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About

This mod is able to run on Windows versions of Radarr and Sonarr by using the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL).

Installation

Below are highly simplified installation instructions assuming defaults on a basic system. Your specific system may require changing paths or other wrapper script alterations.

  1. Install Radarr or Sonarr on Windows

  2. Install WSL from PowerShell:

    wsl --install

  3. Run the wsl-install-striptracks.ps1 installation script, entering your Linux user password when prompted:

    iex (iwr "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/TheCaptain989/radarr-striptracks/refs/heads/master/wsl/wsl-install-striptracks.ps1").Content

Note

The password entered here is only used to execute sudo once to install required Linux packages. It is not stored or saved anywhere.

The installation script supports optional command-line arguments to change the default branch, installation directory, etc.

Command-Line Arguments
Option Argument Description
-Password <SecureString> Your WSL Linux user password.
Must be a PowerShell [SecureString] data type.
-Directory <path> Directory to install striptracks to
Default: C:\ProgramData\striptracks
-Owner <name> GitHub repository owner
Default: TheCaptain989
-Repository <name> GitHub repository name
Default: radarr-striptracks
-Release <string> GitHub branch of source code to download
Default: latest
-GhApiRoot <url> GitHub API root URL
Default: https://api.github.com

To pass command-line arguments to the script, you must download it and execute it in multiple separate steps.

Example Command-Line Argument Use

# Step 1: Download the script
Invoke-WebRequest "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/TheCaptain989/radarr-striptracks/refs/heads/master/wsl/wsl-install-striptracks.ps1" -OutFile wsl-install-striptracks.ps1
# Step 2: Needed to run unsigned downloaded scripts
Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Scope CurrentUser  
# Step 3: Execute installation script.  Example option only.
.\wsl-install-striptracks.ps1 -Directory "D:\striptracks"

  1. Configure a custom script from Radarr's or Sonarr's Settings > Connect screen and type the following in the Path field (or the directory you installed striptracks to):
    C:\ProgramData\striptracks\wsl-striptracks.cmd

    Screenshot

    New Custom Script Example
    wsl custom script

Explanation

WSL provides a way to run a virtual Linux machine on Windows. Radarr and/or Sonarr are running in Windows while the script and supporting MKVToolNix package are running in the virtual machine and WSL makes the magic possible to have them interoperate.

Requirements

  • This requires WSL v2.
  • This has only been tested on Windows 11 23H2.
  • Only one instance each of Radarr and Sonarr are supported.
  • The Radarr/Sonarr configurations must be stored under the %ProgramData% directory (by default, these are C:\ProgramData\Radarr or C:\ProgramData\Sonarr).