Plex - How many people stream from your server

[cavedog]

Not sure I understand? Looks like Ombi does whatever Sonarr and Radarr do in terms of quality.

In fact it looks pretty similar to Ombi from what I've seen on their webpages.

So if you host a plex server and share it or even for yourself not all devices can direct play 4k so you might want to have an HD and a 4K library section in Plex but then when people request content how do you select which quality gets added. You can run 2 x instances of sonarr and radarr. 1 x set for HD and the other set for 4K and have separate library and quality configurations.

With Overseerr you can add all these Sonarr and radarr instances and people can request the quality they want to watch instead of having it all mixed up in a single library.

Then as I mentioned the section at the bottom where it can be sorted based on networks is quite cool.

 

[Priapus]

Alas my efforts have been thwarted by loadshedding

Did you come right? I can't seem to get it connected to sonar

 

[Priapus]

I'm testing it out now but if it proves useful I really don't have an issue buying the app.

Same here! - I had to stop the setup earlier. But trying it again now.

 

[bwana]

So if you host a plex server and share it or even for yourself not all devices can direct play 4k so you might want to have an HD and a 4K library section in Plex but then when people request content how do you select which quality gets added. You can run 2 x instances of sonarr and radarr. 1 x set for HD and the other set for 4K and have separate library and quality configurations.

With Overseerr you can add all these Sonarr and radarr instances and people can request the quality they want to watch instead of having it all mixed up in a single library.

Then as I mentioned the section at the bottom where it can be sorted based on networks is quite cool.

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I'm trying to figure out why I would want more than one version of anything. Download in the highest quality you might want and let plex do the rest. The whole idea of downloading multiple versions of the same thing seems redundant. Plex should supply whatever the screen you're viewing on is capable of.

 

[killerbyte]

Did you come right? I can't seem to get it connected to sonar

Just got home, I am trying again.

Got it working... add in your IP, the port, API key, and then click Load Qualities.
Do not click submit until you've selected the qualities, root folder, and language.

In Sonarr I set the Certificate Validation to "Disabled for Local Addresses"

 

[cavedog]

I'm trying to figure out why I would want more than one version of anything. Download in the highest quality you might want and let plex do the rest. The whole idea of downloading multiple versions of the same thing seems redundant. Plex should supply whatever the screen you're viewing on is capable of.

If you have the hardware to transcode then yes. Get everything in the highest quality and then let plex do the rest.

Running my plex server on Oracle ARM and even though it's a decent instance for free it's just not good for transcoding so for me having 2 versions or more of the same file works best.

 

[bwana]

If you have the hardware to transcode then yes. Get everything in the highest quality and then let plex do the rest.

Running my plex server on Oracle ARM and even though it's a decent instance for free it's just not good for transcoding so for me having 2 versions or more of the same file works best.

Ok - I get it now.

I've got Plex running on my Synology NAS and without the monthly subscription it's next to useless. I'm considering moving plex to an older macbook I have lying around just so I can ditch that sub. Maybe multiple versions will be worth looking into.

 

[cavedog]

Ok - I get it now.

I've got Plex running on my Synology NAS and without the monthly subscription it's next to useless. I'm considering moving plex to an older macbook I have lying around just so I can ditch that sub. Maybe multiple versions will be worth looking into.

Yeah transcoding is a bit heavy on hardware. You get the best performance when direct streaming. If you are worried about space, you can look at the Plex_Debrid and Rclone_RD fork. Plex Debrid basically triggers the plex library updates and links your plex watch lists and overseerr to add content to Real Debrid.

The Rclone_RD fork sorts the content from Real Debrid and refreshes the links and keeps them active so when you mount the Real Debrid folder you have access to all the content, and it's not saved on your hard drives. Real Debrid also have 2 CDN options for South Africa to speed things up.

 

[Magnum]

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[Priapus]

Just got home, I am trying again.

Got it working... add in your IP, the port, API key, and then click Load Qualities.
Do not click submit until you've selected the qualities, root folder, and language.

In Sonarr I set the Certificate Validation to "Disabled for Local Addresses"

Thanks. I’ll try that. Think the issue is the sonarr settings.

 

[elf_lord_ZC5]

Yeah transcoding is a bit heavy on hardware. You get the best performance when direct streaming. If you are worried about space, you can look at the Plex_Debrid and Rclone_RD fork. Plex Debrid basically triggers the plex library updates and links your plex watch lists and overseerr to add content to Real Debrid.

The Rclone_RD fork sorts the content from Real Debrid and refreshes the links and keeps them active so when you mount the Real Debrid folder you have access to all the content, and it's not saved on your hard drives. Real Debrid also have 2 CDN options for South Africa to speed things up.

The above, describes what I dreamed of on my 386 DX with 2 MEG RAM, when I was playing with Linux kernel 0.13.0, way, way back when.
Hmmm ... 92/93 about ( ? )

Been a few years since I last ran a X86 Linux box, now I just have a RPi torrent box.

 

[Priapus]

Just got home, I am trying again.

Got it working... add in your IP, the port, API key, and then click Load Qualities.
Do not click submit until you've selected the qualities, root folder, and language.

In Sonarr I set the Certificate Validation to "Disabled for Local Addresses"

That did the trick. Thanks.

 

[Speedster]

Hey guys. So as a pretty basic user of Plex (ripped our DVD collection and add the odd movie/series from time to time from the seas) I'm a little perplexed by all this radarr, sonarr, ombi etc stuff. Could someone explain in simple terms what they do?

 

[Kaysway]

Hey guys. So as a pretty basic user of Plex (ripped our DVD collection and add the odd movie/series from time to time from the seas) I'm a little perplexed by all this radarr, sonarr, ombi etc stuff. Could someone explain in simple terms what they do?

As a basic Plex user myself im flabbergasted lol.

 

[elf_lord_ZC5]

Hey guys. So as a pretty basic user of Plex (ripped our DVD collection and add the odd movie/series from time to time from the seas) I'm a little perplexed by all this radarr, sonarr, ombi etc stuff. Could someone explain in simple terms what they do?

Basically - you tell them which movie or series you want, they search Usenet for it, the down load or fetch it for you.

When I got time and REMEMBER, I want to look at Docker, and how it works, and apply the ancient grey matter, and play with all of the above.

 

[acidrain]

When I got time and REMEMBER, I want to look at Docker, and how it works, and apply the ancient grey matter, and play with all of the above.

Can't go wrong with docker. Got all my media apps running in docker except for plex. If you running on synology then their built in docker app is easier enough to understand but if using another platform, get portainer first to make installing easier.

Also a recommended add-on would be "watchtower" which will automatically update your docker containers for you. (Just a note if you do this, map your containers /config folder to a shared folder. If you don't map it, watchtower will delete it and you will have to setup your app configs again)

 

[Hemps]

Thinking of getting "share" from guys on reddit, load shedding killed my Plex server hosted at home, also a pain to switch on/off

 

[furpile]

Hey guys. So as a pretty basic user of Plex (ripped our DVD collection and add the odd movie/series from time to time from the seas) I'm a little perplexed by all this radarr, sonarr, ombi etc stuff. Could someone explain in simple terms what they do?

Sonarr is a service you run on your pc that manages your series downloads for you. You can search for any series, choose a quality etc, and it will search for new episodes as they become available (it has a calendar with all the air times of each episode). Sonarr then connect to your nzb or torrent program to do the download for you. So you don't have to manually do anything except choose which shows you want.

Radarr does the same for movies. Ombi I haven't used, but looks like an easy way for other people to add series to your plex library that they want to watch if you are sharing.

 

[elf_lord_ZC5]

Can't go wrong with docker. Got all my media apps running in docker except for plex. If you running on synology then their built in docker app is easier enough to understand but if using another platform, get portainer first to make installing easier.

Also a recommended add-on would be "watchtower" which will automatically update your docker containers for you. (Just a note if you do this, map your containers /config folder to a shared folder. If you don't map it, watchtower will delete it and you will have to setup your app configs again)

Thanks, will be running on a RPi, I am an old dog, that is used to running everything in it's own directory.

 

[Monkeyz]

Only one person, a friend in Gauteng that can't download stuff on the fly like me

But loadshedding has basically killed his interest