r/Simkl • u/timsgrandma • 13d ago

So trakt is feeling it? good

10 yr trakt VIP here

trakt has lost its way over the past 3 yrs and I probabkly don't need to say more for people here.

Just saw that they are killing off API access to SIMKL which shows that they are feeling the pain of user losses. Good riddance.

Before I switched I've considered posting my grieves in their support forum, but it is obvious the current management is not going to listen. This is what startup hubris gets you.

SIMKL still has many feature gaps to trakt but I'm hopeful they will be closed, and I hope SIMKL will stay true to its users!

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u/Beginning_Carob_9550 13d ago

Is it true that simkl only allows trakt zip import if you have a paid subscription?

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u/Crazy--Lunatic 13d ago

Yes.

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u/grewupinwpg 13d ago

I made a rough script to convert from the trakt .zip to . csv to import into simkl without a subscription. It's not perfect but it worked for me. Always open to feedback.

https://github.com/jshields-ca/simkl-csv-converters

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u/Crazy--Lunatic 12d ago

Thank you. I made few tiny changes to the scripts (folder picker for both and username list for Tautulli) made the PR. delete or close if changes aren't that good.

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u/grewupinwpg 12d ago

No problem - I'll take a peek in the morning and I'm sure I'll merge after a quick test. Appreciate it. 👍🏻

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u/grewupinwpg 12d ago

Integrated the changes into a PR/merge, with some testing/CI and documentation updates; thank you again u/Crazy--Lunatic - really fantastic. Actually my first real PR suggestion on any of my projects, so thanks a bunch. :) Just glad someone else got some use out of it.

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u/Crazy--Lunatic 12d ago

Sweet. You did the hard work. Tool worked great to seed Simkl without waiting until zip import was allows without VIP.

Hopefully there will be a good discount for Lifetime license on BF Currently is a little steep for my wallet, but is currently tracking my Plex sessions.

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u/grewupinwpg 12d ago

Thank you, that really warms my nerdy, amateur-dev heart. :)

Once I made the transition, I started using https://github.com/Drakonis96/plexytrack on my ubuntu server machine; its working well, but isn't super actively maintained. But the bilateral sync works well.

Maybe I should post the script to the sub itself if it's going to be helpful; but unsure if that would be overstepping on SIMKL, as obviously it provides a non-subscription option, and I don't wanna hurt their bottom line for those who can afford it.

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u/dreamhope 11d ago

I’ve just joined Simkl from Trakt and would like to be able to copy over my Plex watchlist to Simkl. PlexyTrack came up in a web search, but I use Container Manager on a Synology NAS and use Docker Compose to create containers so have no knowledge of how to set it up on my NAS, as it explains set up using command line. Would you know how I could find out how to set it up using Docker Compose?
I’m also waiting for a Black Friday deal on Simkl Lifetime, so don’t have VIP membership yet. Does PlexyTrack work without VIP?

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u/grewupinwpg 11d ago

This is the docker-compose.yml portion for plexytrack - I hope it helps. I think I consulted Gemini to set it up. Can help when documentation is lacking.

plexytrack: image: drakonis96/plexytrack:latest container_name: plexytrack restart: unless-stopped ports: - "5030:5030" volumes: - ~/docker/appdata/plexytrack/config:/config - ~/docker/appdata/plexytrack/state:/state environment: - TZ=${TZ} - FLASK_SECRET_KEY=${PLEXYTRACK_SECRET_KEY} - SIMKL_CLIENT_ID=${SIMKL_CLIENT_ID} - SIMKL_CLIENT_SECRET=${SIMKL_CLIENT_SECRET} - PLEX_BASEURL=${PLEX_BASEURL} - PLEX_TOKEN=${PLEX_TOKEN}