Sonarr — Guide — Felhom.eu ← Apps Sonarr Series download and file themselves ● Running sonarr.tester4.test Open ↗ Files ↗ What is it for? Series are downloaded and filed on their own A wish list - new episodes arrive as they appear Quality rules (480p to 4K, with an upgrade when a better copy shows up) Works with Jellyfin/Plex and with download clients Subtitles are fetched on their own First steps Open sonarr.tester4.test and create your own sign-in Add your indexers (or use Prowlarr) Search for a series and add it to your list When you are done, press „Done, I set it up” on the dashboard Before you start An external hard drive is needed to keep the media files on A download client is needed (qBittorrent, for example - installed separately) Access to an indexer is needed for searching Add your first series Sonarr watches a series and downloads each new episode as it comes out. In the menu on the left, under „Series”, select „Add New”. Type the title of the series and select the right result. In „Root Folder”, choose the media/tv folder of the drive you want the series on. In „Tags”, type the tag of that same drive, for example hdd-1. Without a tag the series gets no download client. Leave „Start search for missing episodes” ticked and add the series. Follow a download Downloads run in the background, so you can close the page. The „Queue” tab of the „Activity” menu shows what is downloading now. When an episode is done, Sonarr moves it into the series folder by itself. Plex and Jellyfin see it there. The „Calendar” shows when the next episode is due. Search for missing episodes If an older season is missing, you can search for it in one go. Open the „Missing” tab of the „Wanted” menu. Tick the episodes you want and select „Search Selected”. To search for all of them, use „Search All”. When something does not work Sonarr tells you itself when something is wrong. Look at the „Status” tab of the „System” menu: the „Health” part lists the problems. The „Download Clients” page of the „Settings” menu shows the download clients the box connected. If nothing is found, look at the „Indexers” page in Prowlarr: you need at least one source. Frequently asked questions Where does Sonarr download from? From the sources (indexers) you add in Prowlarr. The box connects the two, but it neither provides nor suggests a source: that is your choice. Do I have to set up the download client and the folders? No. For every drive, the box connected the installed download clients (qBittorrent, Transmission), the root folder and the tag. You only add the series. Why is the same file in both the torrents and the tv folder? It does not take double space: it is one file with two names (a hardlink). The download client can keep sharing it, and your library stays tidy. It downloaded, but it is not in the library. Why? Sonarr does not import if less than 10 GB would be left on the drive. The box set this: „Settings”, „Media Management”, „Minimum Free Space”. Free up some space and it goes on at the next check. Where do I watch the series? In Plex or Jellyfin. Sonarr only downloads and files; it cannot play anything. What may I download? Only content you have the right to, for example shows under a free licence. Documentation Official documentation ↗