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Re:An update to paid sharing by girvo on Monday July 18, 2022 @11:15PM (#32147132)
Netflix's idiocy here recently pushed me to setup my home server with Radarr/Sonarr and Plex. Super easy to use, my non-technical girlfriend has downloaded shows and movies she wanted to watch.

We still pay for Disney+ and Binge as they still make it easy to use and have the content we want.

I don't mind paying for stuff. I do mind them squeezing us for every drop they can. It's their prerogative as a company, of course, but if they make it harder than pirating their content, then pirating their content is how it will be for a lot of people.

Especially considering, at least for our household, Netflix does not provide enough value in terms of content we want to watch to be worth paying extra for.

Re:An update to paid sharing by Larrikin on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @12:14AM (#32147459)
What is the advantage of using Radarr over just directly downloading? Sonarr makes sense, since there are on going seasons that can be automatically picked up.

Is there really enough anticipation of a single movie to want to set it up ahead of time? Or is there something else that makes it great?

Re:An update to paid sharing by InvaderFizz on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @12:20AM (#32147489)
Mostly for me it's just set to subscribe to RSS feeds to grab all the new releases of 7+ audience rating with a minimum of DVD quality.

I don't track new releases, they just show up on my Plex when I have them. It's convenient and I don't have to go looking for them.

Re:An update to paid sharing by girvo on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @03:13AM (#32148428)
To give my non-technical partner a simple web interface to open on her iPad to download a movie (I forget what the interface is, it sits on top of Radarr and Sonarr)
Re:An update to paid sharing by Anunayj on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @09:59AM (#32151542)
Don't sonarr and Radarr have their own web interface? Does there exist a web interface that combines and simplifies it, if so can you share it!
Re:An update to paid sharing by sgarland on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @10:34AM (#32152111)
Ombi - https://ombi.io

You can allow requests to be automatically filled, or require approval.

Re:An update to paid sharing by girvo on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @11:31PM (#32175438)
As sgarland posted, Ombi is the front-end :)
Re:An update to paid sharing by vnm on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @07:33AM (#32164223)
For anyone who didn't try Jellyfin [1] (Emby's open successor): Give it a try, it's amazing!

[1] https://jellyfin.org