Building a comprehensive media PC to share media (Mylar, Plex, Calibre, Sickbeard)

Ackis · 04-04-2014, 12:47 AM

Hello everyone, I'm in the process of building a media server (Ubuntu 13.01, Headless).

It's currently running with an Intel Core 2 6300 @ 1.86 Ghz with an 80 gig drive.

I have an external 4TB USB drive that I'm currently using on the server.

My set up also contains two NAS devices:

DNS-323 - 2 x 1 TB in Raid 1
ReadyNAS Duo V2 2 x 3 TB in JBOD

That's my current setup.

If all goes well I'll have a new setup in a couple of weeks (mainly a faster processor).

My question is how can I optimize Calibre so that it's able to share books out, do it's stuff and what not but also so that it can coexist with other media programs out there.

Ultimentally I want a program called Mylar to play nice (it's similar to SickBeard or CouchPotato but for comics).

I'd like Mylar to be able to download a comic, and then pass it to Calibre to get entered into the library along with its metadata.

I'm assuming I could figure out a script of some sort that would enable the process but I wanted to ask if anyone had any experience with this.

I'm also considering splitting my one library up into smaller libraries: e.g. one for comics, one for magazines, one for childrens books, etc.)

Has anyone here ever had success with a similar setup? And if so, can you provide pointers or tips please.

eschwartz · 04-07-2014, 06:43 PM

To start with, you can use the calibre command line utilities, particularly calibredb to communicate with the database, to do most of what you can do via the GUI.

04-04-2014, 12:47 AM	#1
Ackis Member Posts: 21 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Canada Device: Galaxy Tab 2 10.1, iPad 2	Building a comprehensive media PC to share media (Mylar, Plex, Calibre, Sickbeard) Hello everyone, I'm in the process of building a media server (Ubuntu 13.01, Headless). It's currently running with an Intel Core 2 6300 @ 1.86 Ghz with an 80 gig drive. I have an external 4TB USB drive that I'm currently using on the server. My set up also contains two NAS devices: DNS-323 - 2 x 1 TB in Raid 1 ReadyNAS Duo V2 2 x 3 TB in JBOD That's my current setup. If all goes well I'll have a new setup in a couple of weeks (mainly a faster processor). My question is how can I optimize Calibre so that it's able to share books out, do it's stuff and what not but also so that it can coexist with other media programs out there. Ultimentally I want a program called Mylar to play nice (it's similar to SickBeard or CouchPotato but for comics). I'd like Mylar to be able to download a comic, and then pass it to Calibre to get entered into the library along with its metadata. I'm assuming I could figure out a script of some sort that would enable the process but I wanted to ask if anyone had any experience with this. I'm also considering splitting my one library up into smaller libraries: e.g. one for comics, one for magazines, one for childrens books, etc.) Has anyone here ever had success with a similar setup? And if so, can you provide pointers or tips please.

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04-07-2014, 06:43 PM	#2
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85397180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	To start with, you can use the calibre command line utilities, particularly calibredb to communicate with the database, to do most of what you can do via the GUI.

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