poorrican/media-transfer-to-te-amo

Transfer TV media to Te_Amo

Overview

This workflow is for moving TV content from another mounted drive into the organized TV library on Te_Amo. On this machine, Te_Amo is an exFAT drive mounted at /mnt/Te_Amo, and the canonical TV library layout lives under /mnt/Te_Amo/TV Shows, not /mnt/Te_Amo/TV.

The important pattern learned here: do not infer the canonical library shape from stray files in /mnt/Te_Amo/TV. First inspect the exact example the user points to inside /mnt/Te_Amo/TV Shows. For this host, Peaky Blinders under /mnt/Te_Amo/TV Shows/Peaky Blinders is the correct model: one show folder containing Season NN subfolders, with episode files inside each season folder. The Mandalorian therefore belongs in /mnt/Te_Amo/TV Shows/The Mandalorian/Season 01/ and /Season 02/, not flattened into /mnt/Te_Amo/TV.

When to Use

• User wants media copied from another mounted drive into /mnt/Te_Amo
• The source is a TV show with Season N folders
• The user says to match the layout of other TV shows already on Te_Amo
• The destination should land in /mnt/Te_Amo/TV Shows/<Show>/Season NN/
• The source/destination are exFAT mounts under /mnt

Do not use for:

• Movie imports into a movie-specific hierarchy
• Bulk library reorganization without first checking how the destination is already organized
• Cases where the user explicitly wants to preserve the source folder structure
• Any case where you have not yet inspected the canonical example under /mnt/Te_Amo/TV Shows

Steps

1. Confirm mounts and writable access.

   • Check /mnt mounts and the exact source label/path.
   • If the source drive is not mounted, mount it first.
   • Verify both source and destination are writable.

2. Check available space on Te_Amo before copying.

   • Use df -h /mnt/Te_Amo
   • Optionally size the source with du -sh /path/to/show

3. Inspect the destination library structure before deciding the target shape.

   • Look for an existing comparable show in /mnt/Te_Amo/TV Shows
   • If the user names an example (for example Peaky Blinders), inspect that exact example first
   • Confirm whether the canonical destination is the organized library under /mnt/Te_Amo/TV Shows rather than loose files in /mnt/Te_Amo/TV
   • Determine the required nesting:
     • /mnt/Te_Amo/TV Shows/<Show>/Season NN/
   • Determine the expected episode naming convention inside each season folder

4. Copy first, then normalize layout.

   • Use rsync -avh --info=progress2 for the copy so progress and retries are manageable.
   • Copy into the organized TV library, not the loose /mnt/Te_Amo/TV staging area.
   • Example copy of a show folder:
     • source: /mnt/SOURCE/TV/The Show/
     • dest: /mnt/Te_Amo/TV Shows/The Show/

5. If the source naming does not match the organized TV Shows layout, normalize the imported show.

   • Ensure the show lives at /mnt/Te_Amo/TV Shows/<Show>/
   • Ensure season folders are zero-padded: Season 01, Season 02, ...
   • Rename episodes to match neighboring organized shows if needed
   • Example transform inside a season folder:
     • The Mandalorian S01E01.mp4 -> The Mandalorian - S01E01.mp4
   • Delete transient torrent residue like ~uTorrentPartFile_*.dat
   • Remove accidental staging copies or wrongly flattened files from /mnt/Te_Amo/TV after successful verification

6. Verify final state.

   • Confirm expected episode count
   • Confirm the show now lives under /mnt/Te_Amo/TV Shows/<Show>/Season NN/
   • Confirm there are no mistaken duplicates or flattened leftovers in /mnt/Te_Amo/TV
   • Confirm total size on destination roughly matches the source
   • Re-check free space if useful to the user

Useful command patterns

Check space:

df -h /mnt/Te_Amo
du -sh "/mnt/SOURCE/TV/The Show"

Copy with progress:

rsync -avh --info=progress2 "/mnt/SOURCE/TV/The Show/" "/mnt/Te_Amo/TV/The Show/"

Inspect destination example layout:

find '/mnt/Te_Amo/TV Shows/Peaky Blinders' -maxdepth 2 -printf '%y %P\n' | sort

Normalize into TV Shows/<Show>/Season NN/ with show-style filenames:

from pathlib import Path
import shutil, re
src_root = Path('/mnt/Te_Amo/TV')
dst_root = Path('/mnt/Te_Amo/TV Shows/The Mandalorian')
for season in ('01', '02'):
    (dst_root / f'Season {season}').mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
pat = re.compile(r'^The\.Mandalorian\.S(\d{2})E(\d{2})\.mp4$')
for f in sorted(src_root.glob('The.Mandalorian.S??E??.mp4')):
    m = pat.match(f.name)
    if not m:
        continue
    season, episode = m.groups()
    dst = dst_root / f'Season {season}' / f'The Mandalorian - S{season}E{episode}.mp4'
    shutil.move(str(f), str(dst))

Verify organized result:

find '/mnt/Te_Amo/TV Shows/The Mandalorian' -maxdepth 2 -printf '%y %P\n' | sort
find '/mnt/Te_Amo/TV Shows/The Mandalorian' -type f -name '*.mp4' | wc -l

Common Pitfalls

1. Mistaking loose files in /mnt/Te_Amo/TV for the canonical TV library.

   • The organized library for shows is /mnt/Te_Amo/TV Shows. Inspect the user-named example there first.

2. Assuming the source structure should be preserved exactly.

   • Preserve the show/season hierarchy, but normalize names to the established TV Shows/<Show>/Season NN/ pattern if needed.

3. Forgetting torrent residue files.

   • Imported season folders may contain ~uTorrentPartFile_*.dat; remove them during cleanup.

4. Checking only for the show folder and not the actual file naming convention.

   • The important compatibility clues are both nesting and filename style, e.g. Peaky Blinders - S05E01.mp4 inside Season 05.

5. Using a slow recursive search of the whole source drive when the user already identified the content type.

   • If they mention TV shows, check /mnt/<drive>/TV directly instead of broad whole-disk searches.

6. Declaring success before verifying counts and cleanup.

   • Confirm the intended number of episodes exists in /mnt/Te_Amo/TV Shows/<Show>/Season NN/ and that accidental staging files in /mnt/Te_Amo/TV are gone.

Verification Checklist

• [ ] Source drive mounted under /mnt
• [ ] Te_Amo has enough free space
• [ ] Canonical layout inspected using the exact comparison show under /mnt/Te_Amo/TV Shows
• [ ] Copy completed successfully
• [ ] Final file placement matches /mnt/Te_Amo/TV Shows/<Show>/Season NN/
• [ ] Episode naming matches neighboring organized shows
• [ ] Torrent part files removed if present
• [ ] Mistaken staging files in /mnt/Te_Amo/TV removed if they were created
• [ ] Episode count and total size verified