The worst I’ve experienced so far is Panty And Stocking S2. Here’s a copy paste of what I explained to someone using my plex asking why it was so fucked.
E01 is a single episode
E02 and E03 are one episode in the west and on japanese streaming(E02), but it airs on TV as two episodes in japan
E04, E05, E06 are also one episode in the west and jp streaming(E03), but airs on TV as three episodes in japan
E07, E08, E09 are also one episode in the west and jp streaming(E04), but airs on TV as three episodes in japan
E10, E11, E12, are also one episode in the west and jp streaming(E05), but airs on TV as three episodes in japan
E13 is a single episode, but it’s episode 13 for TV broadcast, and 6 for streaming…
E14 and E15 are also one episode in the west and jp streaming(E07), but airs on TV as two episodes in japan
I don’t see the problem. If the files are named properly, software like sonarr will have no problem organising it. You just name the file S02E4-E6 etc.
That is indeed the right way to do it, unfortunately Plex doesn’t handle it well. It’ll show all the episodes separately, but each one plays the entire file (fair, it doesn’t know for sure where the breaks are, but could be done better), and watching the whole thing marks only the one you selected as watched, so you have to mark all the other “episodes” as watched manually (this is annoying, if it knows you watched the whole file, it should know that you’ve watched all the episodes it covers).
Usually if an episode is a 2 parter in one file, I’ll just name it for part 1 since you’d watch them together anyway, but for cartoons the two parts are usually entirely unrelated, so it really only works properly if the file’s split. It’d be better if the interface at least showed that a range of episodes are combined so you could, say, start it and know that the episode you want needs to be scrubbed through to find it, and also if it marked them all as played when you watch the whole thing.
Oh god, I love the anime but yeah I can understand that their super loosey-goosey style of episodes would be p bad if you wanted super detailed organizing. The place I’ve been watching them just groups the content into a single episode, since they effectively are broadcast as one single piece, just with (potentially) multiple chapters.
Neither of these have a backend that would improve on sonarr for Anime.
I assumed it was obvious with the context that I meant one that used something like AniDB as a backend for anime.
Ombi
I don’t like ombi, it’s always been jank af for me. (also I use jellyseer not overseer to be fair)
The *arr stack is an abomination.
100% facts.
Your providing a free service, right?.. Dont forget to enjoy it yourself. Unless you serve 100 “friends” like everyone else. Then enjoy the money.
Ofc it’s a free service strictly for friends and family, people who profit from piracy are cunts and should fuck right off.
Edit: huh, so medusa does support using AniDB as a backend. I seem to remember it didn’t or that there was some issue with it.
Wasn’t obvious as I only saw thetvdb and don’t watch anime. This isn’t a unique issue for anime though. It’s an ancient problem at this point and without a simple solution.
Edit: huh, so medusa does support using AniDB as a backend. I seem to remember it didn’t or that there was some issue with it.
Oh yeah for sure, the issue with airing, vs dvd, vs streaming, vs etc etc order and what is “right” is terrible.
But it’s actually kinda solved with anime, everyone in the scene and such just uses AniDB and that’s all that matters. Sonarr tries to solve the terribleness of thetvdb by using theXEM, but it should just use AniDB as the backend for anime and be done with it.
The worst I’ve experienced so far is Panty And Stocking S2. Here’s a copy paste of what I explained to someone using my plex asking why it was so fucked.
E01 is a single episode
E02 and E03 are one episode in the west and on japanese streaming(E02), but it airs on TV as two episodes in japan
E04, E05, E06 are also one episode in the west and jp streaming(E03), but airs on TV as three episodes in japan
E07, E08, E09 are also one episode in the west and jp streaming(E04), but airs on TV as three episodes in japan
E10, E11, E12, are also one episode in the west and jp streaming(E05), but airs on TV as three episodes in japan
E13 is a single episode, but it’s episode 13 for TV broadcast, and 6 for streaming…
E14 and E15 are also one episode in the west and jp streaming(E07), but airs on TV as two episodes in japan
I don’t see the problem. If the files are named properly, software like sonarr will have no problem organising it. You just name the file S02E4-E6 etc.
The main issue is automation. Now it’s not a problem now that theXEM has stuff properly scene mapped, especially since I use proper private trackers.
The numbering is still a fucking mess though, and the fact that different index websites have different rules makes it really annoying.
That is indeed the right way to do it, unfortunately Plex doesn’t handle it well. It’ll show all the episodes separately, but each one plays the entire file (fair, it doesn’t know for sure where the breaks are, but could be done better), and watching the whole thing marks only the one you selected as watched, so you have to mark all the other “episodes” as watched manually (this is annoying, if it knows you watched the whole file, it should know that you’ve watched all the episodes it covers).
Usually if an episode is a 2 parter in one file, I’ll just name it for part 1 since you’d watch them together anyway, but for cartoons the two parts are usually entirely unrelated, so it really only works properly if the file’s split. It’d be better if the interface at least showed that a range of episodes are combined so you could, say, start it and know that the episode you want needs to be scrubbed through to find it, and also if it marked them all as played when you watch the whole thing.
Oh god, I love the anime but yeah I can understand that their super loosey-goosey style of episodes would be p bad if you wanted super detailed organizing. The place I’ve been watching them just groups the content into a single episode, since they effectively are broadcast as one single piece, just with (potentially) multiple chapters.
I’m so glad I don’t catalog my downloaded stuff.
I recently switched to using shoko to handle scanning/metadata etc instead of hama/ass and it’s been working pretty well.
My main issue is that I use Sonarr which uses tvdb as backend.
If an alternative to sonarr existed that could also integrate with Overseerr I’d be on that instantly, but sadly there is nothing like that.
Having to manually handle shows my friends and family want to watch us not happening.
Flexget, Medusa
Ombi
The *arr stack is an abomination.
Your providing a free service, right?.. Dont forget to enjoy it yourself. Unless you serve 100 “friends” like everyone else. Then enjoy the money.
Neither of these have a backend that would improve on sonarr for Anime. I assumed it was obvious with the context that I meant one that used something like AniDB as a backend for anime.
I don’t like ombi, it’s always been jank af for me. (also I use jellyseer not overseer to be fair)
100% facts.
Ofc it’s a free service strictly for friends and family, people who profit from piracy are cunts and should fuck right off.
Edit: huh, so medusa does support using AniDB as a backend. I seem to remember it didn’t or that there was some issue with it.
Wasn’t obvious as I only saw thetvdb and don’t watch anime. This isn’t a unique issue for anime though. It’s an ancient problem at this point and without a simple solution.
Perhaps it was added later.
Oh yeah for sure, the issue with airing, vs dvd, vs streaming, vs etc etc order and what is “right” is terrible.
But it’s actually kinda solved with anime, everyone in the scene and such just uses AniDB and that’s all that matters. Sonarr tries to solve the terribleness of thetvdb by using theXEM, but it should just use AniDB as the backend for anime and be done with it.
Yeah shoko which I mentioned uses anidb and tmdb but that only handles the metadata not acquisition
Yeah I’m too picky about the releases I grab to use any of the *arr stuff