#!/bin/bash # v1 - Intial # v2 - Prevent Tdarr Node from being killed when only LOCAL is transcoding # Configuration TAUTULLI_API_KEY="dad9bbb78bde43249754b630b58fbf7c" # Tautulli API Key TAUTULLI_URL="http://10.0.0.10:8181/api/v2" # Tautulli URL WAIT_SECONDS=180 # Wait time (in seconds) after killing the tdarr node before checking again BASIC_CHECK=3 # Basic check interval when Plex is idle CONTAINER_NAME="N4" # The exact name of your tdarr node container # Option: set to "yes" to disable tdarr only when a remote transcode is detected. # When set to "yes", if a remote transcode is active (even with local transcodes), tdarr is disabled. # Set to "no" to disable tdarr whenever any transcoding session (local or remote) is detected. DISABLE_TDARR_FOR_LOCAL_ONLY="yes" # Function to check if Plex is transcoding via Tautulli. is_plex_transcoding() { echo "$(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S') - Checking Plex activity via Tautulli API" response=$(curl -s "${TAUTULLI_URL}?apikey=${TAUTULLI_API_KEY}&cmd=get_activity") # Count local and remote transcoding sessions. # Assumes that each session includes an "ip_address" field. local_count=$(echo "$response" | jq '[.response.data.sessions[]? | select(.transcode_decision == "transcode" and (.ip_address | startswith("10.0.0.")))] | length') remote_count=$(echo "$response" | jq '[.response.data.sessions[]? | select(.transcode_decision == "transcode" and (.ip_address | startswith("10.0.0.") | not))] | length') total_count=$(( local_count + remote_count )) # Log counts. echo "$(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S') - Detected ${local_count} local and ${remote_count} remote transcoding session(s)." if [ "$DISABLE_TDARR_FOR_LOCAL_ONLY" = "yes" ]; then # Only remote transcoding triggers tdarr disable, even if local transcodes exist. if [ "$remote_count" -gt 0 ]; then echo "$(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S') - Remote transcoding detected." return 0 else echo "$(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S') - No remote transcoding detected (only local transcoding active or none at all)." return 1 fi else # Any transcoding session triggers tdarr disable. if [ "$total_count" -gt 0 ]; then echo "$(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S') - Plex is transcoding ${total_count} session(s)." return 0 else echo "$(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S') - No Plex transcoding detected." return 1 fi fi } # Function to check if the container is running. is_container_running() { state=$(docker inspect -f '{{.State.Running}}' "${CONTAINER_NAME}" 2>/dev/null) if [ "$state" = "true" ]; then return 0 else return 1 fi } while true; do if is_plex_transcoding; then # If transcoding (by the chosen criteria) is detected, ensure the container is not running. if is_container_running; then echo "$(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S') - Killing Docker container ${CONTAINER_NAME} due to Plex transcoding." docker kill "${CONTAINER_NAME}" else echo "$(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S') - ${CONTAINER_NAME} is already stopped." fi # Wait before checking again. echo "$(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S') - Sleeping for ${WAIT_SECONDS} seconds..." sleep "${WAIT_SECONDS}" else # When no triggering transcode is detected, if the container is stopped then start it. if ! is_container_running; then echo "$(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S') - Starting Docker container ${CONTAINER_NAME} since Plex is not transcoding." docker start "${CONTAINER_NAME}" else echo "$(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S') - ${CONTAINER_NAME} is already running, no action needed." fi # Sleep before next check. echo "$(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S') - Sleeping for ${BASIC_CHECK} seconds..." sleep "${BASIC_CHECK}" fi done