# mdhiggins/sickbeard_mp4_automator

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

Repository: https://github.com/mdhiggins/sickbeard_mp4_automator
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/sickbeard_mp4_automator
Language: Python
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: ffmpeg, sonarr, radarr, utorrent, qbittorrent, mp4, mkv, media, metadata, nzbget, sabnzbd, couchpotato, sickbeard, sickrage
Last push: 2026-08-15T08:59:18+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 76/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 97, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4946, "days_push": 18, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1588, forks 187 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:07.975302+00:00)

## What it is
A Python automation script (SMA) that converts downloaded video files to a standardized MP4 format with H264/AAC defaults and tags them with TMDB metadata. It integrates with media managers like Sonarr and Radarr and downloaders like NZBGet, SABnzbd, uTorrent, and qBittorrent via post-processing scripts.

## Use cases
- automatically convert downloaded tv shows and movies to mp4
- tag video files with metadata from tmdb
- standardize my plex media library formats
- post-process downloads from sonarr and radarr
- convert mkv to mp4 with aac audio automatically
- run ffmpeg conversions after torrent downloads complete
- batch normalize video files for a uniform media library

## When to choose
- you use Sonarr, Radarr, Sickbeard, or similar PVR tools and want automatic post-download conversion
- you want a uniform MP4 library with embedded metadata for Plex or similar servers
- you want official Docker images bundling the tool with Sonarr or Radarr

## When to avoid
- you need real-time or on-demand transcoding rather than post-download batch conversion
- you prefer GUI-based media conversion tools
- your target containers or codecs fall outside what FFmpeg-based conversion supports

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: video-processing, workflow-automation, cli
- domain: media, self-hosted
- platform: windows, python, cli
- tags: ffmpeg, sonarr, radarr, plex, media-library, metadata-tagging, mp4-conversion, download-automation, automation, linux, macos, docker

## Member repositories
- mdhiggins/sickbeard_mp4_automator (main) score 76

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:07.975302+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:55:04.132621+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/mdhiggins/sickbeard_mp4_automator (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:07.975302+00:00, sha 837ccdfb6d2b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.