Pausarr

Automatically pause containers when Jellyfin has an active session.

I prefer to let Tdarr transcode whenever but it can slow down Jellyfin if someone is using it. This simple script should prevent slowdowns and keep Jellyfin snappy. I use it to check every 5 seconds and it works well.

Originally written for Tdarr but can be now be used with multiple containers.

Usage

Environment variables:

• JELLYFIN_API_KEY: Your Jellyfin API key (required)
• JELLYFIN_URL: The URL of your Jellyfin server (default: http://localhost:8096)
• CONTAINERS_TO_PAUSE: Comma separated list of containers to pause (default: tdarr,sonarr)
• CHECK_INTERVAL: How often to check for active streams in seconds (default: 30)

With systemd:

/etc/systemd/system/pausarr.service

[Unit]
Description=Pausarr
After=docker.service jellyfin.service
Wants=docker.service

[Service]
Type=simple
User=root
Environment="JELLYFIN_API_KEY=<API_KEY>"
Environment="JELLYFIN_URL=http://localhost:8096"
Environment="CONTAINERS_TO_PAUSE=tdarr,sonarr"
Environment="CHECK_INTERVAL=30"
ExecStart=<PATH_TO_SCRIPT>
Restart=always
RestartSec=10
StandardOutput=journal
StandardError=journal

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable pausarr
sudo systemctl start pausarr

License

Copyright (c) James Plummer jamesp2001@live.co.uk

This project is licensed under the MIT license (LICENSE or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)