Advanced Customization

There are some TVShows parameters that can be customized using the Terminal. They do not have a proper entry in the preferences tab because they are too advanced or too specific to crowd that tab.

Hours to wait to download the SD version as a fallback

If you select to download a show in HD, it is sadly probable that not all episodes are released in HD. To alleviate this, TVShows will download the SD version is the HD version was not released after some hours since the SD is available. The AnyVersionInterval key specifies how many hours will wait until downloading it.

This also applies to the opposite, but much less common, situation, when only an HD version is released but you wanted the SD version.

Default value: 18 (hours)

Notes:

• A value of less than 3 or 4 hours will not work (i.e., it will have the same effect as setting it to 3 hours).
• A huge value (i.e. 1.000.000) can be used to avoid downloading any SD fallback, useful if you want to manually download the HD version.

Example: For setting it to 6 hours, type this in a terminal:

defaults write com.victorpimentel.TVShows2 AnyVersionInterval -float 6

Hours to wait until the additional sources are used

TVShows uses two kind of sources: EZTV/VTV and others. Both EZTV and VTV upload their torrents in a very clean way: only the video file and nothing more. The others, unfortunately, upload their torrents in folders and, if the episode is in HD, in rars.

TVShows will respect the user preference to not download from additional sources. But, since a lot of episodes are not released by EZTV/VTV, TVShows will resort to using those additional sources after some hours since the episode is available in those sources but not in EZTV/VTV. The ResortToAdditionalSourcesInterval key specifies how many hours will wait until downloading it.

Default value: 12 (hours)

Notes:

• This only applies if the Use additional sources option is not selected.
• A value of less than 3 or 4 hours will not work (i.e., it will have the same effect as setting it to 3 hours).
• A huge value (i.e. 1.000.000) can be used to avoid downloading this kind of torrents, useful if you want to manually download a proper version.

Example: For setting it to 5 hours, type this in a terminal:

defaults write com.victorpimentel.TVShows2 ResortToAdditionalSourcesInterval -float 5