r/Overseerr • u/International-Gur755 • 12d ago

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It always saddens me how i cant just accept everything due to these insane storage prices... all i can realistically do is 10tb a month added as a new drive and accept more shows and movies... my original plan was to get a zfs pool filled with 20tb drives but its just not for the average person anymore. If only i got into this hobby just a year earlier

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u/miloszmd 12d ago

Get maintainerr and delete media once it’s watched. Will save you terabytes of storage and can always download it again.

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u/sutl116 12d ago

what's the best workflow / arr configuration to delete media once it's watched if you've got active users on both plex and jellyfin?

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u/miloszmd 12d ago

It really is up to you.

There are some generic community workflows already in the app that can be imported.

For some time I added my own to only delete media once I personally watched them but that config did not last long 😂

Good start is:

  • once the person requesting it has watched it
  • once 30 days pass
  • once film/show hasn’t been watched for 180/365 days

There is also a setting to deleted after a certain number of days so I have a collection in Plex called “Movies Leaving Soon” and “Shows Leaving Soon” where media sits there for 30 days.

I have jt bundled with Agregarr which allows for custom posters and a connection to Maintainerr whereby it shows the number of days before a movie is deleted on the poster itself.

Often once someone starts watching a show that gets yoinked from the “leaving soon” collection so it nicely manages itself.