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Sonarr downloading .exe (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

Ahoi! Lately my Sonarr has been downloading .exe files from Lime and EZTV a lot. Someone deliberately pushes them just befor an episode airs and Sonarr happily grabs them. They don't exexute, but still mess up my auto downloads.

Is there a way to prevent Sonarr from downloading them all together? Or at the very least re-download a proper release after noticing the exe file?

I also have private trackers as backup, but prefer public where I can contribute more by seeding to 1:100+ ratios.

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[-] Ebby@lemmy.ssba.com 17 points 2 months ago

I thiiiink Settings -> Profiles -> Release Profiles and find "Must not contain" and add offending file formats.

[-] frongt@lemmy.zip 14 points 2 months ago

Unless they've recently implemented it, that doesn't match on file extensions. Use the minimum file size instead.

[-] db_null@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 months ago

Thanks! This should prevent most

[-] Ebby@lemmy.ssba.com 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Ahh! Thank you! I searched for this same question last week and didn't find good answers. Some use extra programs via the API, and one mentioned what I did. Too bad, it's sort of a no-brainer.

Guess I'll have to try something else too.

[-] gdbjr@piefed.social 13 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Please forgive this long list. But in the downloads settings of qbittorrent and in the exclude file names I have this list. I never had issuea with exe files but used to get a lot of ISO files. Now I don't have that problem. And no issues downloading my media.

spoiler


(sample).

*.0xe

*.73k

*.73p

*.7z

*.89k

*.89z

*.8ck

*.a7r

*.ac

*.acc

*.ace

*.acr

*.actc

*.action

*.actm

*.ade

*.adp

*.afmacro

*.afmacros

*.ahk

*.ai

*.aif

*.air

*.alz

*.api

*.apk

*.app

*.appimage

*.applescript

*.application

*.appx

*.arc

*.arj

*.arscript

*.asb

*.asp

*.aspx

*.aspx-exe

*.atmx

*.azw2

*.ba_

*.bak

*.bas

*.bash

*.bat

*.bdjo

*.bdmv

*.beam

*.bin

*.bmp

*.bms

*.bns

*.bsa

*.btm

*.bz2

*.c

*.cab

*.caction

*.cci

*.cda

*.cdb

*.cel

*.celx

*.cfs

*.cgi

*.cheat

*.chm

*.ckpt

*.cla

*.class

*.clpi

*.cmd

*.cof

*.coffee

*.com

*.command

*.conf

*.config

*.cpl

*.crt

*.cs

*.csh

*.csharp

*.csproj

*.css

*.csv

*.cue

*.cur

*.cyw

*.daemon

*.dat

*.data-00000-of-00001

*.db

*.deamon

*.deb

*.dek

*.diz

*.dld

*.dll

*.dmc

*.dmg

*.doc

*.docb

*.docm

*.docx

*.dot

*.dotb

*.dotm

*.drv

*.ds

*.dw

*.dword

*.dxl

*.e_e

*.ear

*.ebacmd

*.ebm

*.ebs

*.ebs2

*.ecf

*.eham

*.elf

*.elf-so

*.email

*.emu

*.epk

*.es

*.esh

*.etc

*.ex4

*.ex5

*.ex_

*.exe

*.exe-only

*.exe-service

*.exe-small

*.exe1

*.exopc

*.exz

*.ezs

*.ezt

*.fas

*.fba

*.fky

*.flatpak

*.flv

*.fpi

*.frs

*.fxp

*.gadget

*.gat

*.gif

*.gifv

*.gm9

*.gpe

*.gpu

*.gs

*.gz

*.h5

*.ham

*.hex

*.hlp

*.hms

*.hpf

*.hta

*.hta-psh

*.htaccess

*.htm

*.html

*.icd

*.icns

*.ico

*.idx

*.iim

*.img

*.index

*.inf

*.ini

*.ink

*.ins

*.ipa

*.ipf

*.ipk

*.ipsw

*.iqylink

*.iso

*.isp

*.isu

*.ita

*.izh

*.izma ace

*.jar

*.java

*.jpeg

*.jpg

*.js

*.js_be

*.js_le

*.jse

*.jsf

*.json

*.jsp

*.jsx

*.kix

*.ksh

*.kx

*.lck

*.ldb

*.lib

*.link

*.lnk

*.lo

*.lock

*.log

*.loop-vbs

*.ls

*.m3u

*.m4a

*.mac

*.macho

*.mamc

*.manifest

*.mcr

*.md

*.mda

*.mdb

*.mde

*.mdf

*.mdn

*.mdt

*.mel

*.mem

*.meta

*.mgm

*.mhm

*.mht

*.mhtml

*.mid

*.mio

*.mlappinstall

*.mlx

*.mm

*.mobileconfig

*.model

*.moo

*.mpa

*.mpk

*.mpls

*.mrc

*.mrp

*.ms

*.msc

*.msh

*.msh1

*.msh1xml

*.msh2

*.msh2xml

*.mshxml

*.msi

*.msi-nouac

*.msix

*.msl

*.msp

*.mst

*.msu

*.mxe

*.n

*.ncl

*.net

*.nexe

*.nfo

*.nrg

*.num

*.nzb.bz2

*.nzb.gz

*.nzbs

*.ocx

*.odt

*.ore

*.ost

*.osx

*.osx-app

*.otm

*.out

*.ova

*.p

*.paf

*.pak

*.pb

*.pcd

*.pdb

*.pdf

*.pea

*.perl

*.pex

*.phar

*.php

*.php5

*.pif

*.pkg

*.pl

*.plsc

*.plx

*.png

*.pol

*.pot

*.potm

*.powershell

*.ppam

*.ppkg

*.pps

*.ppsm

*.ppt

*.pptm

*.pptx

*.prc

*.prg

*.ps

*.ps1

*.ps1xml

*.ps2

*.ps2xml

*.psc1

*.psc2

*.psd

*.psd1

*.psh

*.psh-cmd

*.psh-net

*.psh-reflection

*.psm1

*.pst

*.pt

*.pvd

*.pwc

*.pxo

*.py

*.pyc

*.pyd

*.pyo

*.python

*.pyz

*.qit

*.qpx

*.ram

*.rar

*.raw

*.rb

*.rbf

*.rbx

*.readme

*.reg

*.resources

*.resx

*.rfs

*.rfu

*.rgs

*.rm

*.rox

*.rpg

*.rpj

*.rpm

*.ruby

*.run

*.rxe

*.s2a

*.sample

*.sapk

*.savedmodel

*.sbs

*.sca

*.scar

*.scb

*.scf

*.scpt

*.scptd

*.scr

*.script

*.sct

*.seed

*.server

*.service

*.sfv

*.sh

*.shb

*.shell

*.shortcut

*.shs

*.shtml

*.sit

*.sitx

*.sk

*.sldm

*.sln

*.smm

*.snap

*.snd

*.spr

*.sql

*.sqx

*.srec

*.srt

*.ssm

*.sts

*.sub

*.svg

*.swf

*.sys

*.tar

*.tar.gz

*.tbl

*.tbz

*.tcp

*.text

*.tf

*.tgz

*.thm

*.thmx

*.thumb

*.tiapp

*.tif

*.tiff

*.tipa

*.tmp

*.tms

*.toast

*.torrent

*.tpk

*.txt

*.u3p

*.udf

*.upk

*.upx

*.url

*.uvm

*.uw8

*.vb

*.vba

*.vba-exe

*.vba-psh

*.vbapplication

*.vbe

*.vbs

*.vbscript

*.vbscript

*.vcd

*.vdo

*.vexe

*.vhd

*.vhdx

*.vlx

*.vm

*.vmdk

*.vob

*.vocab

*.vpm

*.vxp

*.war

*.wav

*.wbk

*.wcm

*.webm

*.widget

*.wim

*.wiz

*.wma

*.workflow

*.wpk

*.wpl

*.wpm

*.wps

*.ws

*.wsc

*.wsf

*.wsh

*.x86

*.x86_64

*.xaml

*.xap

*.xbap

*.xbe

*.xex

*.xig

*.xla

*.xlam

*.xll

*.xlm

*.xls

*.xlsb

*.xlsm

*.xlsx

*.xlt

*.xltb

*.xltm

*.xlw

*.xml

*.xqt

*.xrt

*.xys

*.xz

*.ygh

*.z

*.zip

*.zipx

*.zl9

*.zoo

*sample.avchd

*sample.avi

*sample.mkv

*sample.mov

*sample.mp4

*sample.webm

*sample.wmv

Trailer.*

VOSTFR

api

[-] solxix@pawb.social 3 points 2 months ago

*.tar.gz is redundant, it'll fall under *.gz first.

[-] maj@piefed.social 7 points 2 months ago
[-] db_null@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 months ago

This looks cool, I will consider using it. Has it been vetted to not cause issues? After reading about Huntarr I'm a bit sceptical, but also not in a position to understand the code myself.

[-] plantsmakemehappy@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Sonarr now has functionality to fail downloads with certain extensions. It will still download them but then it will mark as failed. It's in the settings for each individual indexer, I think it's just called Fail Downloads, make sure you show advanced settings.

[-] db_null@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago

Sweet, thanks. Added it there as well now.

[-] plantsmakemehappy@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago

Just fyi for it to work you can't do the qbit extension block list. So pick which way you prefer. Also look at getting into private trackers which usually don't have that issue.

[-] db_null@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 months ago

Good to know, thanks.

I'm in a few private ones but prefer to seed publicly for current shows.

[-] ItsNotImportant24@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago

You can also go into your torrent and nzb downloader's settings and put extensions that you want ignored and then sonarr, radarr, etc can't send those extensions to be downloaded. Just put *.exe and any other extensions to be ignored.

[-] db_null@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 months ago

Good idea to prevent the download, but will probably still mess up the auto-download of the actual episode. I'd still rather not have the .exe and seed it

[-] ItsNotImportant24@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago

It will be a failed download. It wont even download bc the downloader wont download it seeing the extension in banned extension settings. And then radarr or sonarr will choose another option. Understandably a person would like sonarr and radarr to completely ignore those extensions.

[-] db_null@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 months ago

Ah okay, currently it downloads the exe, recognises it as failed but does not automatically pick another release. I've blocked the file extension in qbit now and also added them in the Sonarr profiles as someone else recommended. Fingers crossed, I'll know in a few days if it worked.

[-] ItsNotImportant24@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago

It should pick another release as long as you have the series/movie monitored. Yeah, please report back if it does.

[-] db_null@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 months ago

Seems like ot worked, I've been exe free for a week

[-] ItsNotImportant24@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

Yep, that fixes that problem. Glad you got it fixed.

[-] themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago

Lime is the issue, I removed it for this exact reason. I mainly use usenet if I want torrents I will look for it manually. Usenet is way safer than torrents from my experience.

[-] db_null@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 months ago

There's always a fee with usenet, right? Or are there free ones?

[-] themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

There is a fee but it is negligible, you just need to buy on sales. As for indexers just get a one or two life times and it will pay itself over time. I only have one subscription indexer, the rest are life time.

This is last year's black Friday sale: https://www.reddit.com/r/usenet/comments/1p3ajl6/_/

Never buy usenet full price

You can get it some usenet providers for as little as $30 year which is $2.5 a month, maybe ever cheaper.

Lots of them offer trials if you just want to try it

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