OK disclaimer, I am rather old to remember newsgroups fine and actually used them… erm decades ago, but also someone who has given up using them for many years and can’t remember a bit about them, except those tree branches that form them and that I used to need software to read them.
Newsgroups seem to refuse to die and have die hard followers.
Of course big chunk of these users are there “for the stuff”.
I see various pieces of software (I hate the word “apps” as a tag to everything) that “relate” to this, but I have to say I am lost.
I am talking about the programs I list in the title and try to make a sense of them.
Any help appreciated.
MY MAIN GOAL: Bother only with the select few (hopefully one or two) that can actually cover everything I need and add containers for them.
IMPORTANT NOTE: I don’t plan to pay some newsgroup subscription. If nothing serious can be done without one, please point this out to me and the thread stops there.
NOTE: I haven’t installed any of them to try it out yet, so this is a “virgin” take from info I find online.
So let see what I can understand for each and PLEASE step in and correct me and fill the blanks.
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Sonarr, searches for and downloads (?) series episodes, from newsgroups and actually some “indexers” (already first confusion although I can mostly understand the concept).
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Radarr, is the same but for movies.
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FlexGet, advertises as a “multipurpose automation tool”, I fail to grasp practical uses, although the claim is pretty bold and really seems interesting. I also don’t get how it “integrates” with clients (and what do these clients miss if they don’t integrate with FlexGet).
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NZBHydra2 a search for NZB indexers. What makes it difference from Sonarr/Radarr? It is more generic? What does it mean that it is “compatible” with Sonarr/Radarr/NZBGet etc.? Do they need it to become “better” in some way?
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CouchPotato. Well its description is pretty stupid-proof, as it says it searches for movies from usenet and torrents (and you don’t bother with actual knowledge of the existence of trackers etc.). So I guess even without newsgroup subscription, it makes sense to use it. Right? It claims to use “our favorite download software” (how?).
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NZBGet. An NZB downloader. This guy here “needs” the “search for indexers” above to actually find stuff? No?
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sabnzbd. As above? Or not? How does it compare to it?
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Other app/client/service I should consider that serves as the above and is possibly better at it?
The reply to this can easily serve as a new FAQ.
Thanks in advance.