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The arrs have extensive and solid capabilities for filtering for the quality you want, but they don’t really offer the ability to manage multiple qualities for one specific item.

It’s also nice to have them separated because you can set up distinct plex libraries mapped to the sonarr and radarr 4K media directories. I don’t give everyone access to 4K content because no matter how many times I explain direct play, some people just seem to love transcoding to 720p. So I can limit 4K library access on plex and disable transcoding altogether for plex content.

I also don’t want every item I add in both 4K and 1080p.

Multiple instances are needed if you want multiple versions of a given movie or episode. For example, I have a Dolby Vision device that works great with certain files, but on some other devices the file works poorly and doesn't transcode well. Plex handles multiple files fine.

Definitely not a usecase for everyone

Obviously the instance is to hide away from wife, kids and rest of the family. I recommend stashapp.

Single instance works fine, but a separate instance allows you to set global quality settings that are more accurate for anime: https://trash-guides.info/Sonarr/Sonarr-Quality-Settings-Fil...

“Even better” is relative. Some people like having media stored locally instead of relying on torrent streaming availability.

Usenet streaming sounds cool, but with releases being DMCAd so frequently, I don’t see how it would be practical for anything but the most recent content.

Also, I imagine that Stremio without Debrid (or equivalent) is kind of a terrible experience most of the time.

> stremio

Is this the latest rendition of Popcorn Time?

I actually prefer the separation. Limited blast radius is one advantage, but I also think that the media server and downloader should be separate things anyways.

But I do think that there is an opportunity to merge Sonarr and Radarr.

There is, it was an Android app called Popcorn Time.

Quite a feat considering it was developed without AI help.

There are a million docker-compose files floating around for exactly this that just need a little bit of configuration.

That app would be blatantly illegal

I used to think so too, but now I usually just have Muse or another AI agent on my box do those things for me. I should maybe create a slimmed down API first *arr stack equivalent then hmm

Sonarr just got a big UI upgrade FYI

Yeah, it interfaces way better with Radarr/Sonarr. I still run Jackett though, good for manual searches.

TRaSH is definitely for power users. It becomes much easier to work with when configured with Recyclarr, but there is still a learning curve.

One of the most valuable things for me is the ability to rank different aspects of releases across media types. For example, I prefer dual audio anime, unless the sub is much higher quality. Same idea for surround sound and release groups. I also want to ignore things like dual audio that is non-English, or hardcoded French subs, etc.