Best Usenet Search providers…Why do I need to care about that? – you may ask. Well if you have been following only htpcBeginner then your question is very valid. We have shown you why is Usenet better than bittorrent and how to find the best value Usenet providers. We have … read more
Recently, it became possible to install Sick Beard on Android. Sick Beard is a wonderful set and forget python script to automatically download and pass TV show torrent files to torrent downloaders or NZB files to NZB downloaders. It has been available for Windows, OSX, and Linux for many years. … read more
Android apps for HTPC and home server management can make your life a lot easier by putting most commonly needed functions at your fingertips. We have covered everything from installation of Ubuntu Server, Sick Beard, CouchPotato, NzbDrone, SABnzbd, Transmission, Deluge, qBittorrent to setting up OpenELEC on Raspberry Pi. We have … read more
SickBeard has been the king of automatic Show downloaders, but in this post, I am going to introduce SickBeard alternative called NzbDrone (nka Sonarr) and present a basic feature comparison of NzbDrone vs SickBeard. As you may know both SickBeard and NzbDrone are PVRs for newsgroup users and can releases … read more
Previously, I published a script to automatically install SickBeard on Ubuntu 14.04 with minimal interaction from the user. This post presents a video guide to accomplish the same thing. Automatic 1-step AtoMiC Sick Beard installer for Ubuntu Watch this video on YouTube. You may download the script using the link … read more
Having described how to install Qouch app on iOS devices, I will now explain how to configure Qouch app to manage SABnzbd, CouchPotato, and Sick Beard. Qouch is probably the best iOS app currently available to remotely control SABnzbd downloads, CouchPotato movies, and Sick Beard TV shows. Unfortunately, it has … read more
This post explains how to install Qouch app on iOS devices, including iPhone and iPad, to remotely manage your SABnzbd downloads, Sick Beard TV shows, and CouchPotato movies. In my posts on how to configure Sick Beard and CouchPotato, I mentioned using Qouch as a way of remotely managing SABnzbd, … read more
Having covered the step-by-step installation of Sick Beard on Ubuntu, in this post I present an automatic 1-step Sick Beard Installer script for Ubuntu. For simplicity, I am going to call this script AtoMiC Sick Beard Installer (Automated Media Center). Update (April 2015): AtoMiC Script has evolved into AtoMiC ToolKit … read more
Having discussed how to install SABnzbd in Windows and Ubuntu, let us now look at how to configure SABnzbd to make it work the way you want it to. If you have not yet followed my guides on setting up SABnzbd on Windows and Ubuntu, please do so before continuing … read more