SlimShady’s ARR Setup Guide

6 Core apps in the stack

10 Deep-dive guide sections

14 SAB connections tuned

45s Downloader timeout baseline

What this guide is about

This page is the clean front door for the full guide system. It explains what the project covers, how the stack fits together, and gives you one tidy place to jump into each part without fighting duplicate navigation like it owes you money.

Use it as the map for the whole ARR setup: the homepage is the polished welcome mat, while this page is the prettier control panel for the full docs collection.

One clear navigation hub App-by-app guides Optional regional strategy Live-tested advice

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Core guides

ARR Setup Checklist Install order, folder basics, categories, and the safest path to getting the whole stack online. Sonarr Series and anime workflows, 720p-first logic, language scoring, and downgrade lessons that behaved well in practice. Radarr Compact movie profiles, interactive filtering, 720p and 480p downgrade lanes, and safe batch strategy. Lidarr Music-specific categories, artist and album monitoring, and why music should not be bullied into movie logic.

Support guides

SABnzbd Reliability tuning, queue sanity, post-processing lessons, and the settings that made the downloader calmer and faster. Jackett Selective torrent support, fallback thinking, and how not to build a tracker zoo by accident. Plex Final library setup, archival HDD organization, metadata boundaries, and clean library scanning. MDBList Automated discovery lists for movies and shows and how they feed into ARR without taking over the whole system. Indexer Strategy How to balance broad providers, optional specialist sources, quotas, and fallback logic without turning the stack feral. Quality, Sizes, and Downgrades Profile logic, size rules, compact keepers, and storage-aware workflows that save space for real.

Best use

Use this page when you want the shortest route to the exact part of the stack you are configuring, fixing, or trying not to accidentally weaponize.

Main outcome

A cleaner reading order, clearer topic separation, and an easier handoff to Codex or another human without sending them into a documentation hedge maze.

Start here

Use the checklist first if you are building the stack from scratch or doing a major reset.

Then split by app

Read the dedicated Sonarr, Radarr, Lidarr, and SAB pages when you want practical app-by-app tuning.

Keep the rest nearby

Use the indexer, MDBList, quality, Jackett, and Plex guides as shared strategy references across the whole stack.

Quick Philosophy

Use broad indexers for daily work.
Preserve specialist or low-quota sources for when they really matter.
Prefer 720p for series and compact 1080p for movies.
Treat 480p as a curated old-movie lane rather than a magical bulk shortcut.
Let Lidarr handle music with its own sources and workflow.

If a setting sounds too clever, test it on a few titles before unleashing it on the whole library. Your hard drive will thank you, and SAB might stop composing little tragedies.