How do I set up Azureus to auto download torrents

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By installing a small plugin for Azureus, you can have torrents automatically downloaded for you as soon as they are uploaded, when they match criteria you choose.

This walkthrough assumes you want to grab every Breezeblock that is uploaded, but you could equally well use it for any other Radio shows or indeed to grab everything that's upped by a favourite artist of yours.


Install plugin

Grab the RSSFeed Scanner plugin from http://azureus.sourceforge.net/plugin_details.php?plugin=rssfeed.

Exit Azureus if it's running.

Make a new folder in your Azureus plugins folder (C:\program files\azureus\plugins is the usual location) and call it RSSFeed.

Extract the zip file you downloaded into the new folder.

Restart Azureus, as long as you've put it in the correct place it should autodetect the new plugin.


Configuration

Select RSSFeed from the Plugins menu at the top.

A new tab should open in Azureus with the title RSSFeed Scanner, select the options sub-tab.

Top left where it says RSS Feed URLs: click the + sign.

The right side should now say Options: and show a few text boxes and tick boxes.

Give the feed a name, e.g. Mixing Bowl...

In the URL box type "http://themixingbowl.org/rss.php?user=username&pass=password" without the quotes and remembering to replace username and password with your details.

You can set a default download location using the Directory box, but it's not compulsory.

Leave everything else as it is, but make sure you tick the Active: box so the feed is enabled.

Go back to the Status sub-tab, it should now be showing "Mixing Bowl" under Feed/Title. You may need to right click and Refresh Feed to see the items.


Setting Up Filters

What you need to do next is setup filters that tell the plugin what you want to download.

On the Options sub-tab of the RSSFeed Scanner tab, click on the + next to the Filters section, bottom left.

That will open up a whole load of text boxes on the right half of your screen for you to input the details of your new filter. As an example I'll use the filter I set up to grab all the Breezeblocks that come up on here :

Name : Breezeblocks

Directory : G:\MP3 (or wherever you want the stuff to be saved)

Filter : breeze (this is the important bit - the plugin will search all the torrents for any occurance of "breeze")

Options : Make sure Filter searches title and Filter searches link are both ticked.

Feed : Mixing Bowl (Must correspond to the name that you've given TMB's feed in the RSS Feed URLs section, top left)

Type : Not important for this situation, leave it on None.

Active : Make sure Enabled is selected!

Mode : Pass!

Click on the save button and you're done.

You should now have a filter named Breezeblocks showing in the list on the left side with a tick in the box next to it. If so, you're up and running and can now leave it to get on with downloading anything that is uploaded that matches the filter.

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