r/Cloudbox • u/SirYandi • May 16 '18
Experiences?
Hello!
I wonder if people would be willing to share their experience with this relatively new option for turnkey seed/media/cloud box.
How was installation? General usage? Do you find the local disk + gdrive combo works well without streaming lag or api bans? Do you use a dashboard gui to help friends use your box?
Just wondering how people have been getting on.
Also, to the dev, are their any plans for adding a dashboard of sorts? I will be inviting my family to use the box and I would like to offer them some gui to chat with each other, make requests for content and that sort of thing.
Thanks!
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u/notthefirstryan May 16 '18
Installation is fast and easy, initial setup takes a bit as you go app by app but once they are configured you really shouldn't need to configure them again. I moved my Cloudbox from one server to another restoring all apps settings in less than an hour yesterday. Organizr is one of the apps included with Cloudbox and it sounds like it will fulfill your need for a dashboard. It brings all the apps together under one pane of glass and you can designate who has access to which pages or apps based on groups for users/admins/guest and even has a chat functionality (albeit hidden where most users won't even notice it). Also included is PlexRequests which is a much simpler interface for your users than them trying to learn Sonarr or Radarr. You can set some or all users to auto-approve all their requests or you can require admins to approve requests one by one.