The Ultimate Guide to TRaSH & Notifiarr Libraries

Introduction

This tutorial provides a comprehensive guide to optimizing your media library using TRaSH and Notifiarr. By following these steps, you can enhance your Plex or media server setup, ensuring that you collect high-quality media efficiently. This guide will help you automate your media management, minimize file sizes, and improve playback performance.

Step 1: Understanding TRaSH Guide

• What is TRaSH?
  • TRaSH (The Real and Simple Helper) is a system designed to optimize media collection by automating the selection of the best available content.
• Benefits of Using TRaSH
  • Collect optimal media without manually sifting through options.
  • Upgrade to better quality media automatically when available.

Step 2: Setting Up Custom Formats

• Define Custom Formats

  Create specific formats for media types you want to include in your library, such as

  • 1080p
  • 4K
  • Specific audio formats (e.g., DTS, Dolby).
• How to Configure
  • Navigate to your TRaSH settings.
  • Add your custom formats under the format settings section.

Step 3: Integrating Radarr

• Overview of Radarr
  • Radarr is a movie collection manager for Usenet and BitTorrent users.
• Syncing Radarr with TRaSH
  • Ensure Radarr is set up to pull the best versions of movies automatically.
  • Check TRaSH settings to link your Radarr account.

Step 4: Utilizing Custom Format Collections

• Creating Collections
  • Organize your media into collections based on genres, quality, or other criteria.
• Steps to Create a Collection
  • In the TRaSH interface, navigate to the collections section.
  • Create a new collection and define its parameters (e.g., include only 4K content).

Step 5: Configuring Notifiarr

• What is Notifiarr?
  • Notifiarr is a notification service that helps you stay updated on new content and changes in your media library.
• Setting Up Notifiarr
  • Register for an account on Notifiarr.
  • Connect Notifiarr to your TRaSH setup to receive updates on media quality and availability.

Step 6: Setting Up TRaSH Sync

• Enable Syncing
  • In TRaSH settings, find the sync options.
  • Enable syncing for Radarr and Sonarr to keep everything updated automatically.
• Testing Your Sync
  • After setting up, test the syncing by adding a new media item and confirming it appears in both Radarr and Notifiarr.

Step 7: Scoring Your Media

• Understanding Scoring
  • Implement a scoring system to rank media based on quality and other parameters.
• Configuring Scores
  • Set specific criteria for scoring (e.g., bitrate, resolution).
  • Use this scoring to prioritize what gets downloaded or kept in your library.

Step 8: Integrating Sonarr

• Overview of Sonarr
  • Sonarr is a TV series management tool that works similarly to Radarr.
• Syncing Sonarr with TRaSH
  • Connect your Sonarr account in TRaSH for automated episode management and quality checks.

Step 9: Setting Up Special Quality Profiles

• Creating Quality Profiles
  • Define profiles that specify the desired quality for different types of content.
• Configuration Steps
  • Go to the quality profiles section in TRaSH.
  • Add profiles for varying needs (e.g., family-friendly, high-action).

Conclusion

By following these steps, you can effectively set up TRaSH and Notifiarr to manage your media library more efficiently. This setup allows for automated upgrades to higher quality content while keeping your library optimized for Plex playback. Next steps include exploring additional customization options and keeping your media server updated with the latest releases.