Automatic Ripping Machine (ARM) with separate "rip" and "transcode"
machines?
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fizbin · 2023-11-21 02:10

This should be possible, but I'm not finding any discussion on how:

I've got an underpowered old 2-core linux box with a DVD drive and a
tiny 4GB of ram in it and a separate 16-core linux machine with 128GB
of ram with no DVD drive. For a variety of reasons, moving the DVD
drive would be a real pain, so I'd like to do all the raw ripping of
DVDs on the machine with the drive, and all the transcoding on the
machine without a DVD drive.

I see that ARM has hooks for custom scripts to run when ripping is
complete, so I could write a bash script that would be invoked
whenever the machine ripping raw data off discs is finished and
transfer the raw data over, but how would I then tell ARM on the
transcoding machine "okay, you've got more work to do"?

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thekrautboy · 2023-11-21 02:18

Set up Tdarr or Unmanic.

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jippen · 2023-11-21 04:44

I had this set up for a bit - ripped into a mounted amb share, then
set a script to move files into the tdarr checking area. Since the
files were already on the remote drive, I didn't have to worry about
rips on partial files.

Don't have any of the configs anymore, and it was kinda slow, but it
worked.

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servergeek82 · 2023-11-21 06:29

Cron script to check X directory every 10 minutes. Wait 5 (in case
it's still transferring a file). Handbrake cli hook transcode and move
file. Send a notification when stated and done.

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bombero_kmn · 2023-11-21 12:27

Hey are you familiar with inotify? It might be a more efficient and
effective solution than running a script every 10 minutes.

I only learned about it on a podcast a few weeks ago and I've been
playing with it this week, replacing similar "blind check" scripts
like you describe.

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servergeek82 · 2023-11-21 13:36

Personally I am not familiar with it. I haven't ripped an ISO of Linux
in ages. But it looks like it work for what the OP is looking for.

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fizbin · 2023-11-21 21:00

This is what I'm going with now: I just turned transcoding off on the
"rip the stuff off the dvd" machine.

So far, it is still pretty slow; I suspect that Tdarr may be using a
slower set of default settings than ARM was.