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Is *arr stack a real Netflix replacement? (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by mittyta@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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Hello! I never used *arr stack, and was interested into it, but one thing is stopping me. I see a lot of articles like how it is Netflix (or any other ONLINE theater) replacement, but as I see it is not online. I see two big factors that stops me from trying seerr + jellyfin (and other stuff in between):

You have two switch between those apps to search and then watch.
You can't watch media before it's completely downloaded.

I imagine sitting on coach, searching for show. Then you want to watch some, and then you have to wait half an hour for full episode (or even season?) to download. And then you can realize that you not into it and have to repeat all the steps above. Is my expectation correct? Please don't consider this as negative opinion. Just want to know what to expect. I remember an app called "popcorn time" that does not have that flaws.

UPD: Thanks for replies guys! I read it all. I will deploy the stack some day, but right now I will keep my current setup (which is qbittorent-nox, some public web jackett instance local for my country, and just simple smb shared folder). I also have some selfhosted debris alternative torrserver for times I don't have enough space to download full show.

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[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 100 points 3 months ago (8 children)

You're right, it's for building a private library, not a "what's new to watch now" stream. There are other tools for that, like stremio or real-debrid.

[–] Zikeji@programming.dev 41 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Once you adjust it works well. The whole "find something at random to watch" paradigm is not really how *arr works, but if a coworker mentions a show I can have it ready when I get home.

[–] FreedomAdvocate 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

*arr works just fine with “find something random to watch” if you set it up that way with lists.

[–] Hamknight@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

This! Using top 100 lists to pull new shows twice a day has made it to where I don't even mess with the arrs apps now that they are set up.

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