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Service Configuration: Medusa
MedusaMedusa is another TV series downloader, but happens to be slightly better at anime, so it's set up specifically for anime.
- Navigate to the web UI on port
8081 - Navigate to the
Settingspage (Cog at the top right)
In the General Menu
| Setting Name | Value |
|---|---|
| Misc | |
| Show root directories | /shared/merged/Media/Anime |
- Press 'Save Changes' at the bottom left
In the Search Settings Menu
| Setting Name | Value |
|---|---|
| Episode Search | |
| Forced Backlog Search day(s) | 7300 |
| Backlog Search Interval | 10080 |
| Use Failed Downloads | True |
| Delete Failed | True |
| Cache Trimming | True |
| Cache Retention | 1 |
| NZB Search | |
| Search NZBs | True |
| Send .nzb files to | SABnzbd |
| SABnzbd server URL | http://localhost:8080/ |
| Sabnzbd API key | The API key you saved from the SABnzbd section |
| Use SABnzbd category | medusa |
| Use SABnzbd category (backlog episodes) | medusa |
| Use SABnzbd category for anime | medusa |
| Use SABnzbd category for anime (backlog episodes) | medusa |
| Torrent Search | |
| Search torrents | Yes |
| Send .torrent files to | Transmission |
| Transmission Host:port | http://localhost:9091 |
| Downloaded files location | /shared/merged/downloads/transmission/medusa |
In the Search Providers Menu
In the Configure Custom Newsnab Providers tab
| Setting Name | Value |
|---|---|
| Configure Custom Newznab Providers | |
| Select Provider | -- add new provider -- |
| Provider Name | NZBHydra2 |
| Site URL | http://localhost:5076 |
| API Key | The key you noted down in the NZBHydra section |
- Ctrl+Click on all of the Newznab search categories, then click the 'Select Categories' button.
- Press the 'Add' button.
- Press 'Save Changes' at the bottom left
In the Provider Options tab
| Setting Name | Value |
|---|---|
| Configure Provider | NZBHydra2 |
| Enable daily searches | Ticked |
| Enable for 'Manual search' feature | Ticked |
| Enable backlog searches | Ticked |
| Backlog search mode | season packs only |
| Enable fallback | Ticked |
In the Configure Jackett Providers tab
- Enter each provider configured in Jackett.
In the Provider Priorities tab
- Ensure that the NZBHydra2 provider is ticked and dragged to the top.
- Ensure all of your Jackett providers are ticked
- Press 'Save Changes' at the bottom left
In the Subtitles Settings Menu
In the Subtitles Search tab
| Setting Name | Value |
|---|---|
| Subtitles Search | |
| Search Subtitles | Yes |
| Subtitle Languages | English (Or something else, if you like) |
In the Subtitles Plugin tab
- You will need to configure these to your liking. Alternatively, you can let Bazarr do all the subtitle work for anime as well.
** In the Post Processing Menu **
In the Post Processing tab
| Setting Name | Value |
|---|---|
| Scheduled Post-Processing | |
| Scheduled Postprocessor | Yes |
| Post Processing Dir | /shared/merged/downloads/sabnzbd/medusa |
| Processing Method | Move |
In the Episode Naming tab
| Setting Name | Value |
|---|---|
| Episode Naming | |
| Name Pattern | Season %0S/%SN - S%0SE%0E - %EN (%QN) |
- Press 'Save Changes' at the bottom left
In the Anime Menu
In the AnimeDB Settings tab
| Setting Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AniDB | |
| Enable | Yes |
| AniDB Username | Your AniDB Username |
| AniDB Password | Your AniDB Password |
- Press 'Save Changes' at the bottom left
** Under the Shows menu, click Add Shows **
- If you have existing shows, click 'Add Existing Shows' and follow the prompts.
- My recommended settings for the
Customize Optionstab are as follows:
| Setting Name | Value |
|---|---|
| Quality | Any |
| Subtitles | Yes |
| Status for previously aied episodes | Wanted |
| Status for all future episodes | Wanted |
| Season Folders | Yes |
| Anime | Yes |