Swarmtv

Swarmtv is a software that downloads selected torrents from an RSS stream (Broadcatching with BitTorrent), and puts them in a directory for your torrent program to find them.

When RSS information is downloaded, the useful fields are extracted and inserted into an Sqlite database.

The information that is stored in the Sqlite db is queried using SQL statements, called filters in Swarmtv.

When a match is found on one of the filters, a second query against the table holding the downloaded torrents can be used to avoid duplicates.

After both queries are passed, the torrent is downloaded into the "Torrent directory" specified in the config settings.

A torrent client is set up to watch the directory, and pick up the torrent as soon as it arrives.

At this moment I use Rtorrent which does a good job and removes finished torrents.

Installation:

Build command:

cmake .
make
make install

To create database (Don't forget to run this the first time)
make db

The directory to here the torrents are downloaded must exist and be writable to the user running Swarmtv.

Change the directory using # rsstorrent -C "torrentdir:< path your torrents need to go >"

Or create the directory on the default path # mkdir ~/torrents

To create some example filters and sources in the database

make examples

For examples look at the examples.sh file

What is new in this release:

• Fixed compilation on Centos 5.6
• Fixed compilation on 32-bit systems
• Fixed Cmake problems that emerged when building debian packages.
• Created Ubuntu Natty Narwhal ppa reposititory https://launchpad.net/~ranzbak/+archive/ppaswarmtv
• Older sqlite3 and glib versions are now working.

What is new in version 0.9.1:

• Fixed compilation on Ubuntu 11.04
• Added pkg-config support
• Fixed compiling using mingw (Windows)

What is new in version 0.8.1:

• Fixed filter testing
• Added callback framework.

What is new in version 0.8:

• New features :
• RSS-torrent is now build in a library and a front-end.
• Simple filter wizard.
• Automatic discovery of last season and episode numbers.
• Downloads can now be initiated by hand.
• Dependency on libesmtp is now optional.
• Added filtering on RSS source.

What is new in version 0.7.1:

• A minor fix release this time, fixing a CURL and simple filter issue.

What is new in version 0.7:

• Improved defaultrss filter.
• Improved cmake build scripts.
• Fixed compilation on FreeBSD.
• Added auto initialization, no more need for make db.

What is new in version 0.6:

• Added simple filters to simplify filter creation.
• Added support for twitter time lines.
• Added long command line options.
• Added household routine that cleans old feed information.
• Removed dependency on libmagic.

Requirements:

• SQLite
• Libpcre
• cURL
• libxml2
• libESMTP
• Libmagic