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

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 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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[–] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Hmmm, sorry to hear that. What kinds of lists are you trying to make? Are you making sure to "enable" the filter when creating it in Radarr?

[–] PancakesCantKillMe@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

I tried making a "new film" filter to list higher rated films with sufficient votes. Then I created a normal "new" filter just to add titles to as a seperate test. One I linked with Trakt and the other I didn't b/c I wasn't sure at the time where I would scrape with radarr. And I also created a list from one in the community. Partly to see if I could point radarr to it (don't think you can), and also I could just manually peruse and add titles myself. I am sure I've pointed to one of my lists, but am not in front of my server atm to check again.

I'm a tech guy, but every so often I run into some tech that is very foreign to my mind and it tough to latch onto. The mdblist site does that to me. Getting older too, so I am sure I am losing mental elasticity. Anyways, I thank you for replying and any help you might offer. Cheers!