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):

  1. You have two switch between those apps to search and then watch.
  2. 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.

  • mittyta@lemmy.worldOP
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    5 hours ago

    Yeah, that’s enough for me in 90% times. But does seerr provide such feature? Because I don’t see trailers in last two videos about *arr stack I watched on YouTube.

    • CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works
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      3 hours ago

      I think Jellyseer gives you the ability to watch trailers or see external links (imdb, tvdb, etc) for the show/movie.

      Like others have said, this stuff is really about building a collection not streaming something the moment the idea to watch it pops in your mind. It can replace Netflix but you’d want to build it up first (with plenty of HDD space to do so). Mine is also shared with family and friends so it supplements their watching too.