SportScanner vs Tdarr

SportScanner

Scanner and Metadata Agent for Plex that uses sportdb (by mmmmmtasty)

Tdarr

Tdarr - Distributed transcode automation using FFmpeg/HandBrake + Audio/Video library analytics + video health checking (Windows, macOS, Linux & Docker) (by HaveAGitGat)

Transcode Automation Video Audio Ffmpeg Handbrake

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21	Mentions	111
99	Stars	2,631
-	Growth	-
0.0	Activity	3.8
about 2 years ago	Latest Commit	23 days ago
Python	Language	Makefile
-	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 only

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SportScanner

Posts with mentions or reviews of SportScanner. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-02-03.

Plex won’t recognize nascar race
1 project | /r/PleX | 7 May 2023

Use SportScanner. Get the naming convention from SportsDB.
Can someone ELI5 installing SportScanner?
1 project | /r/PleX | 2 May 2023

I know it is here https://github.com/mmmmmtasty/SportScanner
Can't get plex to recognize Formula 1. When I manually search, Formula 2, 3 and E are options, not F1.
1 project | /r/PleX | 4 Mar 2023
Plex scanner settings
1 project | /r/MotorsportsReplays | 4 Mar 2023

I use SportScanner. Name your files the way they are named in thesportsdb.com
Netflix Sports
2 projects | /r/PleX | 3 Feb 2023
Plex custom media asset server API?
4 projects | /r/PleX | 12 Dec 2022

Create your own metadata agent that calls to your web server to get the image to add to the metadata. I'm not aware of any formal documentation that still exists for creating metadata agents. This archive of dev.plexapp.com might help: https://web.archive.org/web/20150113085312/http://dev.plexapp.com:80/docs/agents/models.html, but you may be stuck with looking at existing agents (like SportScanner.bundle) to see real examples of how to grab images for Plex to use.
PlexyGlass, a Plex Services plugin for handling metadata extras (YouTube)
7 projects | /r/PleX | 9 Sep 2022

Sports: https://github.com/mmmmmtasty/SportScanner (no longer maintained... I started an espn agent, but haven't finished it: https://github.com/ReenigneArcher/ESPN.bundle)
Anyone on Windows 10 have SportScanner working?
1 project | /r/PleX | 1 Aug 2022

Trying to get SportScanner working without much luck. I had it in the wrong folders originally but got that worked out.
How do I keep Plex from renaming files in one library?
2 projects | /r/PleX | 1 Aug 2022

I assume you've got the Scanners and SportScanner.bundle folders in the wrong locations. The installation instructions are fairly clear.
Library with no merging
1 project | /r/PleX | 1 Apr 2022

Try SportScanner.

Tdarr

Posts with mentions or reviews of Tdarr. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-10.

Just started homelabbing in an old Raspberry Pi 3B+
5 projects | /r/homelab | 10 Dec 2023

You could also use tdarr to automate transcoding as soon as stuff enters your library so that it’s direct playable when you decide to watch it, but I’ve never needed to try it
Run Tdarr in background without command prompt console like Radarr, Sonarr, etc
1 project | /r/Tdarr | 8 Jul 2023
Error on Windows with Tdarr v2.00.21 and ExifTool
1 project | /r/Tdarr | 3 Jul 2023

The only place I can find mention of the script is Tdarr_Server is not closing exiftool.exe after use. #423 and tdarr_server.exe crashes often #412
11600k - Only able to transcode 1 file at a time at 60FPS. Is this normal?
1 project | /r/Tdarr | 2 Jun 2023

I've had issues with my 11600k and now 11400 in unraid too. Though it's CPU encoding in my case. See https://github.com/HaveAGitGat/Tdarr/issues/777 .
Setting up Tdarr for multiple nodes with different encoding hardware
1 project | /r/Tdarr | 1 Jun 2023

So I read through this issue and I have a couple nodes setup, some with QSV and others with NVENC. The respective node capabilities are designated for exactly one of QSV or NVENC.
Questions about fibre channel, why is it so cheap? Can I setup Ethernet over fibre channel?
2 projects | /r/homelab | 22 May 2023

Have a look at Tdarr for distributed transcoding. I have it on a few nodes and it’s been pretty easy on the network.
It’s not logging successful transcodes :-(
1 project | /r/Tdarr | 16 May 2023

I have created a feature request in the Tdarr GitHub page; https://github.com/HaveAGitGat/Tdarr/issues/772
Hardware acceleration on old laptop CPU?
3 projects | /r/jellyfin | 15 May 2023

You can also use tdarr if you have more than 1 file it can auto transcodes multiple files in a directory all at once. https://github.com/HaveAGitGat/Tdarr
is there a program that can check files for corruption?
2 projects | /r/DataHoarder | 13 May 2023

or this: https://github.com/HaveAGitGat/Tdarr
Issue with cache folder
1 project | /r/Tdarr | 3 May 2023

What are some alternatives?

When comparing SportScanner and Tdarr you can also consider the following projects:

plex-agents - FileBot Xattr Metadata Scanners & Plug-ins for Plex

HandBrake - HandBrake's main development repository

pseudotv-plex

jellyfin-expo - Jellyfin Mobile for iOS

xTeVe - M3U Proxy for Plex DVR and Emby Live TV

sickbeard_mp4_automator - Automatically convert video files to a standardized format with metadata tagging to create a beautiful and uniform media library

WebTools.bundle - WebTools is a collection of tools for Plex Media Server. Like the Unsupported AppStore (UAS)

Tdarr_Plugins - Tdarr Plugins

sonarr_episode_changes - Set of tools for managing Plex and Media Items [Moved to: https://github.com/extrobe/plex_and_media_utilities]

Plex-scripts - Plex, the arr's and tautulli scripts coming from user requests

Radarr - Movie organizer/manager for usenet and torrent users.

Kometa - Python script to update metadata information for items in plex as well as automatically build collections and playlists. The Wiki Documentation is linked below.