BitTorrent clients with file-specific paths
Not a piracy question per se, but I figured this was the place where people would be most likely to know the answer.
Are there any bittorrent clients which allow file-specific paths and filenames?
My dilemma is the following. A typical torrent download for a TV episode might look like:
SeriesName.S02E07.720p.x264[rarbg]
SeriesName.S02E07.720p.x264.sample.mkv
SeriesName.S02E07.720p.x264.mkv
rarbg-torrents.nfo
or some such garbage. I have a systematic (and beautiful) file structure looking more like
Series
S01
E01 - Pilot.mkv
E02 - Another Episode.mkv
....
S02
....
E07 - We'll Drag This Series Out As Long As We Can.mkv
I am currently using Transmission, which allows me to change the torrent name (and therefore the folder name) but not move or rename individual files. My current solution is to download and then move the files, which aside from being inconvenient is kind of a dick move since Transmission loses the files and can't seed them.
EDIT: Although I am looking for something for my (Debian) HTPC I would also like to know about anything on Windows. I seem to recall uTorrent was alright at this, but since they added the advertising and the BitTorrent Now crap I generally avoid it.
Posted Feb 6, 2018, 9:22 PM UTC · edited
Kind of overkill, but I imagine sylinking the folder would work. I had this problem with Plex, which requires a very strict stucture and naming scheme. (I've since switced to Emby which isnt nearly as bad.)
If you have the space for it you could copy the files and keep the originals seeding. For some things I need to keep seeding I'll keep them in a special seed only folder, then copy them to a working folder to rename them or whatever else.