Radarr import script to postpone Plex+Radarr file analysis

[janw]

First of all: thank you for this great project. I have been looking for something like it for quite a while and thought about writing one myself as well, and I'm very happy that I found yours!

Just wanted to give back a little bit here by sharing the small Radarr import script I wrote:

https://gist.github.com/janw/aecd7707064f10ba7011355481d31010

The idea here is to delay the completion of Radarr's own import process for a while so that PlexCleaner (running in monitoring mode externally) can process the file first, and … ensure that it's clean. Only once the sidecar file exists (and no .tmp file exists from remuxing/transcoding), will the import finish. I do this for two reasons:

1. I have had mixed experience with releases with foreign languages or dual languages (specifically the infamous German.DL) receiving the correct Custom Format Score in Radarr without additional massaging, particularly after they have been processed by PlexCleaner.
2. When Plex is configured to analyze new files (either by watching the filesystem or getting notified by Radarr), it analyzes the non-cleaned file first, even though the cleaned file will exist just a few moments later, when PlexCleaner did its processing. From my experience it takes manually triggering Analyze in Plex for it to recognize the change in subtitles / audio tracks, which I want to avoid.

I hope somebody else finds this useful or, if there is a better way to achieve this result, can let me know.

Thanks again @ptr727! 🙌