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
    201·
    1 year 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.

    • Tangled Slinky@infosec.pubEnglish
      81·
      1 year 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).

      • Corgana@startrek.websiteEnglish
        3·
        11 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.

  • CalicoJack@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    121·
    1 year 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.

  • umbrella@lemmy.mlEnglish
    9·
    11 months ago

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

  • Yote.zip@pawb.socialEnglish
    4·
    1 year ago

    Semi-related, can these automations really be relied upon for quality, or is there a system to help find the best copy? When I’m downloading books I do it manually through Anna’s Archive and I always download as many unique versions of a book that I see, then open them all and compare their internals to see which one I keep. Often not many ebooks are suitable for using my own font and layouts with Koreader.

    • const_void@lemmy.mlEnglish
      31·
      1 year ago

      Same. I wouldn’t trust an automated system. There’s too much variation between book releases. It isn’t like downloading video.

  • Sisko Urso@odin.lanofthedead.xyzEnglish
    2·
    11 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.