I use Plex for watching stuff. My *arr stack is set up to send new movies/tv eps to libraries on an SSD.

Every couple of days I manually move anything watched to a library on an HDD for long term storage. I have Plex set up so that the TV and Movies libraries combine the two locations.

I think you can get a list of watched stuff from the Plex API. I could probably write a script to automate the workflow but if there’s a tool out there that already does this there’s no point in reinventing the wheel.

Anyone seen or heard of anything that would do the job?

  • Good4Nuthin@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    12 hours ago

    There are scripts to do this type thing on Unraid, possibly adaptable to other platforms/scenarios. Search for “unraid userscript move watched to array”.

    There are even ones that will move an entire season or show over to your “fast” drive whenever you start watching a show.

    I don’t have anything so complex in use currently; i just have it set to keep new stuff on the fast drives for 60 days, then shuffle it off to hdds.

    As far as why ssd over hdd? Prob more of a power issue than a speed issue. Depending on how your storage is setup, it can save a bit if juice not having to spin up an array of hdds.

    • jobbies@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
      1·
      9 hours ago

      Thanks I’ll take a look! If nothing else they might give me some inspiration