RSS Feeds
RSS sync polls your indexers’ RSS feeds for new releases and automatically grabs matches for books in your library. This catches new uploads faster than the scheduled search — often within minutes of a release appearing.
Enabling RSS
Section titled “Enabling RSS”Configure in Settings > Search, in the RSS Sync subsection.
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Enable RSS Sync | Master toggle for RSS sync |
| RSS Interval (minutes) | How often to poll RSS feeds, in minutes. Range: 5–1440. Default: 30. |
How It Works
Section titled “How It Works”- Narratorr polls the RSS feed of each RSS-capable indexer
- Each new feed item is matched against your wanted books
- Matching is fuzzy — title and author are compared with a similarity threshold (70%)
- Matched results pass through the same quality gate filters as regular search (grab floor, min seeders, reject/required words, blacklist)
- The best-ranked result is grabbed automatically
What Makes an Indexer RSS-Capable
Section titled “What Makes an Indexer RSS-Capable”Only Torznab and Newznab indexers are polled for RSS — they expose an RSS feed endpoint that returns recent uploads, and the indexer needs to be configured and enabled in Settings > Indexers. MyAnonamouse and AudioBookBay are never RSS-polled, regardless of how they’re configured, so if those are your only indexers you get no RSS coverage — rely on scheduled search instead.
RSS vs Scheduled Search
Section titled “RSS vs Scheduled Search”| RSS Sync | Scheduled Search | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | Polls every 5–30 minutes | Runs every few hours |
| Scope | Only new uploads since last poll | Searches full index |
| Best for | Catching new releases quickly | Finding existing content |
Both systems work together. RSS catches new releases fast; scheduled search finds content that was already available when you added the book.
Troubleshooting
Section titled “Troubleshooting”- RSS not grabbing anything — check that RSS is enabled, at least one indexer supports RSS, and you have wanted books in your library
- Getting wrong books — the 70% match threshold catches most cases, but unusual titles can cause false matches. Check the Activity page for unexpected grabs.
- Missed releases — if your poll interval is longer than your indexer’s feed retention, releases can scroll off before being seen. Lower the interval.