SickChill
SickChill is an automatic Video Library Manager
In this section, we'll be setting up SickChill for the first time. This assumes that this is your first time installing SickChill, and you'll be storing your media locally, saving it to ~/media. We'll be doing the following:
- Set a Root Folder
- Enable Organization
After you have installed SickChill via the User Control Panel and opened the WebUI by clicking Connect. You will be presented with a page asking for your username and password. This is the password you set when installing SickChill and username is your Ultra username, which can be found on the UCP.
General Configuration
Root Directories
There is only one option here that must be adjusted to work with the folder structure of your Ultra service. By default, Show root directories is set to your ~/files folder.
This needs to be edited to point towards the correct folder.
Interface
The main setting to bring attention to in this section is your API. This is used to interface SickChill with other applications, and it can be found at the bottom of the page.
Connection Details
NZBGet
Search NZBs: ENABLED
Usenet retention: 500
Send .nzb files to: NZBGet
Host: 172.17.0.1:{Port of NZBGet as found in the Control Panel}
Connect using HTTPS: Disabled
Username: {nzbget username}
Password: {nzbget password}
Use NZBget Category: tv
Use NZBget category (backlog episodes): tv
Use NZBget category for anime: anime
Use NZBget category for anime (backlog episodes): animeSABnzbd
Search NZBs: ENABLED
Send .nzb files to: SABnzbd
Host: 172.17.0.1:{Port of SABnzbd as found in the Control Panel}
Connect using HTTPS: Disabled
Username: {sabznbd username}
Password: {sabnzbd password}
SABnzbd : {sabnzbd api key}
Use SABnzbd category: tv
Use SABnzbd category (backlog episodes): tv
Use SABnzbd category for anime: anime
Use SABnzbd category for anime (backlog episodes): animeIt is vital to have the trailing / at the end of your SABnzbd host. Otherwise, SickChill will fail to add NZBs successfully to this client.
Deluge Web
Search .torrent files: ENABLED
Send .torrent files to: Deluge
Deluge host: https://username.server.usbx.me/deluge/
Deluge Password: As configured in UCP under DelugeDeluge Daemon
Search .torrent files: ENABLED
Send .torrent files to: DelugeD
Deluge host: {servername}.usbx.me:daemon_port
Deluge Username: {username}
Deluge Password: As configured in UCP under DelugerTorrent
Search .torrent files: ENABLED
Send .torrent files to: rtorrent
rTorrent host:port: https://{username}.{servername}.usbx.me/rutorrent/plugins/httprpc/action.php
Http Authentication: Basic
rTorrent Username: {username}
rTorrent Password: As configured in UCP under ruTorrent
Add Label To Torrent: tv
Add Label To Anime: anime
Downloaded Files Location: <EMPTY>qBittorrent
Search .torrent files: ENABLED
Send .torrent files to: Qbitorrent
Qbitorrent host: https://{username}.{servername}.usbx.me/qbittorrent
Qbitorrent Username: {username}
Qbitorrent Password: As configured in UCP under QbitorrentCustom
To make use of Provider's not preinstalled into SickChill will require Jackett or some other 3rd party intermediary.
Post-Processing
This is the section where you will be telling SickChill how to handle your completed downloads. Where to put them, should they be renamed, etc. We will go through the relevant sections below.
Field | Input |
Enable | Turn Post Processing ON and OFF |
Post-Processing Dir | This is the Directory your download client will place the completed TV files before SickChill Processes them. Depending on your download client, this could be either ~/Downloads or ~/files. |
Processing Method | This will dictate what SickChill does with the file one Processed your options are \* Copy: Create a copy \* Move: Move the file from the completed folder to the root folder. \* Hardlink: This works a bit like the copy command. However, both files would be renamed, unlike softlink. Hardlinking differs from copying because if you change something about file A, it also changes file B, unlike a copy. \* Softlink: This works a bit like a Windows shortcut placing a ghost copy of the file so that it can be in two places simultaneously, both your download folder and your media folder. This allows you to edit the file still but has Sickrage process it. |
Auto Post-Processing Frequency | How often Post Processing will run |
Sync File Extensions | This is the list of extensions or filename globs SickChill ignores when Post Processing |
Rename | Should the files be renamed after downloading? We recommend turning this on and leaving the episode naming settings as default. This will typically allow Plex, Emby, Jellyfin, etc., to match the files to metadata for poster descriptions easily. |
Create missing show directories | Enable this. |
Add shows without directory | Do not enable, not recommended. |
Move associated files | Move files associated with the download, e.g., .srt subtitle files. |
Delete nonassociate | Delete any files not relevant to the media, e.g., .nfo files. |
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