What can be (realisticly) improved for a better and easier experience

  • shrugal@lemm.ee
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    9 months ago

    Adding proper metadata to releases. Why are we still trying to decipher release titles, why not add a little metadata JSON file to every release and make the info available to the search API?

    Also keeping multiple different versions of a release in Arr apps, like ebook and audiobook in different languages. Right now I’d need 4 Readarr instances to get the English and German audiobook and ebook versions of a book, and don’t even think about letting them manage the same root folder!

    • spiderman@ani.social
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      9 months ago

      and following proper naming conventions too. why can’t releasers decided to choose one single naming convention together so it makes our job better to automate things?

      • Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        9 months ago

        Have you tried maintaining a standard at work?
        Now imagine if several thousand people try to decide on a common standard.

        • lars@lemmy.sdf.org
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          9 months ago

          Several thousand people who tend to be less likely to follow the path most traveled, no less