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Sonarr

What is it?

Sonarr is a PVR for Usenet and BitTorrent users. It can monitor multiple RSS feeds for new episodes of your favorite shows and will grab, sort and rename them. It can also be configured to automatically upgrade the quality of files already downloaded when a better quality format becomes available.

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URL

  • To access Sonarr, visit https://sonarr.yourdomain.com

Settings

Click on "Settings" in the sidebar. Click "Show Advanced" at the top of the Settings pane.

Make changes in the following sections:

Settings

These settings control management of media files.

  • "Rename Episodes": Yes

  • "Replace Illegal Characters": Yes

  • Set your preferred naming format; here are some examples:

    Plex's Naming Preference

    Example: 

    /Gotham/Season 01/Gotham - s01e01 - Pilot.mkv

    Standard Episode Format: 

    {Series Title} - s{season:00}e{episode:00} - {Episode Title}

    Anime Episode Format: 

    {Series Title} - s{season:00}e{episode:00} - {Episode Title}

    Daily Episode Format: 

    {Series Title} - {Air-Date} - {Episode Title}

    Season Folder Format: 

    Season {season:00}

    Multi-Episode Style: 

    Prefixed Range

    Reference: https://support.plex.tv/articles/200220687-naming-series-season-based-tv-shows/

    TRaSH' naming guide

    Example: 

    Single Episode:

The Series Title! (2010) - S01E01 - Episode Title 1 [AMZN WEBDL-1080p Proper][HDR][10bit][x264][DTS 5.1]-RlsGrp

Multi Episode:

The Series Title! (2010) - S01E01-E02-E03 - Episode Title [AMZN WEBDL-1080p Proper][HDR][10bit][x264][DTS 5.1]-RlsGrp

    Standard Episode Format: 

    {Series TitleYear} - S{season:00}E{episode:00} - {Episode CleanTitle} [{Preferred Words }{Quality Full}]{[MediaInfo VideoDynamicRange]}[{MediaInfo VideoBitDepth}bit]{[MediaInfo VideoCodec]}{[Mediainfo AudioCodec}{ Mediainfo AudioChannels]}{MediaInfo AudioLanguages}{-Release Group}

    for more examples and discussion see the reference: https://trash-guides.info/Sonarr/Sonarr-recommended-naming-scheme/

  • "Create empty series folders": No

  • "Delete empty folders": No

  • "Skip Free Space Check": No

  • "Use Hardlinks instead of Copy": Yes

  • "Import Extra Files": Yes (can be your preference)

  • "Extra File Extensions": srt, sub, idx

  • "Ignore Deleted Episodes": No (can be your preference)

  • "Download Propers": No (can be your preference)

  • "Analyse video files": No

  • "Change File Date": None

  • "Recycle Bin": blank (Rclone deletes are sent to Gdrive trash folder, anyway)

  • Set Permissions: No
  • Click "Save".

These settings control indexers and related behavior.

  1. Click Add Indexer (+).

  2. Select "Newznab".

  3. Add the following:

    Name: NZBHydra2

    Enable RSS Sync: Your Preference

    Enable Search: Your Preference

    URL: http://nzbhydra2:5076

    API Key: Your NZBHydra2 API Key

    Additional Parameters: Leave Blank

  4. Your settings will look like this:

    Radarr NZBHydra2

  5. Click "Save" to add NZBHydra2.

Note: The "Test" will keep failing until you add an indexer in NZBHydra2.

Note: Each Indexer you have defined in Jackett will need to be added separately.

  1. Click Add Indexer (+)

  2. Select "Torznab".

  3. Add the following:

    Name: Indexer Name

    Enable RSS Sync: Your Preference

    Enable Search: Your Preference

    URL: Indexer's Torznab Feed

    API Key: Your Jackett API Key

    Additional Parameters: Leave Blank

  4. Your settings will look like this:

    Radarr Jackett

  5. Click "Save" to add the indexer.

These settings control downloading behavior and clients.

  • "Enable": Yes

  • "Remove": Yes (can be your preference)

  • "Redownload": Yes

  • "Remove": Yes

  1. Click Add (+)

  2. Add a new "NZBGet" download client.

  3. Add the following:

    Name: NZBGet

    Enable: Yes

    Host: nzbget

    Port: 6789

    Username: Your NZBGet Username

    Password: Your NZBGet Password

    Category: sonarr

    Use SSL: No

    Add Paused: No

  4. Your settings will look like this:

    Sonarr NZBGet Downloader

  5. Click "Save" to add NZBGet.

  1. Click Add (+)

  2. Add a new "rTorrent" download client.

  3. Add the following:

    Name: ruTorrent

    Enable: Yes

    Host: rutorrent

    Port: 80

    URL Path: RPC2

    Use SSL: No

    Username: Your ruTorrent Username

    Password: Your ruTorrent Password

    Category: sonarr

    Directory: Leave Blank

  4. Your settings will now look like this:

    sonarr ruTorrent Downloader

  5. Click "Save" to add ruTorrent.

These settings control connections to other applications or systems.

Torrent Cleanup Script is a custom script that will cleanup torrents from ruTorrent that were auto-extracted, but still being seeded. So if the script detects that .rar files are in the folder that Sonarr just imported from, it will delete the imported video file(s), leaving just the .rar files for seeding.

  1. Click "Settings" -> "Connect".

  2. Add a new "Custom Script".

  3. Add the following:

    Name: Torrent Cleanup

    On Grab: No

    On Download: Yes

    On Upgrade: Yes

    On Rename:No

    Path: /scripts/torrents/TorrentCleanup.py

  4. The settings will look like this:

    sonarr Torrent Cleanup Script

  5. Click "Save" to add the Torrent Cleanup script.

  1. Click "Settings" -> "Connect".

  2. Add a new "Webhook".

  3. Add the following:

    Name: Autoscan

    On Grab: No

    On Import: Yes

    On Upgrade: Yes

    On Rename: Yes

    On Series Delete: Yes

    On Episode File Delete: Yes

    On Episode File Delete For Upgrade: Yes

    Tags: Leave Blank

    URL: http://autoscan:3030/triggers/sonarr

    Method:POST

    Username: AS SET IN AUTOSCAN CONFIG [defaults to Saltbox Username]

    Password: AS SET IN AUTOSCAN CONFIG [defaults to Saltbox Username]

  4. The settings will look like this:

    Sonarr Autoscan

  5. Click "Save" to add Autoscan.

These settings control general aspects of Sonarr.

  • "Bind Address: *

  • "Port Number": 8989

  • "URL Base": blank

  • "Enable SSL": No (SSL is handled by Traefik)

  • "Use Proxy": No
  • "Log Level": Debug
  • "Enable": No (your preference)

  • "Branch": main

  • "Automatic": Off

  • Click "Save".

TV Path

  1. When you are ready to add your first show to Sonarr, click the "Path" drop-down and select "Add a different path".

  2. Click the blue "Browse" button, navigate to /mnt/unionfs/Media/TV, scroll to the bottom, and select "OK".

  3. Click the green "check" button to add the path.

  4. All TV shows added now will have that path set.

API Key

This is used during the setup of Overseer and Organizr.

  • Go to "Settings" -> "General" -> "Security" -> "API Key".

Guides

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