hellaVCR is a PHP TV show downloader that integrates with hellanzb, sabnzbd+, or downloads raw NZB files. It uses TVRage to scrape TV show information, theTVDB for artwork, and Newzbin to figure out what to download. hellaVCR contains a command line PHP script to be run by the cron at regular intervals. It also contains a front end web interface to maintain your TV shows. Some advantages to hellaVCR over similar solutions already out there are its written in PHP, the front end interface looks awesome, it supports double episodes (i.e. x01-02), the ability to download an entire series from the start, email a summary of each batch, and tweeting each show as its queued.

Version: 0.8 (5/8/2010)

github: http://github.com/rectifyer/hellavcr/tree/0.8

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The latest and greatest hellaVCR code is now hosted on github. Since regular versions only come out every so often, this is the best place to test out the latest fixes as they are implemented. Please log bugs on github if possible since I don't check this site that much anymore.

http://github.com/rectifyer/hellavcr

Note: The code on github should be considered beta, so keep that in mind when logging bugs.

hellaVCR requires

• PHP 5 (cli)
• SimpleXML
• cURL
• a newzbin or nzbnatrix account
• a usenet downloader (anything that support nzb files)

Optional components

• hellanzb
• sabnzbd+
• twitter account
• mail server
• xbmc/plex

Notes about upgrading

• backup your tv.xml file
• backup your hellavcr.config.php as a reference for the newer version

Configuration

• if running hellaVCR for the first time, remove sample from sample.hellavcr.config.php and sample.tv.xml
• update hellavcr.config.php with your correct settings (add any new config options)
• make tv.xml world writable (chmod 666 tv.xml)
• make posters/ world writable (chmod 666 posters/)

• php hellavcr.php >> hellavcr.log
• probably best to run it in the cron (make sure to use absolute paths)

Web Interface

• index.php
• add new TV shows and choose poster art

Adding a new TV show

Editing an existing TV show

Download History