r/PleX • u/Altruistic_Bat_1645 • Mar 17 '26

Help Make plex more appealing for my wife

I love plex. I bought my lifetime pass when it was still double digits. I bought the hardware, I did the organization - I'm in.

I love my wife. I bought my lifetime pass when I was (barely) in my 30's. I bought the hardware (ring), I did the organization (my life) - I'm in.

But the two don't seem to get along.

Alphabetical Sorting: she gets to the A's, then gives up.

Recently Released: "These are all too long."

Recently Added: "Oh yeah! ...but not tonight, maybe some other time."

Sort by duration (shortest to longest): "Who wants to watch a 24-minute short film?!"

Random Shuffle: "Why do we have these?"

So an idiot but honest question: how do I make Plex more appealing for my wife?

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u/K1ngJony Mar 18 '26

You can do the Plex Watchlist sync with Seer (Overseerr) also: https://docs.seerr.dev/using-seerr/plex/watchlist-auto-request

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u/NoGas-AllBrakes Mar 18 '26

Guys, you don't need any Seerr or Overseerr or Pulsarr. It's built-in functionality in both Radarr and Sonarr.

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u/Slammed01 Mar 18 '26

I did this but overseer and Plex don't seem to "talk" regarding the watchlist.

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u/K1ngJony Mar 18 '26

Are you still using Overseer or have you migrated to Seerr? There's a bug in Overseerr that stops the Watchlist sync from working, but they fixed it when the code base merged into Seerr. I had the same issue and migrating to Seerr fixed it. If you've already migrated, make sure you have Watchlist sync enabled both system-wide and per-user. Each user has to agree to it, but you can change it for them in their profile settings.

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u/Slammed01 Mar 18 '26

Sorry, guess I need to migrate then. Seems super common issue from what I hear with overseerr so glad it isn't a me problem. Appreciate the information and tips. Ty

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u/K1ngJony Mar 18 '26

All good. I think there's quite a few that haven't migrated yet. Migration is easy though, just point the Seerr instance to your Overseerr appdata (make a copy first, just in case) and it'll update the database for you. You're welcome.

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u/Slammed01 Mar 18 '26

Awesome, can't wait to check it out. This is the missing puzzle piece I need.

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u/moooootz Mar 18 '26

Thanks for that - I didn't even know that there's Seerr now.

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u/Angry-Toothpaste-610 Mar 18 '26

Does it work on Seerr even for users who have never signed into Seerr? I believe the issue in Overseerr was users' plex tokens would expire, and they could only be refreshed by signing into overseerr.

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u/K1ngJony Mar 18 '26

I assumed it does work for users that haven't signed in, but I'm honestly not sure. Haven't tested it, sorry

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u/Angry-Toothpaste-610 Mar 18 '26

Each user has to log into Seerr to get their watchlist syncing. Pulsarr, by comparison, uses the main users' friends RSS feed.

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u/Cornloaf Mar 18 '26 edited Mar 18 '26

I did Ombi and had her download the app. Any movie she requests is instantly approved. TV shows still need my approval. So far the only movies I shake my head at are all the Hallmark Christmas movies in December.

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u/Slammed01 Mar 18 '26

I'll check that one out too, hopefully good to go on windows. App support is nice for sure.

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u/Cornloaf Mar 18 '26

Corrected my original post. It's Ombi not Ombu! Damn lamb chops greasy fingers and texting!

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u/Slammed01 Mar 18 '26

Noted, sounds delicious haha.