Hi everyone! I’m planning to deploy my server with an ARR-Suite and would appreciate some tips and tricks before I start, so I don’t have to tear it down later. I want to automate it as much as possible while keeping it relatively simple, as I’m a beginner.
Firstly, I’m looking to download movies, TV shows, and some audiobooks. I am interested in using both Usenet and Torrents. I am German and prefer most of my media to be in German. I understand that most torrent trackers and Usenet groups are in English, but I’m primarily looking for German content. Can you recommend some public trackers or groups for this?
I understand that if you want to use private trackers and contribute to the community, you should seed for extended periods. How can I set it up so that I can seed for a long time while still using the files, renaming them, and moving them to my preferred directories without disrupting the seeding process? Are there any good tutorials or videos you would recommend?
I have tried to start this project multiple times, but I often run into the issue of wanting an automated system that renames and organizes these files into my desired directories without destroying the seeding process and without duplicating files, as I have limited storage.
If this post is not appropriate for this community and should be in a homelab forum, please let me know. I would love to hear about your setups and best practices.
Docker is your friend.
I have reinstated my server last weekend with a single big docker-compse file. I made a mistake and just restarted the docker-compose and it was fixed.
To avoid having to mix/delete/rename files. Make a shared volume. So that your download client downloads to the same actual folder as where your sonarr puts it. But to be fair, sonarr does things like renaming, so that it often doesn’t work that way. I just ended up making a cron job that deletes files older than 7 days from my downloads folder every Sunday at midnight. Hopefully that’s enough time to get a decent share ratio, if not, tough luck.
If anyone has a better solution to keep your download client (qbittorrent for me) uploading after sonarr moved the file, tell me.
The German language part is a tough one. I’ve been looking for Dutch dubbed children cartoons, but I haven’t found anything yet.
You should absolutely avoid using the same folder for downloads and media library. If you want such a setup, you should use hardlinks.
You’re right. Hardlinks have to be on the same partition though. My “downloads” folder is on my internal harddrive and me sonarr folders are on an ssd. That’s why it didn’t work.