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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[–] Stillwater@sh.itjust.works 57 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Sonarr lets you create a list of TV shows you want, and it automatically searches for episodes from sources you specify (eg. Bittorrent, Usenet) and passes them to your download client(s), and organizes all of the media files.

Radarr does the same thing for movies.

You manage them both with a web interface. Installing and setting them up requires technical steps, but there are guides.

[–] bruhbeans@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I will add, I find the interfaces for these very obtuse, but there's frontends like Ombi and Jellyseerr that let you more easily manage what you want to see.

[–] abbadon420@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago

Oooh, I should check that out. I've been using sonarr for over a year now, but the ui still comfuses me some times.