Streamlining FTP + NAS

[redone632]

Ok here's my current set up:

I currently download videos onto a server that I purchased. From that server I then use CuteFTP to transfer them to my NAS, from which I un-rar them with WinRAR into specific folders corresponding to their file name. Then I delete the RAR file. Then I go to my PS3 and watch them via TVersity.

This is all fine and dandy and I'm loving my new NAS that I set up recently. But I'd just like this process to be a bit more automatic.

So far all I can think of is to use the Synchronizing Folder option in CuteFTP to make one folder, say named 'Complete', identical to my server. But I don't want to have to redownload files that I have already extracted. I also noticed that CuteFTP has a 'Execute this program on the downloaded file'. I was thinking I could use that to make WinRAR extract it to some folder from which I can just drag it into the proper one. But I think I would need to make some command line file that would open WinRAR and extract the file...

Any help would be much appreciated.

 

[bliko]

Are you familiar with rsync? and cron? Also which nas are you using? are you able to use 'unrar' on it?

-You can unrar them serverside and have them synced to your nas without a pc.

-Or you can sync them to your nas and unrar them on your nas.

I recommend the former since it should be easier to do depending on how you're currently setup.

You need to make a script to scan your completed directory for .rar files and unrar them and then remove the rar files.
A second script to rsync them to your home once the first script has completed.

I've done something similar using shell scripting on linux.

I'm not sure if there are any utilities for doing this kind of thing through windows.

 

[redone632]

I figured that I would need a script to do so. My NAS is just a PC I set up on my home network running Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit.

The problem with that is I still want to keep the files on the server for seeding purposes (torrents). So I need to send them to my NAS, then unRAR them and delete the RAR file. But I don't want it to redownload the file from the server again after I've already downloaded and deleted the RAR file.

 

[bliko]

I think deltacopy should be able to do the syncing part... you can set it to not delete files from server.
http://www.aboutmyip.com/AboutMyXApp/DeltaCopy.jsp

As for the unrar part, i'm not too sure in windows...however its likely some auto-unrar programs do exist. I know there is one for utorrent. I recommend you take a look on google, i'll do the same if i have some time.