I’m mainly talking about anime shows but you can talk about overall all shows if you want to and this will be valid too. I’m looking for answers to the following questions:
•What do you use for tracking progress of shows you watch?
•What are the pros and cons of how you’re tracking your shows, and is it worth it to be tracking shows this way? (If you’re using a site for tracking, then mention the pros and cons of it with the name of the site)
Note: You can include more of your opinion and experience besides the questions’ answers if you want to
Jellyfin: General media
Trakt (planning to switch): Movie/TV
MAL: TV backsynced from Trakt to MAL, Manga (from Mihon)
Anilist: Manga (through Mihon)Not at all.
Jellyfin watch status and sonarr. I do use mal but really only for looking up the list of shows airing this season and adding some that I want to watch to sonarr.
It’s all in one place and directly relates to the availability on my server. Just a couple clicks and it’s tracked and downloaded.
Trakt + SeriesGuide.
I love SeriesGuide for tv and movies. It shows upcoming episodes, so when a series comes back after a long break, I know a few weeks in advanced it’s coming back. Has some good categories for finding new movies as well. Being linked to trakt and IMDB to get reviews or actor info is helpful as well. Great frontend for trakt.
For anime and manga I use MyAnimeList and Anilist through Aniyomi. It auto updates the episode/chapter as you go now.
You know, I’ve never really felt the need to do so.
I self host RYOT. It is a great addition of to my homelab and helps to keep data off of cloud services that sell my data.
I only watch stuff that’s done. I hate neverending stuff like the millionth episode of One Piece or such shit. I don’t like waiting on new episodes to arrive.
So when I watch something, I download it, and watch it. If I don’t remember in my mind where I’m at exactly, I just open an episode and see if I recognize it. If I don’t, I go back in the series, if I do, I go forward, until I’m at the episode that I haven’t watched yet.
Most of the time, I just know where I’m at. If I don’t, it takes like 30 sec max to find the place I’m in, less than the time it would take to enter my “watched” status on any service, and I only have to do that rarely.
I can’t really think of any cons or why I would use anything else. All those services are just wasted time/effort to me.
Understandable because I also watch completed seasons and I’m more of a binge watcher. I’m not a weekly watcher type of person either. In terms of One Piece, I watched based on arcs and always have been…
Valid way. Used to follow this way most of my life and this is what I like more honestly.
Yup, I have done that most of my life too.
True. Tracking is just a hassle for people like you and me.
I unfortunately use Trackt but through a client called Showly, which is great.
Also using Kitsu for anime and stuff (idk got used to keeping track on both. It’s just that I can log re-watches on Kitsu) through Kitsune
I’m a MAL user but I love how quirky Kitsu is, like their broad definition of anime including My Little Pony and the top ranking being like 90% Demon Slayer recap movies (it’s an exaggeration now but a few years ago it would not be)
Shera is in my top shows on Kitsu lmao
I try not to context-switch between shows. However much of a show drops at a time is how much I watch before switching to a different show. Then I can just use the relevant platform’s “new episodes” alert to know when there’s something to slot into my viewing time.
I use an Android app called SeriesGuide. it logs into a trakt.tv account, shows some statistics and keeps everything updated, very useful.
I only use my head + the clues some streaming services provide marking shit as viewed.
Manually via letterboxed and serializd
https://www.pogdesign.co.uk/cat/
It’s a calendar so its purpose is mainly for you to see when an upcoming episodes air.
When you create an account (which is simple and doesn’t require any personal information or even an e-mail confirmation, if I recall correctly) you can subscribe to shows and mark episodes as watched.
I’ve been using it for years, it’s great.
I used Trakt in the past, but nothing recently.
If I started tracking again, the main use case would be looking up a person and getting a quick list of where I’ve seen or heard the person before. I don’t know what sites do that.
Otherwise it can also be useful if a friend asks if I’ve seen anything good recently.
I use the TVTime app. It’s a bit shit (mainly the atrocious loading times), but it works.
