Comment on All the ways streaming services are aggravating their subscribers this week

• sunbeam60@lemmy.one ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I haven’t done this myself because it’s obviously very illegal, but I’ve been told you set up a server with docker and set up the following containers:

  • gluetun for VPN (exit in Switzerland with a fallback to Spain) as these countries have the laxest regulation re downloading licensed media.
  • radarr for film
  • sonarr for tv
  • other *arr instances for subtitles, music, ebooks etc
  • qbittorrent piped through the Gluetun container
  • jellyfish, plex or XBMC in front as a player.

  But what do I know? I haven’t done it myself and only download large Linux distributions because I love distro-hopping.

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  • Blackmist@feddit.uk ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You can also do all these in Windows. They have installers. Recommend Prowlarr for having all your torrent sites in one interface rather than setting them up repeatedly.

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    • sunbeam60@lemmy.one ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’ve been told some use an app called LunaSea to to manage their arr instances. Apparently it brings all the arrs under one simple interface.

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    • offspec@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That sounds unnecessarily painful

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  • NineMileTower@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I don’t really know what any of that means except for qbittorrent

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    • sunbeam60@lemmy.one ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Me neither as I haven’t done it.

      But apparently it basically creates your own Netflix. You write a title you’d like to watch and within minutes you get a notification that it’s there, ready.

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      • NineMileTower@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        It’s a shame you’ve never done it. Maybe someone here has a link to some sort of tutorial for a criminal that wants to do it. Not me, just someone.

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  • jkrtn@lemmy.ml ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Do you hear anything about how those people pay for the VPN, or does that not come up?

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    • sunbeam60@lemmy.one ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Most people I speak to about this assume that the “good VPN” provider can be trusted not to keep logs.

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• P1nkman@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  USENET, Sonarr and Radarr. It’s a godsend

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  • Usually_Lurker@fedia.io ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Overseerr and Lidarr as well.

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• 1111@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Stremio & Real Debrid is soooo much easier than the self hosted approach, and is a piece of piss to set up

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  • ivanafterall@kbin.social ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Honestly, it's even solid without the Real Debrid addition (though I use Real-Debrid and think it's great). Just add the Torrentio add-on and you'll have tons of streams for just about everything.

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    • Detheroth@lemmynsfw.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Are we talking easier than Plex+ VPN and torrent? My buddy can access all his content anywhere he can login to Plex. It just means pre-downloading.

      Genuinely curious if it’s worth giving up an already setup Plex server to look into this.

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      • desconectado@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Way easier, the catalogs are ready for you, you don’t need to download anything in advance, you can use it in any device too.

        If you use real debrid, there’s no need for VPN either. So it’s cheaper also. Real debrid costs like 3 USD a month.

        It’s also very low in maintenance, I touch my configuration every 3 months to update my real debrid details and that’s it.

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      • devnull406@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I haven’t given up on my Plex server but this is so much easier. Hand my kids the remote and they can navigate the Stremio app and watch whatever without me having to hunt for it.

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  • downhomechunk@midwest.social ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Streamio and RD are so easy that even my luddite wife can test all the linux distros she wants without my help.

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• modifier@lemmy.ca ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Plex server on a purpose built Linux box with about 34tb. I mostly use Usenet for sourcing stuff, because it’s so quick and comparatively private, but I also use torrents for some harder to find stuff. I also buy a lot of the more obscure music I want from Bandcamp and just download the highest quality version.

  I ran in parralel with my streaming services for a month, just in case I ever had trouble finding current shows we’re watching, but I’ve never had trouble finding good quality rips of shows the same day they are released.

  I just can’t tell you how good it feels to look at my TV, movies, and music collection and know that it’s mine. Every episode and song and film is mine to store and protect, and not subject someone else’s license agreements.

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• variants@possumpat.io ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Personally I set up my own plex server, and have been recruiting family to switch from paid streaming services to me, plus I have a few friends and family with servers so between us we have plenty of coverage and fallbacks

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• Tronn4@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  suspicious

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• SexDwarf@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Pb + plex = win

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• desconectado@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Stremio + Real debrid.

  Stremio is a platform to watch any media you like (works very similar to Plex), you can use it as it is, and install the plugins that are more useful to you (torrentio for example). If your country has strict laws, then you can use real debrid to convert the torrents to direct downloads, you just need to open an account in real debrid pay a few dollars a month, and link your account to stremio, and then you’ll have access to lots of content.

  But I only use it to watch the latest linux distributions, nothing like spending a Sunday afternoon watching Fedora 40 while it’s raining outside.

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