Confessions from a Plex Convert - A (Relatively Simple Feature Set) Wishlist

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  • A few things, I'll try to keep it short but insomnia is whooping my ass so forgive any prattling. * I'd recommend something like Trakt, Goodreads, Libib, etc... for tracking stuff. I know it's a bit of app creep, but scope creep is real for a project as ambitious as Jellyfin. Plus there's a Trakt plugin to sync your watch states. Haven't used it, so I'm unsure if it integrates enough for you to create a "wish list" per se. Other apps like the *arr stack (Sonarr, Radarr, Readarr -- for ebooks and audiobooks, Lidarr) are a great way to track what you have and what's missing. You can even have those tools create empty folders for content that doesn't exist yet, but that seems....messy. * I agree with u/AngrySilverback710 that a library is probably the best route to go. Parental controls works, however, it's only as good as your metadata and I've seen posts here before where the slideshow screensaver still shows artwork/posters from restricted content. While not a huge deal, I'm not sure I'd want my kids to randomly see the poster for Terrifier 2 right before bed. I have kids libraries and this setup has worked quite well for me. * Another plug for the *arr stack, though, with Radarr and Sonarr you can tag media en masse, which you can then restrict within Jellyfin's user settings (per user basis). Additionally, if you create empty "library" folders, you can use Radarr/Sonarr to migrate all of your media to the new libraries automatically with a root folder change. * There is a feature request out there, probably more than one. I hate to keep harping on the *arr apps, but there is a file management option with Sonarr/Radarr to change a file's date to the local or UTC release date, which would give you the most recently-release media in the Latest sections. * Downloads are a sore spot for me, unrelated to your comments. There's a feature request for the official Android mobile client to support what I'll call "download subscriptions", but it doesn't appear to be implemented. One of the last comments says that Findroid supports this behavior, but I have not used that client so I can't vouch for its maturity or feature set. This is the one complaint I don't think there's a better solution to be had and would need to be implemented by the Android/iOS teams or a third party.

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  • Huh. Is that so? I guess Wikipedia is wrong. That's okay, I was told never to trust it when I was in school. Somebody may want to tell all of these different developers that their nifty software is redundant since serving is the same as managing.

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