Sonarr version (exact version): Sonarr Ver.
2.0.0.3953 Mono version (if Sonarr is not running on Windows): I have no idea, FreeNAS plugin which updated itself OS: FreeBSD / FreeNAS ((Debug logs)) (posted to hastebin or similar): Not necessary Description of issue:
I am attempting to migrate from being a sickbeard user out of curiosity. For the most part things seem fine but see attached screenshot:
Robot Chicken is listed as a complete 8 season show with only 1 episode imported (for testing)
Several of the other shows are showing as complete as well, despite only 2/3 or less episodes being imported.
I’m sure this is something often said here and members are sick of it (?) but sickbeards method is much much more logical. See here: http://i.imgur.com/FeU3obP.jpg
I can identify if a show is complete / incomplete and if it’s continuing or not. I know if I need to fill or if it’s such an incredibly old show, find a “pack” for it, or even speak to a friend and get it on USB, etc.
Perhaps I’m doing something wrong, how can I make Sonarr reflect the entirety of the show run in this particular view?
Monitor means it will attempt to download right?
I don’t want it to go out and try to download the episodes, I might have them on a USB drive and I’m waiting to import them, or waiting for someone to give them to me.
Is there no way to display the full TV show completion without putting Sonarr into “hunt” mode?
If it sees them on an RSS feed, yes, Sonarr won’t actively search for them though (explained in the ((FAQ))).
No they need to be monitored. If you want to prevent Sonarr from grabbing them if they become available and see the true status in your library you can do a couple things:
Disable RSS (makes Sonarr only work if you search)
Setup a release restriction and require a certain word to be present for it to be grabbed, which can apply to all series or selected series (via tags)
They need to be monitored for Sonarr to treat them as missing, right now they are all unmoniotored so the only episodes in the count are the monitored ones.
Why? The status of the episode is shown in the status column, I don’t see anything the check would give you except for another indicator for the same information.
If it makes sense to, yes, but we don’t have plans to support tracking media on unavailable devices, which seems like that is the intention here, maybe?
I would go as far as to say the current interface is apallingly difficult to discern information quickly. Yes you already show if a file is downloaded, but the clarity of that, not so good.
It’s not so much about the tick, it’s about making it quick and clear “hey this is here” I know ‘minimalism is all in’ right now but It’s just not easy to damn well see at a glance
My mockup screenshot is 60 seconds of ideas, I’m sure there’s better ways to do it, but ultimately I can see exactly which 4 files I have in one screenshot far easier than the other. (I can also see, 4 of 17 in total, not just 4/4 selected)
What clarity are you looking for? Is it that you need to look over to see which episode has the file and you want the check next to the episode number?
Its not an attempt at being militaristic, its duplication and clutter, I don’t see a reason why you’d ever need two columns that have a similar result, but one is dumber than the other (yes/no vs details), maybe as something that someone could opt into (choice of visible columns and potentially the order of those columns), but not as a default visible column.
Selected = monitored?
In the case of x/y and x/z, where x is the number of episode with files, y is monitored and z is total the number of aired episodes with files doesn’t change, so it feels like we’re duplicating the information there, maybe something like x/y works when everything is monitored, but x/y monitored (z total) would work.
The green tick isn’t the issue here, it’s the clarity in general, regardless of how it is achieved. The current instance is incredibly difficult to discern what is and isn’t complete in a collection as the difference between obtained and not obtained is incredibly subtle.
As for the selected / monitored thing, I still want to know the maximum possible amount of of content at a glance by simply seeing “yep, I have 4 of all 17” even if I’m not monitoring all 17.
Then you want a different background colour? Your mock is confusing to say the least because you have two new elements and explicitly call out the green and add in a new term “selected” which I’m not sure means selected in the sense that it was selected for a bulk operation or its monitored or it has a file (since none of the episodes are monitored in your mock).
I get that, though it feels like a roundabout way to artificially support offline files (not actively connected), assuming thats the purpose.
Lets take a step back and instead of trying to invent the solution, explain the problem, what exactly do you want to know that isn’t available right now or could be more visible?
