First title

Add one movie and follow it from search to a file in your Library.

Before you start

• Connect done: a downloader showing Working and at least one source.
• A movies Library folder from First run.

Add a movie

1. Open Search and type the movie’s name.

2. Open the movie, then press Add.

3. In the box, check the Library folder and Pick rules. Pick rules decide which releases count as good enough. The defaults are fine to start.

4. Leave Search when added ticked and press Add to Library.

   You should see the movie’s Library page.

Watch it happen

1. HolyArrs searches every source and picks the best release that passes the Pick rules.

2. Open Downloads. The movie moves through the tabs: Queued, Downloading, then Importing.

3. When the row leaves Importing, the file is in your movies folder, renamed.

   You should see the file in your Library folder and on the movie’s page.

Tip

A first download can take minutes to hours, depending on the release and your connection. A row with no progress for 6 hours shows as stalled; after 24 hours HolyArrs marks it failed and tries the next release.

Choices

Pick a release yourself

On the movie, press Choose a release. HolyArrs lists every result with a label (Would be chosen, Passed over, Turned away by the rules, Turned down) and picks nothing. Press Choose on the one you want.

Search later

Untick Search when added to add now and search later with Search now on the movie. Every day HolyArrs also searches for up to 20 missing titles by itself.

If it does not work

You see	Cause	Fix
Nothing is found	No source has the movie, or none passes the Pick rules	Press Choose a release to see why each result was turned away
Row stays in Queued	Downloader is busy or paused	Check the downloader’s own queue
Row is in Review	HolyArrs could not finish the import	Open the row and choose what to do
Row is Paused with “The Downloader can’t use the files”	A share mounted late	Press Check again on the row once the share is back
Import is slow and doubles disk use	Files are copied, not hardlinked	Use the layout in Folders

For experts

What runs by itself

Job	When	What
Feed check	Every 15 min	Reads the newest releases from each source with its feed on and judges them against wanted titles
Nightly search	Once a day	Up to 20 missing titles, longest unsearched first; skips unreleased titles and ones with Keep up to date off
Better copies	Ongoing	A copy below Good enough keeps looking and is replaced when a better release appears

Mark failed on a download turns that release down for the title, removes it from the downloader with its files, and searches again. A search started from the movie page skips the wait set in the Pick rules.

Related

• Find releases for movies
• Movie downloads
• Home and Settings