Initial Setup
In this guide, we’ll be setting up autodl-irssi for the first time. For this, you’ll need to install the following via UCP:
- autodl-irssi
- ruTorrent (to access autodl-irssi configuration UI)
- For novice users, setting autodl-irssi via ruTorrent is recommended.
- If you’re not going to use rTorrent as your torrent client, you’re safe to just install ruTorrent.
- You may also edit autodl's config file directly. It's located on
~/.autodl/autodl.cfg
We'll be giving you an overview of the following:
- Setting up trackers
- Setting up tracker IRC
- autodl-irssi Filters Overview
This varies wildly from your tracker.
It is vital to check with your tracker first before setting autodl-irssi. Incorrectly setting up autodl-irssi would result to undesirable consequences such as downloading unwanted releases, Hit and Run warnings and revoking certain rights on the tracker.
Initial Setup
- After installation of said apps, login to ruTorrent.
- autodl will install 2 things. The first is the autodl-irssi Tab which is found on the bottom of the browser window.
- This allows you to see real-time logging of the irssi daemon.
- The second component is the autodl-irssi configuration interface. This makes it easy for you to set your autodl-irssi.
- Click on the autodl-irssi button.
- You'll be shown 5 options.
- Filters
- IRC Servers
- Trackers
- Preferences
- Help
We recommend setting this up as follows
Trackers
- Click Trackers
- You'll be shown a list of the trackers supported by autodl-irssi.
- Select the tracker you wish to add. Follow the instructions that are found in each tracker.
- We recommend setting the delay to 0 unless specified by your tracker.
IRC Servers
- Once that's done, go back to autodl-irssi button and select IRC Servers
- Here, you can put the IRC server information of your tracker. Refer to your tracker for details
- Shown below is an example IRC server settings
Some IRC servers require you to register first before logging into their channels and most require you to own only 1 IRC account. If you wish to chat to their IRC channels while your autodl-irssi bot is in their announce channels, you may group your nickname.
Shown here is an example command assuming you registered your nickname (we'll use usbnick as your "main nick")
/nick usbdocs|autodl
/msg NickServ group usbdocs irc_nickserv_password
/nick usbdocs
Filters
- Lastly, go to Filters.
- Click New
- Add a name on the Display name
- Here, you can set some basic settings such as
- Which sites to monitor using Match sites
- Set the minimum and maximum size of each release
- Add a delay (specified by tracker)
- Set the number of releases autodl grabs in Max downloads
Configuration Overview
Here are the settings that are relevant to you.
General
- Here, we can set the general settings of autodl-irssi. The options that you can set here
- Download duplicate releases if you prefer downloading the same release over multiple trackers
- Use regex for match/except-releases if you prefer using regex to filter out releases that you want
Action
- This is where you can set what action autodl-irssi should do after it matches your release.
Advanced
- Here, you can set debugging options as well such as Output Level and Advanced Output Sites
- You may also change your download user agent here.