What specifically is Sonarr/Radarr? (self.piracy)

submitted 1 month ago by Cattypat to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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Exactly the title. I'm researching having a jellyfin server and downloading media seems like it would be tedious (the way I've done it once or twice previously). I could use some clarity on what Sonarr is, what it looks like (like is there a GUI?? I'm too stupid to run something off of a terminal), and how it works. I'm familiar with torrenting but not with usenet, and I use the megathread from this community. Can someone explain Sonarr/Radarr to me in a way that would be understandable to someone at my level of understanding?

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[-] BlueEther@no.lastname.nz 1 points 1 month ago

I'll just add, have a look at overseerr as well. It has has the same interface style for searching TV/Movies in a single interface, it then pushes the requests out to the correct *arr stack be that sonarr or radarr

I like the recommended page in overseerr much more tha what is in the other *arr apps

[-] Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago

Overseerr doesn't seem to be developed much anymore. Technically, these are for request management and for general search you would use prowlarr. In reality, if you don't want to play administrator for other users using Sonarr or radarr directly is easier and more reliable. You can tell that the whole stack was created by random disjointed developers and not a main UX designer because everything about it is very obtuse.