possible. I did a similar tutorial with transmission that didn't have the auto-update features of flexget, but it'd be interesting to give it a shot.
Thanks!