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[–] infeeeee@lemmy.zip 57 points 1 day ago (4 children)

What is/was huntarr? I love posts without any context.

[–] imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Seems to be some sort of a tool that scans your media library and fetches missing media (the one that failed to download or something)

I am getting very annoyed reading "What is Huntarr?", "The Real Problem: Why You Need Huntarr" and "Understanding the Gap Problem". Am I too non-native english speaker to understand it or is it really the same 3 paraphrased paragraphs?

[–] infeeeee@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 day ago

As the code was vibecoded, I guess that landing page was also llm generated, that could be the reason for the duplicate sections.

[–] traches@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I guess it was supposed to be a successor to the *arr stack (radarr, lidarr , sonarr, etc). If you’re not familiar, they automate the downloading & organization process for movies, music, and tv.

[–] ITGuyLevi@programming.dev 4 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I'm sure a successor will come around when room forms for them, I don't know of a reason any of the core *arr stack should need one. If you know of one don't hesitate to share, I'm just not really aware of any, they are awesome to me.

[–] IronKrill@lemmy.ca 1 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

I would love to see alternatives/replacements to them that are less opinionated. If you aren't ready to consign your entire library to destructive edits and file replacements then it really is hard to fit any arr program into your workflow. Because I have a few files I want to keep pristine and a few opinions on what gets downloaded, I've hit a snag every time I try to set up any arr program. Lidarr, for example, simply refuses to allow a root dir to be read only. I still have yet to get any up and running.

[–] sxt@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Personally I hate that sonarr is stuck on thetvdb when plex/jellyfin both primarily use tmdb. Usually it's fine but for certain shows the differences can be unreconcilable.

I've been eyeballing https://github.com/maxdorninger/MediaManager but haven't gotten around to it yet

[–] kratoz29@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago

Maybe it is a necessary evil...

I always get into problems with old shows/anime when I stick with Plex's tmdb... If I switch to tvdb all my issues are gone.

[–] Zanathos@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

There was no reason for this in the first place in my opinion. The ONLY positive use I can see would be managing the whole arr stack from one place, but I imagine you would still need to manage individual shows\movies\whathaveyou if it wasn't found in the first place.

I have my stacks set up to auto upgrade and find missing stuff already. It's literally built into their programming. I manage them individually and anything that isn't found on my indexers I typically go out and find manually as needed (old or very obscure media).

Not really sure what this bought anyone at all other than an extra layer of convenience?

[–] Dultas@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

And Seerr will kinda manage at least Radarr and Sonarr requests for you. I barely touch those now that they're configured. I did always find it odd that Sonarr and Radarr were separate apps. Lidarr and Readarr I could see.

[–] osanna@thebrainbin.org 3 points 1 day ago

I'd never heard of it either before deed diving on this, and I'm thankful i hadn't heard of it. Ugh. Fuck AI.

[–] Kirk@startrek.website 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I believe it was supposed to monitor your jellyfin library and look for potential upgrades.

[–] Dultas@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

But Sonarr and Radarr already do that.

[–] kratoz29@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Not really, it doesn't fetch missing episodes or old content if you did a custom formats modification afterwards.

I never used Huntarr, only upgradinatorr though.

[–] Dultas@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago

I guess I've never had the need to force a refresh after a format modification.

[–] Flames5123@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

So just recyclarr?