Media Server
The Complete Plex, Arr, and Tdarr Homelab Media Automation Series
A series wrap-up linking the complete Plex, Seerr, Tracearr, Sonarr, Radarr, Prowlarr, SABnzbd, Tdarr, storage, GPU, reverse proxy, backup, and monitoring homelab guides. Rights and lawful use: Follow this series only for media you are permitted to obtain, organize, back up, transcode, and play. Request automation and indexer integration do not create permission to acquire, […]
How Seerr and Tracearr Fit Into a Plex, Arr, and Tdarr Homelab
A detailed architecture guide showing how Seerr request intake and Tracearr playback analytics complete a Plex, Radarr, Sonarr, Prowlarr, SABnzbd, and Tdarr homelab workflow.
Tracearr Setup Guide: Real-Time Monitoring for Plex, Jellyfin, and Emby
A practical Tracearr guide for monitoring Plex, Jellyfin, and Emby streams with real-time sessions, playback analytics, account-sharing alerts, privacy-aware access, and source-based Ubuntu deployment.
Plex in 2026: What Still Works Free
A practical guide to what Plex still does without Plex Pass, where Remote Watch Pass matters, and when free local streaming is enough.
Seerr Setup Guide: Media Requests for Plex, Jellyfin, Emby, Sonarr, and Radarr
A practical Seerr setup guide for adding a private media request layer to Plex, Jellyfin, or Emby while handing approved movies and shows to Radarr and Sonarr safely.
Reverse Proxy for Media Apps: Nginx Proxy Manager, SSL, Access Lists, and Security
Keep Sonarr, Radarr, Prowlarr, SABnzbd, Tdarr, NAS administration, and the Nginx Proxy Manager dashboard private. Use LAN or VPN access by default. Add a reverse proxy only for a hostname that has a real remote-user requirement, and keep application authentication, patching, isolation, backups, and logging behind it. Rights and lawful use: This reverse-proxy workflow assumes […]
Plex + Tdarr GPU Strategy: Sharing NVIDIA GPUs Without Hurting Playback
A detailed guide to sharing NVIDIA GPUs between Plex and Tdarr with worker limits, peak-hour scheduling, driver verification, nvidia-patch checks, and safe transcode testing. Rights and lawful use: Use Plex and Tdarr GPU workflows only to stream or transform media you own, created, or are permitted to process. Hardware encoding, scheduled workers, and format conversion […]
SABnzbd Performance Tuning for a Homelab Media Server
A detailed SABnzbd tuning guide covering incomplete folders, local disk, connection counts, article cache, Direct Write, categories, priorities, API errors, and Sonarr/Radarr imports. Rights and lawful use: Use SABnzbd categories, providers, and automation only for downloads you are entitled to access and media you may lawfully keep. Faster connections, Direct Write, and automated Sonarr or […]
Radarr Homelab Setup Guide: Install, Update, Optimize, Lists, and Tdarr Integration
A detailed Radarr homelab setup guide covering install choices, updates, root folders, quality profiles, custom formats, import lists, download clients, Plex visibility, and Tdarr integration.
Complete Plex, Sonarr, Radarr, Prowlarr, SABnzbd, and Tdarr Setup for Beginners
A complete beginner-friendly Ubuntu and Docker Compose setup guide for Plex, Sonarr, Radarr, Prowlarr, SABnzbd, and Tdarr with safe paths, permissions, API wiring, validation tests, backups, and next steps.