If you have a Smart TV with webOS 6+, do not follow these instructions but install it from the official LG Content Store instead!

TL&DR

Following these steps should get you up & running in no time.

• PC: Create a Developer Account
• TV: Install “Developer Mode” from the LG Content Store
  • Turn on Developer Mode and Key Server
  • (1): Write down the Passphrase
• TV (2): All Settings > Network > Wi-Fi Connection > Advanced Wi-Fi Settings > IP Address
• PC: Start Device Manager for webOS
  • Add Device: Use TV IP Address and Passphrase from steps (1) and (2)
  • Apps > Install > Available > Jellyfin
  • Launch and 🎉
• PC: Remedy 50h Developer Mode timeout

Lists are great for integrating with your IMDB Watchlist and for following automated lists.
While lists can be filtered on Genre, Year(s) etc, which filters are available depends on the source (ex: IMDB vs TMDB) but is typically rather limited.

Let’s have a look at some projects that can help with populating Sonarr/Radarr in a manual or automated way.

Connect Radarr/Sonarr to IMDB, TrakTV and other lists so you basically never have to open their UI ever again. You add that crazy movie to your IMDB watchlist and Radarr picks it up!

When a new Futurama episode comes out after a 10 year hiatus, how can the Arr-family help you not miss this major event?

Connections

Pretty simple, connect Sonarr, Radarr etc to your favourite application!

Many options are provided out of the box like Twitter, Discord, Slack, Telegram, Email, Synology, Plex, …

All welcome the newest member of the Arr-family: Prowlarr.

It basically does the exact same thing as Jackett but with these differences:

• Automatic sync of indexers with Sonarr, Radarr, Readarr, …
• Manual Search: Transforms magnet links into torrents so that they can be sent to Transmission
• Uses the same layout & UI as the other Arr products

Linuxserver.io provides docker images of popular projects that work very well together. Coincidentally they provide all the images one needs to setup a complete “Home Media Server” (and then some) on your NAS, on a HTPC (Home Theater PC) or even on your main system.

This first part covers:

• Explaining what the different containers do and how they work together
• Which project I chose for each job. Some possible alternatives can be found in this part
• Some beginner tips & Configuration

Laoujin/Htpc : Htpc setup

The docker-compose is there (and in use on 4 NAS) but it needs more work before this article can be written.

By now, there are so many containers, who can remember all those funky names/urls/ports.
The solution is, obviously, to add even more containers!

If you don’t want to manage all those containers and configuration, this plumbing has been done time and time again and you can decide to build upon an existing project that has done most of the heavy lifting already or you could just opt for a complete out-of-the-box solution.

Don’t like Sonarr/Radarr? Don’t like Jellyfin?
Check these alternative solutions, there is bound to be one you like.

Linuxserver.io provides many more docker images of other popular projects that are out of scope for this series. If you do want to include Music, Books, … to your home media server, the links below might prove a good starting point.