pytvshows downloads torrents for TV shows from RSS feeds provided by tvRSS.net. It is designed to be run from cron or a shell for programs like rTorrent. It is based on TVShows.

• Universal Feed Parser 4.1 (python-feedparser on Debian and Ubuntu)

To install:

python setup.py install

To view available options:

pytvshows --help

By default, the configuration is saved at ~/.pytvshows/config. Unless you have configured the state file to be stored elsewhere, make sure you create this directory and it is writable.

The configuration file is used to tell pytvshows what shows to download and stores general configuration options. It consists of headings of the exact tvrss.net names, as well as the pytvshows heading to store general options.

The exact name is the name in the tvrss.net URL when viewing the episodes of a show.

For example:

[pytvshows]
log=~/.pytvshows/pytvshows.log
output-directory=~/torrents
[Heroes]
[Without+a+Trace]
[Lost]

The general options use the same names as the long command line options.

Here is a sample cron job that will run every half hour:

19,49 * * * * pytvshows

IMPORTANT: Please change the two numbers at the start to something different that are half an hour apart. We don't want to be hammering tvrss.net's servers at a specific time.

Please report bugs on the Google Code page.

PyTVShows should work on all platforms, but it has only been tested on Linux. At some point I'll write up how to use it with rTorrent.

Patches are very welcome. Thanks go to:

• dclist