All ideasMore in Hobbies
Hobbies

The AI sorted over 1,000 of my media files into a HandBrake queue

He pointed the AI at a downloads folder with over 1,000 media files and at his Jellyfin library. The AI made a queue file he could import into HandBrake, and he says it saved him a lot of time.

How it works

  1. Points the AI at the downloads folder and his Jellyfin folder
  2. Tells it to make an importable queue file
  3. The AI builds the HandBrake queue file

Why it’s worth knowing

Sorting a thousand loose downloads against a media library is the kind of chore that sits undone for months. The AI turned it into one file he could import.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on bsky.app. See the original ↗

Upgraded prompt

A ready-to-use prompt for this idea, built from research on what makes AI agents do the job right: who the AI should be, the exact steps, and a check to make sure it was done the way you wanted.

1Who the AI should be
2The prompt, with the steps
3The check when it’s done
Upgraded prompts are coming soon.

Try next

HobbiesThe AI searched five years of email and listed my forgotten accountsHobbiesSpark Learned a Writer's Voice From Sent Emails and Saved It as a Reusable SkillHobbiesFill and submit UK master’s applications from one master fileHobbiesMy smart ring sends voice notes to the AI, and the AI sorts my day

Every idea is a real post from someone who tried it, summarized in our words, with a link to the original. App names are swapped for plain words.