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Syncing from Sonarr

Example Series

I'll be using Better Call Saul and Breaking Bad as example Series. If you do not have either of these Series in Sonarr, you can add them (and remove them later - or not, because they're great shows), or just pick two entirely different Series.

For the purposes of this tutorial, we will be Syncing a subset of your Series by using a filter tag within Sonarr.

  1. Open the Sonarr Web Interface.

  2. Open Better Call Saul, and then click the Edit wrench.

  3. In the Tags section, type tcm-test and hit Enter - click Save.

  4. Repeat Steps 2-3 for Breaking Bad.

  5. Back within TitleCardMaker, navigate to the Sync page by clicking Sync from the side navigation bar.

  6. Under the Sonarr section of the page, click the + Add Sync button.

  7. In the launched dialog, fill out the following information:

    1. Enter the Sync Name as Test Sync

    2. In the "Templates to Apply", select Tinted Frame Template from earlier in the tutorial.

      Template Order Matters

      When adding multiple Templates, the order in which they are listed is critical. TCM will apply the first Template whose Filter conditions are all satisfied.

    3. Under the Filters section, open the dropdown and select the tag tcm-test.

      Tag not appearing?

      Sonarr can take a while to refresh the API with newly created tags, so if the tcm-test tag does not appear in the dropdown, you can type it and hit Enter to manually enter the tag.

    4. Hit the Create button.

    Sync Created

    You have successfully created a Sync that automatically adds all Series in Sonarr that are tagged with tcm-test, and assigns our Template to them.

  8. At the top of the page is an indication of when all your Syncs will next run - we'll adjust this next - but to run a Sync immediately, click the small Sync icon.

  9. TCM will then query Sonarr for all your Series, filter the results by our indicated filters (in our case the tcm-test tag), and then filter out any exclusions (none). The added Series will be listed in a message. You should see "Synced 1 Series", with Breaking Bad listed below.

    Why is Better Call Saul not listed here?

    The reason BCS is not listed as having been Synced is because when TCM runs a Sync, it checks the resulting list of Series against any existing Series. Since BCS was added in the previous step, TCM does not add it again.

  10. From the message, you can click on the newly added Breaking Bad to directly go to the Series page. On the main Configuration tab, double check that the Library field for your Media Server is filled in with the correct library.

    Don't see a Library?

    If you have enabled any other Media Servers and do not see a Library listed for this Series, that means that your Sonarr Library Paths are set incorectly, and TCM will not auto-detect a Series Library when syncing.

    Review Step 7 of the Sonarr Setup page to correct your Library Paths. When you've corrected these, delete Breaking Bad and re-Sync to verify they are correct.

Synced from Sonarr

You have successfully Synced from Sonarr. This exact structure can be used to create and run any number of Syncs.