Thread: Automatically Unrar Downloads using Utorrent

I've been looking for a way to do this for a while - and wasn't really satisfied with the method floating around the place using a a batch file to process finished downloads.

Here's a method I've started using. Which is much easier and customizable.

1st.

Download SCRU: Codebyte.org - SCRU

SCRU is an advanced unpacker tailored for Scene releases and is a fantastic program regardless of auto unrarring or not. Inside you will be able to customize a range of settings and filters to make unrarring archives a sinch. Make sure you set this up correctly as these settings will be handling the extraction process of your torrents after download


2nd.

Inside uTorrent from versions 2.2 up there is a new global "run program when torrent finishes" setting.



Locate the directory where SCRU is stored on your PC (mine is in the root) and enter the following string:

c:\SCRU\SCRU "%D" *

and that's it! ... after a torrent is finished downloading SCRU will automatically take over and extract the contents into the path that you have specified inside the program.

There are a range of other options inside SCRU which can further automate the process.. For instance I have setup filters to recognise "S0*,E0*" strings for instance and the program auto unpacks into my TV folder .. possibilities are endless .. a great free app

Hope this is of help to some people

pce

kred

nzbplayer can unrar and stream to vlc

i wish these people would stop zippin or tar files its annoying

Originally Posted by jrgoonar

will definately have to take a look at this. un-raring isnt exactly much of a problem but still, automation is the future.

This is very true- however, it would be nice on most occasions to just open the folder and booya there's your unpacked file.

Also, because it seems like such a simple setup, why not?

Its brilliant ..along with RSS i have managed to fully automate the entire torrent process. All i do is turn on my xbmc and scroll to recently added items and voila!

Originally Posted by batubatubatu

thats good for windows but rars can be pain in the ass for macs sometimes..

I use "The Unarchiver" pretty sure its freeware and handles most popular formats - can specify default destination folders, simple extract via double click and then it will auto delete originals after successful extraction

Hey,

I'm sorry for digging this topic up, however I have a question.

I have set everything up just as You wrote.
When I did a problem appeared:
uTorrent sometimes just passes the info to SCRU of all torrents in the list, and then starts unraring things that were already unrared creating unimaginable mess for >100 torrents on the list.
Is there any way to prevent that?

Tried putting command in both options:

"On status change" and/or "On torrent finished"

Would appreciate any pointers.

Didn't know that this was possible, thank you, i will use this

This is the thing i was looking for since long as its really irritating in my opinion to first download a torrent and then sit and unrar.

Nag of opening the rar program lol (am lazy).
Double space occupied on hdd (weather be temp folder or a defined location).
then either deciding to leave the rar files for seeding back the torrent or deleting the unrared movie lol
Inshort, too much demanded out from a person as lazy as me

cheers so thankyou mate

Link in the OP is broken. Should be replaced with: Codebyte.org - Projects