- cross-posted to:
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- cross-posted to:
- selfhosted@lemmy.world
This is the post on reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/1myldh3/i_built_youtubarr_the_sonarr_for_youtube/
looks cool I have been wanting something like this for a while
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Sonarr is based on RSS feeds - explicitly designed for this purpose of getting new updates from subscription-like sources. This is much lighter in processing requirements. I’ve also tried to make this UI as similar as possible to the other *arr apps for familiarity.
Index an entire channel/playlist or get “older” videos. Subarr’s RSS approach is specifically for “subscriptions”: new video is posted, take some action Media management. Once Subarr kicks off the post-processor (like yt-dlp), its job is done. Use Plex/Jellyfin/etc or another one of the linked solutions above if you require more control over your media
this naming trend needs to die
Why? It’s a brand at this point and lets you know exactly what its about.
I mean it is clear that it’s an aggregator (? Not sure what the right term is for this) but I can’t even begin to count the number of times I access Radarr instead of Sonarr because I forgot which one is for shows or movies.
Prowlarr is way more intuitive at least.
What is a brand? “Sonarr”? Never heard that.
*arr services are well known in the self hosted community
IMO the trouble is that there are so many of the things now that I need a damn flowchart to understand how they work together and which ones I need.
(No, seriously: I want to set up an *arr stack but don’t understand how. Could somebody please send me a flowchart??)
Sorry, I tried but I couldn’t figure out how to use Flowcharr-t.
Flowchart? Try googling it maybe. I’m not sure if there is anything useful, but it’s worth a query. The site Atherel posted has some guides that might be useful in general information and more detailed installation and configuration.
If you want movies you use Radarr, and if you want TV Shows you use Sonarr. And if you want either of those to use torrent sites to find things rather than Usenet, you setup Prowlarr to convert from those random sites into the format Radarr and Sonarr support.
There are others, but that’s a place to start.
This is a very informative video The Ultimate Torrent Setup - Jim’s Garage
Why would you need a flowchart? You go to the Servarr wiki and pick the ones that sound nice. It’s pretty easy to understand what each one does because, you know, they tell you in plain English.
All you actually need are sonarr (tv) radarr (movies) overseer (request management) and prowlarr (indexer management) you don’t actually need the last two.
For the purposes of this explanation sonarr and radarr are the same, but keep in mind that sonarr only does tv shows and radarr only does movies
You tell sonarr what you want to watch --> sonarr tells prowlarr what you want to watch --> prowlarr will search websites for magnet links to your show (you have to specify which websites) --> prowlarr will give the download manager (qbittorrent, etc) the magnet link and it will download it --> sonarr will take the downloaded file and copy it somewhere else for organizational purposes --> media server (jellyfin) will see the copied file and download associated metadata (thumbnail, episode name, episode number, etc) and allow you to watch it
The only programs you need for a purely functional arr stack are sonarr/radarr, prowlarr, qbittorrent, and jellyfin, or any other media server. Anything else is purely icing on the cake
It’s not a flowchart but I would recommend the following site: https://trash-guides.info/
Lots of useful info and guides
ytdl-sub already existed for a while
I leverage pinchflat for this
