Other posters have described what Radar and Sonarr do, I just want to say having all the apps set up along with Overseerr is a game-changer, even if your setup is only for your own consumption and you’re not sharing your plex library with anyone. Overseerr lets you log in with Plex and request content, and it’ll add the content to *arr, which will automatically search torrent sites (I use Prowlarr for that), download the content, then move them to your media library and update Plex.
If you do share your plex library with friends, and can put Overseerr somewhere they can access it, then your friends can request to add content to your library, and you just have to click “Approve” to start the search & download process.
It takes a little time to set up, but once it’s up and running, it’s lovely.
I’m searching for a service where I can have a list of releasing movies and series and just add them to a kind of todo list, so that I can see which movies are out now and don’t remember everything in my head or so. Does Overseerr also kind of do this? Or is it rather only applicable for people with shared libraries? I still am going to download the content manually probably.
I’m currently doing this manually with a notion database, just entering movie names and release dates and download state manually…
That’s how I use it right now for my personal library, just browsing Overseer from time to time and marking movies and shows I want to watch at some point. There are predefined lists for popular or upcoming releases, and it also has a very powerful filter system. I think you do have to have the appropriate *arr app installed to be able to mark and request things, but not 100% sure on that.
I’ve now installed it, it even directly connects to Plex haha, and pretty seamless. I’ll use it just like that for now, maybe will take a look at radarr etc.
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Other posters have described what Radar and Sonarr do, I just want to say having all the apps set up along with Overseerr is a game-changer, even if your setup is only for your own consumption and you’re not sharing your plex library with anyone. Overseerr lets you log in with Plex and request content, and it’ll add the content to *arr, which will automatically search torrent sites (I use Prowlarr for that), download the content, then move them to your media library and update Plex.
If you do share your plex library with friends, and can put Overseerr somewhere they can access it, then your friends can request to add content to your library, and you just have to click “Approve” to start the search & download process.
It takes a little time to set up, but once it’s up and running, it’s lovely.
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I’m searching for a service where I can have a list of releasing movies and series and just add them to a kind of todo list, so that I can see which movies are out now and don’t remember everything in my head or so. Does Overseerr also kind of do this? Or is it rather only applicable for people with shared libraries? I still am going to download the content manually probably.
I’m currently doing this manually with a notion database, just entering movie names and release dates and download state manually…
That’s how I use it right now for my personal library, just browsing Overseer from time to time and marking movies and shows I want to watch at some point. There are predefined lists for popular or upcoming releases, and it also has a very powerful filter system. I think you do have to have the appropriate *arr app installed to be able to mark and request things, but not 100% sure on that.
I’ve now installed it, it even directly connects to Plex haha, and pretty seamless. I’ll use it just like that for now, maybe will take a look at radarr etc.
Thank you!