Which tools and topics does TRaSH Guides cover?

TRaSH Guides is a collection of setup guides for Radarr, Sonarr, and the surrounding media-server stack. It covers quality settings and profiles, custom formats, indexer setup in Prowlarr, downloader configuration, file and folder structure with hardlinks, Docker-based installs, and Plex server and client settings. It is a documentation site, not software: you read the guides and apply the settings in your own tools. Use it if you run a Radarr/Sonarr-based media server and want recommended configurations; skip it if you are looking for a hosted service or a single automated installer.

Radarr and Sonarr

This is the core of the site. The Radarr and Sonarr sections mirror each other, so a topic you learn in one generally applies to the other.

• Quality settings (file size) — recommended size thresholds per quality.
• Recommended naming scheme — how to name and organize files.
• Quality profiles — how to build them, with separate guides for Anime, French, and German.
• Custom formats — how to import them, how to update them, and a collection of ready-made formats.
• Tips — merging qualities, ordering quality sources, renaming folders, language custom formats, syncing two Radarr or Sonarr instances, remote path mappings, and showing unknown movie items.

If your goal is better release selection and consistent file naming, these are the pages to start with.

Prowlarr

The Prowlarr section is narrower and focused on indexer access:

• Setting up a proxy for certain indexers
• Setting up FlareSolverr
• Setting up indexers with limited API access

These guides matter when indexers fail to respond or block automated requests.

Downloaders

Each downloader has its own section with basic setup, paths and categories, and scripts where relevant:

The recurring theme is paths and categories: getting these right is what makes the rest of the stack (hardlinks, imports) work.

File and folder structure

This section explains hardlinks and instant moves, then walks through setup for specific platforms:

• Docker, Dockstarter, Native, Synology, TrueNAS Core, unRAID, Windows
• Examples, checking whether hardlinks work, and replacing copies with hardlinks

Use it when imports are slow, files get duplicated, or seeding breaks after a move.

Plex

• Suggested Plex Media Server settings
• Optimal Plex client settings
• What your media player supports
• Streaming and buffering troubleshooting
• Stopping 4K video transcoding

Other sections

• Getting started — entry point for new setups.
• Misc — includes how to provide a Docker compose file.
• Profiles and Sync — custom format groups for Radarr and Sonarr, plus sync guidance.
• Support and contributors — how the project is maintained and how to get help.

How to use it

1. Identify your tool (Radarr, Sonarr, Prowlarr, a downloader, or Plex).
2. Open that tool's section and read the home page first.
3. Apply the quality profile and naming scheme guides before custom formats — they set the foundation.
4. Verify results in the tool itself, e.g. confirm hardlinks with the check guide before assuming moves are instant.

A common pitfall: applying custom formats before fixing folder structure and paths. The guides are interdependent, and path problems surface as import or seeding failures later.