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Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda
The two big pieces to upgrade a Plex server are Radarr and Sonarr
Radarr - Movie library management service with automatic downloading and importing into Plex. Basically once you have it setup, you search for a movie to add and it will search through all of your configured indexers to find it at the quality you want, download it, rename the file per your settings, then move it into your Plex library. It will even re-download items once better quality rips are available, so for instance you can have a webrip 1080p movie that gets upgraded to a full Blu-Ray rip once it's released. It's a set it and forget it method for adding movies
Sonarr - Like Radarr but for TV shows. The greater value here is that once you add a TV show, it will automatically download and add every newly released episode to your Plex server
Basically both of those services turn your Plex server into an automated DVR system. The catch is that you need some sort of knowledge of either torrents or usenet, as those are the download options for radarr/sonarr. You also don't really want to just dive in and start downloading torrents if you've never done it before as it's a quick way to get nasty emails from your ISP and potential legal action, you need something to mask that traffic like a VPN
If all of this sounds brand new to you, definitely do a bunch of reading before diving in
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Thanks for this, this was really helpful.
I'd love to get into Plex Server and things (I'm familiar with Torrents, but not Usenet) and have VPN.
What are people using for storage specifically? I think this is my biggest concern re: cost. Now that I have a solid 4K TV and Dolby Atmos-supporting sound system, there are certain movies/shows I'd want to get in much larger support. How are folks handling this from a service/cost perspective?