cross-posted from: https://midwest.social/post/315850
I remember reading a post about someone setting up Jellyfin and some other software and essentially just waiting around a few days after shows come out and they end up being available in their media library. Like, some kind of pirating software that just grabs the right media. Is this a thing or am I misremembering?
What you’re looking for is Jellyfin + Sonarr (TV Shows) + Radarr (Movies), you can also add more optionals like Bazarr (Subtitles) etc. (they’re called the ‘arr’ programs).
Easiest way to set this up is a Docker container for each app and then configure them and connect them together through the UI. There’s also an .ISO for normies called Umbrel that makes it look like an App Store if you can’t be arsed to set up a home-server yourself.
Thanks! I will most likely go the docker route. Now, gotta pick a NAS to buy…
I’d suggest building your own and using truenas scale as it has a bunch of bundled docker images you can run with minimal effort.
I’ve tried setting this up a few different ways, and I could never wrap my head around docker. The easiest way I’ve found is something called Swizzin community edition. It’s basically just a script you run on a fresh Ubuntu server, and it walks you through a wizard to install whichever of all the relevant apps you want. It configures all the reverse proxy settings or whatever for you. I’m running it on a vps, so I also have a domain name pointed to my server IP.
There are, of course other projects that do pretty much the same thing as swizzin, and some even are docker based, if you really want to go that route.
One thing you want to keep in mind if you use a vps (or even hosting at home, depending on your ISP), is configuring a VPN for your torrent traffic. It can be tricky ensuring that your IP doesn’t leak and get you booted from your connection.
As far as the VPN goes I have a ProtonVPN subscription, and I tested it out and my IP wasn’t leaking.