Can we get Sonarr packaged?

[jakeandchase]

Hi,

With the main developer of SickBeard quitting the project (see: http://www.reddit.com/r/usenet/comments/2sk5x9/is_sickbeard_over/), is it possible to have Sonarr packaged as a plugin? I know we have SickRage but I've heard much better things about Sonarr.

What does everyone think?

Thanks

 

[Joshua Parker Ruehlig]

Hi,

With the main developer of SickBeard quitting the project (see: http://www.reddit.com/r/usenet/comments/2sk5x9/is_sickbeard_over/), is it possible to have Sonarr packaged as a plugin? I know we have SickRage but I've heard much better things about Sonarr.

What does everyone think?

Thanks

it is possible. it's just a mono application so should be similar to setup as Mediabrowser.

its on my todo list, but pretty far down it right now.

 

[ThomasDK81]

Found this: https://github.com/Sonarr/Sonarr/wiki/FreeNAS-installation

 

[ThomasDK81]

After installing it, I don't see what advantages it has over Sickrage. Maybe I am missing something?

 

[raidflex]

After installing it, I don't see what advantages it has over Sickrage. Maybe I am missing something?

I have had very good success with Sonarr and I find the interface to be polished. I also found that the handling of episodes to be much more reliable then Sickbeard was. I used to have issues with certain shows either not being found or incorrect season matching, none of which Sonnar has had. I have not really played with Sickrage, but I do like that I can see all missing episodes currently in Sonarr and even initiate a download of select ones or all of them.

In the end for me Sonarr really automated the handling of downloads much better then Sickbeard did, its much less maintenance for me.

 

[Joshua Parker Ruehlig]

I have had very good success with Sonarr and I find the interface to be polished. I also found that the handling of episodes to be much more reliable then Sickbeard was. I used to have issues with certain shows either not being found or incorrect season matching, none of which Sonnar has had. I have not really played with Sickrage, but I do like that I can see all missing episodes currently in Sonarr and even initiate a download of select ones or all of them.

In the end for me Sonarr really automated the handling of downloads much better then Sickbeard did, its much less maintenance for me.

I think Sonarr finds more shows reliably because it uses TVRage, understands XEM, and has failed download handling. Since SickRage added these features I think they're even in terms of these things.

I probably won't switch unless there's a compelling reason too, but I think I'd be great if FreeNAS users had the choice to run either. Friendly competition is usually a good thing for the consumer. I wish I has 30hours in a day so I could work on this, but as it is, I have a lot of higher priorities and don't foresee getting to this for a few months.

 

[raidflex]

I think Sonarr finds more shows reliably because it uses TVRage, understands XEM, and has failed download handling. Since SickRage added these features I think they're even in terms of these things.

I probably won't switch unless there's a compelling reason too, but I think I'd be great if FreeNAS users had the choice to run either. Friendly competition is usually a good thing for the consumer. I wish I has 30hours in a day so I could work on this, but as it is, I have a lot of higher priorities and don't foresee getting to this for a few months.

Yeah, I would say if you are already using Sickrage, then there is not as much of a reason to upgrade. But if you are still on Sickbeard, it is worth the move to Sonarr.

 

[ThomasDK81]

That I certainly can agree on :)

Btw.
I ran "pkg upgrade" and just installed mono, mediainfo.
This worked fine, no need to compile sqlite.
It had its own jail and on FreeNAS 9.3
The only thing I didn't got setup, was switching the user to "media" for easier permission management :)

 

[raidflex]

That I certainly can agree on :)

Btw.
I ran "pkg upgrade" and just installed mono, mediainfo.
This worked fine, no need to compile sqlite.
It had its own jail and on FreeNAS 9.3
The only thing I didn't got setup, was switching the user to "media" for easier permission management :)

Freenas 9.3's jails are much more up to date, so its a smoother install. I would also do a pkg upgrade and make sure your packages are up to date. I like to do this on all my jails, the only one you have to be careful with is the Virtualbox jail.

I am curious on how Sonarr runs for you. I had originally installed it in a jail, but had issues with losing connectivity to the web GUI. At the time I suspected that mono was crashing. I ended up moving Sonarr to a small Lubuntu VM, which has been running great. But I would rather have Sonarr running in a jail.

 

[Joshua Parker Ruehlig]

I got the PBI (plugin) for this done. It just needs to be pulled into the official repo.

 

[raidflex]

I got the PBI (plugin) for this done. It just needs to be pulled into the official repo.

Awesome, thanks for getting it out so fast.

 

[jakeandchase]

Wow, Thank you!!!

 

[AirborneTrooper]

For those using Sonarr, has anyone figured out how to edit seeding options? Sonarr is also having an issue downloading episodes I already have. It keeps trying to look in the drone location, but I don't keep my completed sorted episodes there. It's only where SabNZB stores while downloading

EDIT: Nevermind, I went back to SickRage. I think Sonarr still needs some work before I'm willing to completely switch over.

 

[raidflex]

For those using Sonarr, has anyone figured out how to edit seeding options? Sonarr is also having an issue downloading episodes I already have. It keeps trying to look in the drone location, but I don't keep my completed sorted episodes there. It's only where SabNZB stores while downloading

EDIT: Nevermind, I went back to SickRage. I think Sonarr still needs some work before I'm willing to completely switch over.

I do not actually use the torrent features in Sonarr. As for the downloading, just make sure that Sab is setup for completed download handling and I also use failed download handling. I would leave the drone folder option in Sonarr empty. Otherwise I have no issues with downloads, including with this plugin.

 

[raidflex]

I noticed the auto update feature actually does work, the only thing is that Freenas does not register that the plugin has been start back up. It will show the plugin as turned off, even though it did successfully restart after the update.

 

[Joshua Parker Ruehlig]

I noticed the auto update feature actually does work, the only thing is that Freenas does not register that the plugin has been start back up. It will show the plugin as turned off, even though it did successfully restart after the update.

probably cause sonarr restarted itself without updating its pidfile. glad it works, less packaging work for me.

 

[raidflex]

I am finding that Snorr is becoming inaccessible.

I receive the follow email from my server " pid 9456 (mono-sgen), uid 816: exited on signal 6," which seems to point to mono crashing. This seems to be happening more frequent, almost every day. I have also updated all packages in the jail that Sonarr resides in. Any ideas?

 

[Joshua Parker Ruehlig]

I am finding that Snorr is becoming inaccessible.

I receive the follow email from my server " pid 9456 (mono-sgen), uid 816: exited on signal 6," which seems to point to mono crashing. This seems to be happening more frequent, almost every day. I have also updated all packages in the jail that Sonarr resides in. Any ideas?

I've read Sonarr devs mention that mono on FreeBSD isn't stable. I use MediaBrowser (which also uses mono) and occasionally get crashes, but definitely not everyday.

Not sure where to point you, if you really wanted you could try to figure out what caused your signal 6, and report it to the Sonarr devs.

 

[raidflex]

I've read Sonarr devs mention that mono on FreeBSD isn't stable. I use MediaBrowser (which also uses mono) and occasionally get crashes, but definitely not everyday.

Not sure where to point you, if you really wanted you could try to figure out what caused your signal 6, and report it to the Sonarr devs.

Would there be any way to have Sonarr/mono restart after it crashes?

 

[Joshua Parker Ruehlig]

Would there be any way to have Sonarr/mono restart after it crashes?

I guess you could just create a cronjob to run 'service sonarr start'. There might also be packages that watch services but I don't know.