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[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I think this isnt a thing with prowlarr, is it?

[–] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 15 points 3 days ago (3 children)

It is, I've seen it. People upload .exe files pretending to be an episode day before it's release. Prowlarr will find those and start downloading.

[–] yaroto98@lemmy.world 19 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Also frustrating that sonarr won't allow you to NOT auto search for an episode before it's released. It auto downloads WAY more garbage than early releases in my experience. In fact I'm not sure I've seen it actually download something successfully before it's official release.

But searches online show sonarr devs pushing back against it for some unknown reason.

[–] loanrangerofpeanuts@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago

I believe the v5 sonarr beta has this feature. So it’ll be on the main branch soon enough.

[–] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Are people running the arr stack in windows?

[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I did have mine up and running in windows some years ago before I switched my daily driver, yes.

[–] Railcar8095@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

Some clients can download with RSS from searches, and people can just download manually.

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The indexer option is a thing in prowlarr?
If so, I havent seen it.

[–] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 2 points 3 days ago

Oh, sorry, I misunderstood. I haven't check if that option is in prowlarr yet.

I use Prowlarr, but had to configure it in Sonarr. I don't see any option for it in Prowlarr