I have a plex server, I keep hearing about these programs. I don’t really understand what they do or how to use/set them up

  • CmdrShepard@lemmy.one
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    1 year ago

    It’s not easier than configuring each one once and then letting them do all the work from there on out. Not trying to convince you to use them but they’re pretty damn great especially when you’re trying to watch multiple TV shows or see a movie that came out a lot sooner than you thought it would.

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      1 year ago

      I guess that can be easier for some. Personally I kind of like looking for file sources myself, I’m somewhat particular about the quality I’m looking for. It’s probably also easier to manually handle edge cases, for example recently I found a TV show that came with all the extras such as the soundtrack along with the show itself, and I wanted those to end up in separate places.

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        1 year ago

        You could set it to only manually download the shows, then you would go into the interface and click the manual search button. It will then aggregate the results for you into a single list and give you a single click to download, rename, and import the file to your library. You can even download a temporary lower quality version and then replace it later when a better one comes out if you wish.

        I particularly like it for shows that often have a week or more of downtime as I often forget when they coming back and this saves me having to check when they back.