I love my sonarr and radarr setup. But readarr seems to not be working so well. Is there a guide on how to get it to be more reliable in grabbing books? And while I am at it, how do I manage audio AND ebooks?

  • Corgana@startrek.websiteEnglish
    5·
    8 months ago

    how do I manage audio AND ebooks?

    You need two versions of Readarr. Yes, that’s just how it is. Just like if you wanted a 4K and non-4K radarr.

      • Corgana@startrek.websiteEnglish
        3·
        8 months ago

        If you’re sharing with other people who don’t have a 4K screen or don’t have the bandwith to stream 4K, it uses a lot of system resources to transcribe 4K content down to something manageable, so some people find it easier to just keep two copies.

    • Tangled Slinky@infosec.pubEnglish
      21·
      8 months ago

      Butthurt people downvoting you for giving the right answer. It’s frustrating, but it’s cleanest to run two instances of Readarr for two formats (which is why it’s best to run it in containers).

  • CalicoJack@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    3·
    8 months ago

    Readarr goes through fits of not working very well, usually linked to issues with the metadata provider. My tip would be to ditch it entirely and use LazyLibrarian instead. It’s a lot more reliable, and has all of the same functionality.

  • MonkCanatella@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    2·
    8 months ago

    Automation for books is kinda weird. It’s not like a TV Series where new episodes come out every week. I wanted to like readarr but I don’t see the utility. Anna’s Archive and IRC are your best options.

    • AbsurdityAccelerator@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      1·
      8 months ago

      I had to google IRC piracy because I couldn’t believe this was still a thing in 2023. Seems super easy to use as well. And have been hearing about ZLib. Maybe I don’t need book automation after all.

  • umbrella@lemmy.ml
    English
    1·
    8 months ago

    I’m personally trying to setup LazyLibrarian instead because it supports Libgen.

  • Sisko Urso@odin.lanofthedead.xyzEnglish
    1·
    8 months ago

    To add to this currently Readarr metadata server is having issues and has been most of the month so you may find issues adding authors/books to your library that you had not already added.