Arrivals (for MacOS)

!npm release

Arrivals will watch a directory and convert or copy a variety of incoming audio or video files for
you then place them somewhere you choose. This only works with MacOS and the primary use-case is
incoming torrents in flac or mkv formats that you'd like to play nice in an Apple ecosystem.

> Requires node.js 8.0.0 or greater!

Features

- Watch many directories
- Register as launchdaemon
- Converts 'flac', 'mp3', 'mp4', 'm4a' that are well-formed into ALAC/M4A
- Can copy video & audio files to a destination directory
- Easy usage
- Status visibility through Finder tagging of source files

Installaion

``bash
npm install arrivals-osx -g
`

Use

Launch the installer to build your plist and start the launchdaemon.

`bash
$ arrivals install
`

$3

- node.js >= 12.0.0
- ffmpeg - brew install ffmpeg
- atomicparsley - brew install atomicparsley
- tag - brew install tag

Full command list

`bash
$ arrivals [command]
``

| Command | Description |
| ------- | ---------------------------------------------------------- |
| watch | Run the process directly, you'll want to set the env vars. |
| install | Interactive install as a system daemon |

How it works

1. Launches watcher for a directory
2. Builds existing paths database
3. When events occur, evaluate against criterion
- is correct event
- is proper extension
- is not in existing paths db
4. Push to work queue
5. Add a Yellow "pending" tag for Finder
6. Do work, either copy or convert
7. Add a Green tag for "finished" or a Red tag for "error" in Finder