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The internet really does have everything, and it's all available for download without lifting a finger. A series of helpful scripts, all installable in a few minutes, can transform your computer into an automatic media downloading machine.

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We've featured all sorts of automatic downloaders that grab TV shows after they air and movies as soon as they're released, but you don't have to stop there. You can schedule music, comic books, video games, and practically anything else as a download with minimal effort. In this post, we'll look at how to set up existing scripts to acquire all kinds of media and use a tool called FlexGet to handle the rest.

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Before You Get Started

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All the tools in this guide work with BitTorrent, which you should set up securely before you do anything else. If you want to use Usenet instead, however, you'll need to set up SABnzbd+ for everything to work properly.

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If you choose the Usenet and SABnzbd+ route, you'll need a few things:

  • Your SABnzbd+ username and password, which you'll choose when you set it up (presuming you choose to set a username and password, that is).
  • Your SABnzbd+ API key, which you can find in the Config section in the General tab. It'll look something like 5ape87035c49c4b8f461e55f0z9z4z02.
  • A location to hold your downloaded files. Make individual folders for each type of media (e.g. television, movies, music, ebooks, etc.).
  • NZB search provider information, such as your username and password and/or API key. Each provider is a little different, so what information you need will vary. Consult our Usenet guide for more information.
  • If you're on a Mac, download and install Python (if it isn't installed already).

With all of that ready to go, it's time to get started.

Television

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Your computer can act like an internet personal video recorder, downloading TV episodes as soon as they air, thanks to the assistance of an app called Sick Beard. You simply install it, tell it the shows you want to track, how you want to download those shows (via either BitTorrent or Usenet), and let it do the rest. Follow these steps to install it:

On a Windows PC..

  1. Download Sick Beard.
  2. Unzip Sick Beard into a folder and place that folder wherever you want it to live. Run it and you're done with the installation.

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On a Mac..

  1. Download the latest versions of Git and Cheetah. (Don't worry that Cheetah's old. I've been using the same version since Snow Leopard. It works great on Lion and Mountain Lion.)
  2. Install Git via the included installer. When finished, open Terminal (in Hard Drive → Applications → Utilities) to install Cheetah. Type
  3. into the terminal window, a space, and drag the unzipped Cheeat download folder onto the terminal window. Your final chommand should look something like
  4. . Press enter. Next, paste in
  5. and press enter again. Cheetah will install in about a minute's time.
  6. Enter
  7. in your terminal window to change to your computer's Applications folder, then enter
  8. to grab the latest Sick Beard source from GitHub.
  9. When Sick Beard completes the installation, run it by entering this command in your terminal window:
  10. If you want to run Sick Beard like an application, just open Automator or AppleScript Editor, create a workflow/script that runs that terminal command, and save it as an application.

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Once Sick Beard is up and running, point your web browser of choice to localhost:8081 to get started. Sick Beard is a powerful tool and it requires some configuration. Before you start adding your favorite shows, hop into the config section and set up the following:

  • Search Settings - If you're using Sick Beard to find NZB files to download with Usenet, you'll need to enter your SABnzbd+ username, password, and API key in this section. If you want to download torrents, you'll just need to enable that option and tell Sick Beard where your torrent watch folder is.
  • Search Providers - If you're downloading shows via Usenet, you'll need to configure search providers in this section. Tick the boxes next to the ones you want to use, then select their names in the following section to enter any necessary credentials. For example, NZBMatrix requires a username and API key. If you followed the instructions at the beginning of the post, you should have this information ready-to-go.
  • Post Processing - SABnzbd+ users won't have to configure much here, as it'll handle post-processing for you. You can, however, ask Sick Beard to do some of the work. BitTorrent users will want to configure this to their liking, however, as most torrent clients won't do much in the way of post-processing.
  • Notifications - Unlike the other tools we'll cover in this guide, you probably want to know as soon as your favorite shows have finished downloading. Sick Beard provides hooks for a ton of notification services so you can find out right away, using pretty much whatever tool you like. Set up is very easy, so just find your notification app of preference and enter the required information in this section.

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After completing the initial setup, add the TV shows you want to track from Sick Beard's interface. If you need help adding shows, as the process is a little confusing the first time around, consult our complete Sick Beard guide.

Movies

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Couch Potato keeps track of all the films you want to watch, and downloads them, too. Installation is easy on both Windows and OS X:

  1. Download Couch Potato.
  2. Launch Couch Potato and visit localhost:5000 to get started.

With Couch Potato open in your web browser, click the Cog icon up top to get it set up. Here's an overview of each tab and what you can set up:

  • General - Set the IP address and port of Couch Potato's web interface, your username and password, and other general settings.
  • Downloaders - Set up SABnzbd+ and/or your BitTorrent Black Hole directory (i.e. the folder your BitTorrent client is watching) in this section.
  • Providers - Configure the NZB and torrent file search providers you want to use to download movies. (You'll need the relevant credentials you gathered at the beginning of this post to make Couch Potato work with Usenet.)
  • Quality - Enable and disable the various quality options for downloaded movies (e.g. 720p, BR-Rip, Screener, etc.).
  • Renaming - Set any renaming rules you want applied after a movie finished downloading.

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The other sections are not required, but feel free to explore to discover more of Couch Potato's features. Once you're done with the configuration, use the toolbar up top to search for a movie, select the desired quality (e.g. 720p, DVD-Rip, etc.), and add it to your watch list. Repeat this process for any movie you want to track (and download). Couch Potato will take care of the rest.

Music

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Tracking new releases of your favorite music, automatically downloading songs, and converting those songs into your format of preference is really easy with a tool called Headphones. It can even pull lyrics and album art for the songs it downloads. Follow these steps to install it:

  1. Download the Headphones source files from GitHub.
  2. Unzip the source and place it wherever you want. (OS X users should keep it in thier Applications folder.)
  3. Launch Headphones. Windows users can launch it by right clicking on the Headphones.py file and choosing Open With → Python. Mac users need to open up the Terminal (in Hard Drive → Applications → Utilities) and enter this command:
  4. If you're setting up other services mentioned in this post, Headphones will likely have a conflicting port of 8081. Upon running the Headphones.py script you'll be informed of the conflict and asked to choose a new port. You can choose whatever you like, but I opted for 8181.

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Headphones is very feature rich and comprehensive, but you only need to configure a few settings to get started. Click the cog icon up top and set up the following sections:

  • Web interface - Set your IP address, port, username, and password in this section. You can also set other general settings, like how often Headphones looks for new files.
  • Download settings - Enter your SABnzbd+ user information and API key in this section to download via Usenet. To use BitTorrent, just specify your Black Hole directory (i.e. the folder your BitTorrent client is watching).
  • Search providers - Set up NZB search providers if you're using Usenet. You'll need the relevant credentials gathered at the beginning of this post. For BitTorrent, just select the trackers you want to use.
  • Quality & Post Processing - Choose the quality of the files you want to download by default and enable any post-processing functions (e.g. adding lyrics and album art).
  • Advanced Settings - Set renaming rules, format conversion, and more. (You don't need to set up anything in this section, but there are a lot of cool features in it that you should explore.)

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Once you've finished configuring Headphones, just search for the band you want to track using the toolbar up top. When you find what you want, add the band to your watch list and Headphones will track them. Repeat this process for all the bands you like.

Everything Else

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You don't have to stop with television, movies, and music. A few other downloaders are at your disposal:

  • Omniverse automatically downloads comic books.
  • LazyLibrarian automatically downloads ebooks.
  • Gamez automatically downloads video games.

If that list doesn't cover everything you need, FlexGet provides a way to make your own, custom downloaders. It reads RSS feeds, CSV files, and HTML pages to find torrents, NZBs, podcasts, or whatever you're looking for, and feeds them to any downloaders that have watch directory support. This includes rTorrent, uTorrent, Transmission, sabNZBD+, nzbget, pyLoad, and more. All you're required to do is install it, tell it where to look, what to look for, and what to do with the files it finds. The installation process varies, so follow the instructions for your operating system.

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On a Windows PC..

  1. Install Python (if you haven't already).
  2. Install easy_install.
  3. Press Windows+R and run this command:
  4. When prompted, run the following command to verify the installation:

On a Mac (OS X 10.6 and higher)..

  1. Open up Terminal (in Hard Drive → Applications → Utilties) and run this command:
  2. . (Yes, you really just need to run that and OS X will know what to do.)
  3. You may also need to use easy_install to install some plug-ins, such as one for Transmission (if that's what you're using as your downloader). Here's an example:
  4. Create a plain text file called
  5. in ~/Library/LaunchAgents. (That's Your Home Folder → Library → Launch Agents.) Paste the following into the file (or just download this):
  6. Back in Terminal, run this command:

FlexGet isn't useful unless you give it something to do. The app works with specific tasks written in YAML, which is a very simple, human-readable data format. Let's take a look at a sample FlexGet config file written in YAML (config.yml) to help you understand how it works:

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The first line says 'test task:' to identify that this is a task called 'test.' The second line identifies an RSS feed for FlexGet to monitor. Next, a list of series tells FlexGet what to look for inside of that RSS feed. In the case of 'Another Good Show,' you'll notice that 'quality: 720p' is designated to tell FlexGet to only look for 720p files for that show. Finally, a download directory on the local machine is specified. Any files that match the criteria specified in this task will be placed in that directory, which is watched by a downloader (such as SABnzbd+ or uTorrent).

The format is pretty simple to follow, but it will vary based on what you want to create. We can't get into every little option without writing an entire manual, and the creators of FlexGet already made one. Be sure to consult those configuration instructions for more help on creating your own config.yml file for FlexGet to use.

After completing your task file, save it as config.yml file in

in Windows 7,

in Windows XP, or

in OS X. To run any of the specified tasks, open up the command line in your operating system of choice and run the following command:

You will, of course, want to replace 'nameOfTask' with the name of a task in your config.yml file. If you set up everything properly, that task will run and you'll have your own, custom automatic downloader!

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Did you notice System freezes, Not responding after Windows 10 1809 upgrade? Windows Computer gets slow down and it is difficult to work with it at startup. And checking on Taskmanager, Windows Module installer worker is constantly running with very high CPU usage. Windows modules installer worker usages almost 99% of CPU process. For some others, the same thing happens with the Disk drive, windows modules installer worker high Disk usage. let’s understand What is windows modules installer worker on windows 10, Why it’s causing High CPU usage And steps to get rid of windows modules installer worker High CPUusage on Windows 10, 8.1 and 7.

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  • 2 Fix windows modules installer worker high CPU usage

What is Windows Modules Installer Worker?

Windows Modules Installer Worker also known as TiWorker.exe is a system component in Microsoft Windows which is responsible for installing new modules and updates. It prepares your Windows 10 computer for the installation and checks frequently for new updates. Also, this TiWorker.exe completes the various tasks that are needed after update to Windows.

Generally, this windows modules installer worker will terminate all the resource that is necessary for Windows Update once the update is finished. But sometimes due to any technical reasons these resources will keep on running in the background, Which Cause high System Resource usage and your computer gets slow down. Also, Sometimes Virus malware infection, Corrupted system files, corrupted windows update components etc cause windows modules installer worker 100% CPU usage or High Disk usage.

Fix windows modules installer worker high CPU usage

Bagaimana mencari kawan pdf free. If you are also struggling from this problem “windows modules installer worker High CPU usage on Windows 10” Here 5 solutions to get rid of this.

Note: Bellow solutions are applicable to fix windows modules installer worker high CPU Usage, 100% Disk usage on Windows 10 / 8.1 and 7 computers.

Check for malware virus infection

Start from Basic Make Sure Any Virus or Malware Infection not causing the issue by performing A full system scan with a good antivirus / Anti-malware application with latest updates installed.

Also Install Free System optimizer like Ccleaner to Clean up junk, Temp, Cache, System Error, Memory Dump files And Fix missing broken registry Errors.

Perform Windows clean boot that helps to determine if any third party service conflict causing windows modules installer worker high CPU usage problem.

Install All available Updates

Make sure that you have installed all available Windows Updates on your computer. Sometimes Update installation Stuck or pending updates process Run on the background which causes High System resource usage by windows modules installer worker.

Windows 10 Is Set To download and install the latest updates Automatically. But if due to any reason they are not installed then you can manually check and install the available updates by following below.

  • Press Win + I to open Windows Settings
  • click on Update & security followed by windows updates
  • Then Click the Check for updates button to download and install the latest available Updates.

Turn off Automatic updates for Windows 10

As this Problem is related to windows modules installer worker (TrustedInstaller) and Windows Update (wuauserv) service. May these services not responding, crashes or not function properly, that cause High CPU or 100% Disk usage by windows modules installer worker. Disable these both Services windows modules installer worker (Trusted Installer) and Windows Update (wuauserv) ) by Following below steps below and check there is no more High CPU usage.

  • Press Windows + R, type services.msc and ok to open Windows Services.
  • Scroll down and look for services named windows modules installer worker.
  • Double click on it to open its properties,
  • Change the Startup Type Disable and click on stop next to service status.
  • Repeat this step for the Windows Update service

Reboot your computer to take a fresh Start, This time windows modules installer and Windows update service no longer starts in the background. Check There is no more 100% CPU usage issue by windows modules installer.

Note: As we set Windows Update to Disable, windows didn’t download and install the latest updates.

Tweak SoftwareDistribution folder

The Windows Update Store folder (known as “SoftwareDistribution” folder), is the location where Windows stores the downloaded updates. And a single corruption on this folder causes different problems installing Windows updates, cause updates stuck checking that result windows modules installer worker High CPU usage. And Delete previous update files, force windows to download fresh update copy from Microsoft server that helps to fix Windows update problems include High CPU usage on windows 10.

  • Press Windows + R, type services.msc and ok.
  • Scroll down, look for Windows update service.
  • Right click and Stop the service ( if its running)
  • Now navigate C:WindowsSoftwareDistributionDownloads
  • Press Ctrl + A to select all and Delete them.

Now Restart windows to take a fresh start, Then check there is no more High CPU usage.

Decrease TiWorker process priority

Right-click on the taskbar and select Task Manager, then click More Details. Next move to Details tab, Right click at TiWorker.exe process and Set priority to Low. * Now see how your computer acts with this setting. If TiWorker high usage issue is not eliminated continue to next solution.

Run Windows Update Troubleshooter

This is also a better and easier solution to fix high disk and high CPU usage caused by the Windows Update process. If any Windows Updates Stuck on background, which may cause unnecessary System Resource usages like 100% CPU or DISK usage. Open Settings -> update & security -> Troubleshoot -> click on windows update, Run The Windows Update Troubleshooter and let windows to check and fix any buggy update stuck or causing High CPU usage problem itself for you.

Checking the System Maintenance

The system maintenance will take you into Number of steps which will remove unused files, shortcuts and performs task maintenance. You can not only fix windows modules installer worker High Cpu usage but also you can remove the other unwanted files.

This is an alternative solution for the above problem. To clear the TiWorker.exe “problem” (which isn’t really a problem) is to run Automatic Maintenance to do this open Control PanelAll Control Panel ItemsSecurity and Maintenance -> Start Maintenance. This process can take some time so make sure that you have something else to do before you start the process.

Fix Tiworker.exe using the command prompt

This is also an alternate method to fix the tiworker.exe problem. Some Times corrupted system files cause different problems on the windows computer. And maybe corrupted missing system files causing windows modules installer worker unresponsive.

To check and make sure missing damaged system files not causing the issue Run the windows SFC utility by the following below.

  • First open command prompt as administrator
  • Then type sfc /scannow and hit the enter key.
  • The SFC utility will start scanning for missing corrupted system files.
  • If found the system file checker utility Restore them from a compressed folder located on %WinDir%System32dllcache.
  • Wait until 100% complete the scanning process
  • After that Restart windows and check High System resource usage problem resolved.

Run DISM Command

If the System file checker Results Windows Resource Protection Found Corrupt Files but unable to fix them. This means the utility unable to repair missing damaged system files. That cause you need to run the DISM Command Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth which Repairs the System image and Enables SFC to do its job.

After Run the DISM command Again Run Sfc /scannow command to repair missing system files. After That Check and fix Disk Drive errors by running the Check Disk Command line. Now Restart windows and Check, There is no more 100% CPU usage or High Disk Usage by windows modules installer worker.

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