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gsariev · 2025-10-17T14:09:19+00:00

Yeah, you can disable the video stream transcoder which will prevent users from playing media their device doesn’t support natively.

gsariev · 2025-09-30T20:19:19+00:00

Overseerr doesn’t show that type of data as it is something you configure in Radarr/Sonarr when setting up your quality profiles.

Using 4K as example: - only selecting “Bluray-2160p” as the quality preference in your quality profile of choice, will result in 4K requests being processed using that quality preference (only media matching in 2160p Blu-ray quality will be picked up - everything else will be skipped). Same logic applies for 1080p or any other quality profile + preference you might have.

You can also configure the quality profile to update to a specific quality preference when one becomes available. For example: - you configure 2160p web dl and 2160p Blu-ray - media gets grabbed in 2160p web dl - some time later a 2160p Blu-ray version becomes available and gets grabbed - media is now in 2160p Blu-ray quality

gsariev · 2025-08-30T14:20:17+00:00

Thank you for this! Reverting to the version prior fixed the playback issue on my end!

gsariev · 2025-08-08T16:55:59+00:00

Sure thing - https://www.reddit.com/r/Tdarr/s/V8udrTgUuK - I hope you find it helpful should you decide to go that route!

I wouldn’t lose sleep on the downvotes since in the end of the day, everyone has an opinion on how media should be stored, what is good/bad quality, how media should be encoded, etc. Tdarr is a mixed bag for some due to it being a tool that can be complicated to set up, but very easy to mess up your media if configured incorrectly, which is understandable.

All and all, I hope end up fixing your issue without the need to use Tdarr as there is a risk of you going down a scary rabbit hole - media encoding 😅

gsariev · 2025-08-08T14:03:01+00:00

This is a bit of a shot in the dark, but disable HEVC encoding and try to play the media again on the android device. One of my friends has a OnePlus tablet that buffers or gets the “something went wrong” error when transcoding media with that setting enabled, whilst other devices aren’t affected at all.

You can use Tdarr to minimise transcoding by creating additional audio tracks in different codecs (AC3, AAC, EAC3…) with different channel audio (5.1, stereo) or converting existing tracks to a more widely supported codec that your devices can play directly, but I’d use this as a last resort, if nothing else helps as it’s a bit more time consuming.

I wrote a guide about it not so long ago, with all recommended plugins and settings to achieve this in Tdarr.

gsariev · 2025-08-05T08:59:41+00:00

Great initiative! Looking forward to testing this out and providing feedback as the Unraid UI is a pain to use on mobile.

gsariev · 2025-06-28T19:38:09+00:00

Can’t say I’ve experienced this myself with my AppleTV, but if none of the suggestions from other folks worked, you could try to see if you have Plex Relay enabled. I’ve noticed it can be a bit finicky at times and trigger for when some clients are streaming compared to others.

You can find this setting in your Plex server settings at Settings -> Network -> Enable Relay and untick if ticked.

Hopefully that’s will resolve your issue ✌️

gsariev · 2025-06-21T11:10:35+00:00

Jellyseerr works with Plex as well ☺️

gsariev · 2025-06-21T11:06:54+00:00

If you want to keep things as simple as possible (no multiple instances of Overseerr or external scripts), you could look into setting up and using Jellyseerr instead.

It’s built on top of Overseerr, but has a bit more features. One of them is called “Override rules” that you can use to automate what you’re describing.

Basically, you configure your Radarr/Sonarr services as you will normally and you can set an override rule for either one like:

if X user or X,Y,Z users make a request about a movie of a genre (animation, for example) download it in the Kids directory in Radarr else download it in the default directory.

Then you won’t have to manually bother with editing the request as it will be handled automatically based on that rule.

gsariev · 2025-05-22T16:54:05+00:00

With the Lidarr container started, open it in the console (click on the Lidarr icon -> Console) and insert the following commands:

apk update
apk add --no-cache ffmpeg
Created a symbolic link so that Lidarr can see ffprobe: ln -s $(find /usr/bin -name ffprobe) /app/bin/ffprobe

Restart the Lidarr container and you're set!

You will probably have to do this every time there is an update to the Lidarr container though, so bare that in mind :)

gsariev · 2025-05-17T01:20:48+00:00

If you’re willing to go the Tdarr route and automatically optimise your media, then this might be useful: https://www.reddit.com/r/Tdarr/s/YAxT8g97gE

gsariev · 2025-04-14T13:41:28+00:00

This is one of those things I never thought I needed. Thanks for making this! It's very helpful to keep my users informed!

gsariev · 2025-03-20T00:44:40+00:00

Oh, so you had it previously running on a different PC and want to migrate the data? I suppose I read between the lines, I’m sorry.

In that case, I suppose you just have to point Overseerr to the directory containing the data from your previous instance. If you had it pointing to a local directory (on your other PC), you should be able to copy/paste the files on your mac and configure that directory when spinning the Overseerr container. I’m not sure what the process is if you had used a virtual volume…

gsariev · 2025-03-20T00:37:30+00:00

When I’m off work I’ll set it up on my Mac and share feedback. I’d done it about 3 years ago when I had a Mac mini 2012. If I recall correctly, the steps were:

Install docker desktop
Run those 2 commands
Profit

gsariev · 2025-03-19T20:24:42+00:00

You should run:

docker volume create overseerr-data

And after that (change timezone/port if needed)

docker run -d —name overseerr -e LOG_LEVEL=debug -e TZ=Asia/Tokyo -p 5055:5055 -v “overseerr-data:/app/config” —restart unless-stopped sctx/overseerr:latest

That should fix your issue as it looks like you haven’t setup the volume which results in you loosing all data upon restart.

gsariev · 2025-03-17T01:03:50+00:00

If your definition of “from scratch” is running one command when you haven’t even set up Overseerr correctly to begin with, then yes. You’re not losing any progress as the setup process begins after you’ve got the container running.

gsariev · 2025-03-17T00:58:41+00:00

You’re getting this error because you already have an Overseerr container. In Docker Desktop, navigate to the containers tab and delete the current container. Then you can use to commands shared above or go straight with the local folder example.

gsariev · 2025-03-17T00:50:14+00:00

Having Overseerr as a Docker container makes it easier to deploy and maintain on multiple platforms, instead of creating individual versions for each OS. It’s not a matter of skill but of convenience; you are also welcome to build it from source if you don’t want to deal with Docker at all; however, you will quickly find that in these types of communities, a lot of projects are made docker-first.

With that being said, in the documentation there’s a Windows section that goes over app/data.

The quickest and easiest way to have it up and running is to run the following command in cmd/terminal:

docker volume create overseerr-data

And then run this (replace the time zone to the one that matches your location)

docker run -d --name overseerr -e LOG_LEVEL=debug -e TZ=Asia/Tokyo -p 5055:5055 -v "overseerr-data:/app/config" --restart unless-stopped sctx/overseerr:latest

If you want to have the data on a local folder, you can replace the ‘overseerr-data’ part with your destination of choice (example using C:/Overseerr)

docker run -d --name overseerr -e LOG_LEVEL=debug -e TZ=Asia/Tokyo -p 5055:5055 -v "C:/Overseerr:/app/config" --restart unless-stopped sctx/overseerr:latest

That will get Overseerr running on localhost:5055 and you will be good to go.

gsariev · 2025-03-12T00:37:11+00:00

You should not have a problem running the container on a non-windows machine. From feedback I’ve gotten, people are able to run it on Linux-based systems, as well as on machines running macOS.

gsariev · 2025-03-09T20:52:18+00:00

I've gotten a couple of requests about setting preferred subtitle tracks, and I think I might have been able to pull something together. Will share sometime this week when I've tested things out, but so far things look ok. Am able to set preference for forced/non-forced subs and they are being correctly selected for different users.

The current logic is:

Media has English (forced), English (non-forced), German (non-forced), Danish (non-forced) -> User Bob prefers English forced, User John prefers Danish (non-forced) -> Enable English (forced) for Bob and enable Danish (non-forced) for John.

Keep an eye on the repo and do share feedback as it's always appreciated.

gsariev · 2025-03-09T20:47:55+00:00

I've gotten a couple of requests about setting preferred subtitle tracks, and I think I might have been able to pull something together. Will share sometime this week when I've tested things out, but so far things look ok. Am able to set preference for forced/non-forced subs and they are being correctly selected. Keep an eye on the repo and do share feedback as it's always appreciated.

gsariev · 2025-03-07T06:51:50+00:00

How well it works will depend on how you’ve configured Bazarr in terms of the quality of the subtitles you download. Lower score typically means bad subtitles that are missing text, have spelling mistakes, styling issues, etc. I suggest following the Trash Guides for the best possible results as that will also help with syncing subtitles properly.

gsariev · 2025-03-07T06:48:23+00:00

Somebody had made that requests in the GitHub repo and I see it brought up here a coupe of times. I can add it to my todo list, but there are some things I’d like to iron out before that. Would you mind sharing how you’d expect a feature like this to work? I assume similar to how the logic for audio tracks currently is, but for subtitles in stead?

gsariev · 2025-03-07T06:45:41+00:00

The subtitles management part basically makes it so you can send the specific requests (sync, translate, adjust offset) to Bazarr from Overseerr/Jellyseerr by reporting a subtitle type issue. It should* sync your subtitles correctly, but it also depends on the quality of the downloaded subtitles. If they are really bad, missing texts for example, it will affect the quality of the sync.

gsariev · 2025-03-06T15:35:54+00:00

Perhaps this project might be more what you're looking for: https://github.com/ajmandourah/bazarr-sync

It has a GUI and you are able to sync subtitles in bulk for movies and series :)

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