Prevent download of files types "lnk"

[mark-hello]

Is there a way to prevent the download of torrents with certain file types like LNK (lnk) as mentionned here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/torrents/comments/1g0jwn8/what_is_a_ink_file_and_why_is_it_being_downloaded/

[pkishino]

You mean block certain file types from downloading (transmission doesn’t support this) or block torrents that contain these files? Either way not supported, you could create a simple post processing script to delete these or on torrent add set them to not download..

[mark-hello]

I just wonder if these scripts would be compatible with sonarr and radarr. Right now, transmission starts downloading and the files cannot be imported as the file type is lnk instead of the video format. It blocks the whole process as a result.
When deleted, the file goes again to the most popular torrent and it repeats again. Filtering these lnk torrent, would allow to get the 2nd or 3rd results instead.

[pkishino]

You might want to look into setting up filters etc in *arr to avoid these. I’ve not encountered these so far so do you have examples? / BRPatrick KishinoOn 25 Mar 2025, at 16:03, mark-hello ***@***.***> wrote: I just wonder if these scripts would be compatible with sonarr and radarr. Right now, transmission starts downloading and the files cannot be imported as the file type is lnk instead of the video format. It blocks the whole process as a result. When deleted, the file goes again to the most popular torrent and it repeats again. Filtering these lnk torrent, would allow to get the 2nd or 3rd results instead. —Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe.You are receiving this because you commented.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[mark-hello]

Do you mean examples of torrents that are being detected as video and are instead lnk files? Do you want me to send a link through here?

[pkishino]

Yeah, is this from a particular tracker etc? I’d also suggest checking the arr repos for similar questions. I’d try to stem that on the origin input side (radarr/jackett etc) than on the middle handler / BRPatrick KishinoOn 25 Mar 2025, at 16:47, mark-hello ***@***.***> wrote: Do you mean examples of torrents that are being detected as video and are instead lnk files? Do you want me to send a link through here? —Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe.You are receiving this because you commented.Message ID: ***@***.***>