Add the *arr apps into the mix and you get super low effort pirating, legit changed my life when I set it all up lol
Comment on HBO Max is removing features from my plan without reducing my price.
reddit_sux@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Shrinkflation, hitting online world too.
That’s why I pirate. Jellyfin FTW.
lupec@lemm.ee 7 months ago
foofy@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Sorry, what are the *arr apps? Not familiar with that stuff…
lupec@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Ah, my bad. I’m so used to it all that I can’t help but spit out jargon with no context sometimes 😅
I’m referring to apps like Sonarr, which basically keeps an eye on torrent/usenet providers and downloads episodes for you automatically. So you tell it you want some show, optionally set the quality you want it at, and it takes care of everything so that the episodes just show up on Jellyfin/Plex after they air and it grabs them. There’s also Radarr for movies and a whole bunch of related ones.
foofy@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Thanks dude!
errer@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Just make sure you use a VPN so you don’t get a nasty DMCA notice from your ISP.
EatYouWell@lemmy.world 7 months ago
They’re small services that you load your libraries into, and select content you want to get and the quality of that content. Then the service goes out and finds the torrents for you and adds them to your library.
foofy@lemmy.world 7 months ago
And thanks to you as well!
helios@social.ggbox.fr 7 months ago
I’ve tested jellyfin this week on my dedicated server. It’s cool but most of my files need transcoding to be played on the browser, which my weak server CPU cannot handle. The best option I found to stream any file format without eating up all server resources on this machine is to set up a simple nginx server with autoindex streaming the files to VLC. I use the “Open with VLC” browser extension to quickly open the links. Playback performance is quite good (scrubbing is fast) and everything plays well.
reddit_sux@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Cool
kratoz29@lemm.ee 7 months ago
I like Plex and Real Debrid too.
Wermhatswormhat@lemmy.world 7 months ago
On it’s like Plex.
snausagesinablanket@lemmy.world 7 months ago
[deleted]reddit_sux@lemmy.world 7 months ago
It helps me organize what I download. I m trying *arr softwares now for content.
Wermhatswormhat@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I was a long time pirate back in the day, and thinking of sailing once again. However all my old booty spots are gone. What is Jellyfin?
pimeys@lemmy.nauk.io 7 months ago
A great UI to stream your movie files from your TV. A bit like Plex, but open source.
wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Tbh JF is faaaaaaaar from a ‘great UI’, it suffers from the ‘open source design’ of developers who have no idea how to design a good UI as the designers for the UI. I shouldn’t need to click vaguely in the direction of where I think the X (close) button is to make it appear in the first place. The settings for a user should be in the same location as the admin settings. The main screen shouldn’t look like it came straight out of 2000, it should have the categories l visible by default, it should be easier to setup https (plex was WAY easier in this regard), ota channel guides shouldn’t be outsourced to a paid project, there is no built-in import/export (I recently moved to a docker image and found that out, yay)…
It ‘works’, but fuck me it’s so rough around the edges that it draws blood. Plex has issues (downloading content from a server is wonky, metadata can grab the wrong movies, paid sub/lifetime etc) but it’s so, so, so much closer to what an all-in-one media platform should be, imo.
cantsurf@lemm.ee 7 months ago
I’m not arguing that any of your complaints are invalid. I just want to say that I use jellyfin to organize my movies and TV shows and access them from other computers on my home network. It works, is easy, was free. I like it.
Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
That’s because it’s a fork of Emby from 13+ years ago, still running 90% of that old code. They’ve kept it functional, that’s about it.
If you want something that’s actually still being developed/improved look to Emby or Plex. Emby is more focused on ‘personal’ media servers with your own content and users under your own control; plex is more focused on cloud services, integrating content they can run advertising on and requiring your users to authenticate through their public servers to be able to access your local/private server.
helenslunch@feddit.nl 7 months ago
I’ve found that most FOSS projects just have a “for us, by us” mentality where nobody cares about making things easy to use to the point that it’s not even possible if you’re not an experienced coder AND have strong knowledge of networking.
MaggiWuerze@feddit.de 7 months ago
Not to mention the setup for hardware encoding which basically expects deep knowledge of the matter to even get it to run, let alone run well. Plex on the other hand hides it behind a license but it JUST WORKS, there’s no setup or anything.
I really wanted to use Jellyfin, but there’s just too many pain points
PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Plex and Jellyfin are two ways to host your own content. Basically, instead of streaming from a Netflix server, you’re streaming from your own server.
Plex was the original, and Jellyfin is the FOSS alternative. In short, you run the program on a computer somewhere, and tell that program where all of your media is stored. It’ll scan your media depending on the library type (movies, TV shows, music, etc,) automatically pair it with the appropriate metadata, and make it available for streaming via the computer.
You can combine this with the *arr suite (Radarr, Sonarr, etc) to have your torrent client automatically download new content as it comes out. Basically, the appropriate *arr program listens for when new content gets released, then automatically tells your torrent client to search for that content (based on specific rules like language, bitrate, capture method, etc) and download it automatically. This pairs nicely with Plex/Jellyfin because you can use automatic torrent management to drop the files directly into the right folders for your server to scan and make available.
It does have a few drawbacks. One of the most annoying is port forwarding. Lots of VPNs have stopped offering port forwarding, because some creeps figured out how to use it to share/trade CSAM anonymously. But Plex and Jellyfin require an open port in order to be made available outside of your network, and you don’t want to run the server+torrents without a VPN. Some VPNs allow port forwarding, but randomly assign the port every time you connect. So it may work fine for a while, but will require occasional attention when that port changes.
There’s also the issue with needing a computer that’s turned on all the time. Some people (like myself) just run it on their home desktop. But that means I needed to set up Wake On LAN to be able to boot my computer up remotely, or just be okay with letting it idle all the time and never sleep. Personally, I chose to enable WOL, so I just remote into my network and send a magic packet before trying to stream. But that’s an extra step some people won’t want to do every time. If you have an old computer sitting around gathering dust, it can be a great weekend project.
makyo@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Is there a benefit to setting something like this up instead of just using some of the better free streaming sites?
dsemy@lemm.ee 7 months ago
It’s fun
dlpkl@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Which sites are those? From my experience it’s hard to find 4k/Dolby Vision on those free streaming sites, which is where pirating and streaming your own stuff is the better option.
starman2112@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
Higher quality and more reliable. I spent like 2 hours trying to find a site to stream the show I’m currently watching that didn’t have excessive audio issues. Were I a true pirate, I could simply download the highest quality available, and watch it whenever I want.
I wouldn’t want to use Plex, though. If you know what you want to watch and it’s already downloaded, just throw it on a flash drive or transfer it to your phone, no need to stream. If you want a netflix-style 2 terabytes of stuff that you may or may not ever watch, just… Spend the money on Netflix. Your time is worth more than that subscription fee. If Netflix doesn’t have the show you want, do the thing I said in the first paragraph.
Holyhandgrenade@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I just pirate everything on to a hard drive I plug into my TV. I don’t see the point in streaming files you already own.
Kepabar@startrek.website 7 months ago
I’ll tell you, I have my setup to the point where I go to one website, subscribe to a show, and episodes of that show appear to watch on my TV same day they are released.
I also set myself up to get email alerts telling me what new episodes I have to watch when they are done being downloaded.
… Setting all that up took me awhile and will take tech skills. But now that it’s set up, it’s zero touch aside from adding new shows.
HawlSera@lemm.ee 7 months ago
The better free streaming sites are my go-to, because I have plausible deniability, I don’t with a torrent. And unfortunately my torrents throttles you unless you start paying. Which I am thinking about going ahead and doing.
DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 months ago
Metadata categorization of your media content
dsemy@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Plex is actually a fork of Kodi (XBMC). Kodi is still actively developed, and easily supports both local media (for example, downloaded using one of the *arrs) and streaming from various sources using addons.
Captainvaqina@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
I remember xbmc from back when you had to run an injection from a MechWarrior save file in order to load it onto the og Xbox.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 7 months ago
That’s like saying humans evolved from monkeys. Plex and Kodi share a common ancestor, XBMC.
wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 7 months ago
“the cloud is just someone else’s computer”
(even if the computer is yours, whereas you have created your own ‘mini cloud’. I hate that term, it’s just a machine running software. It’s all just machines, consuming us all. screams … anyway)
reddit_sux@lemmy.world 7 months ago
You can use it behind a reverse proxy to avoid port forwarding.
HawlSera@lemm.ee 7 months ago
What’s FOSS?
YerbaYerba@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Free (and) Open Source Software
Thundernuggets@reddthat.com 7 months ago
I have been using Emby, which is like Plex and Jellyfin. Just another option. I don’t need bells and whistles, just want to stream my content.
Revan343@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
Jellyfin is an Emby fork
HimDownStairz@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Where can I find good tutorials for the *arr suite? I have Jackett installed for easier searching in Qbit, but I half assed that somehow into working. I would love to have auto downloads for content, especially those shows that still release episodes like a drop feed. An almost fully automated Plex would be amazing the TV show requests I get.
realcaseyrollins 7 months ago
You actually don't need to port forward in PLEX, they have proxies you can use. You'd just have to be okay with 1 Mbps quality in the free version of PLEX and 2 Mbps quality with a PLEX pass.
Are there any good smart TV clients for Jellyfin BTW?
Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Tbh, all you need nowadays for most stuff is Qbittorrent and 1337x.to
Download speeds are such that a 1.5gb film takes about a minute to download (in Europe, not sure about third world countries lol)
If you need something more obscure, look up how to add the search engine to Qbittorrent
frozen@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 7 months ago
I highly discourage 1337x. They got caught not banning a user who intentionally uploaded malware. Forgive the reddit link, but there aren’t a lot of piracy news sites.
DavidGA@lemmy.world 7 months ago
What is the alternative?
DAMunzy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 months ago
Damn. Just learned that trusting 1337x and IGGGAMES was a bad idea. Trying to teach my little pirate how to be safe on the high seas only to find out the places and people I thought were safe aren’t so.
sparky678348@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Goated thank you so much
Selmafudd@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I’m like you, hadn’t pirated outside of games since early 2000s and just started again. Wait until you see the shit we have now, it’s mind-blowing how far it’s come.
And with Jellyfin if you have the upload speeds you can even host for family etc, so anyone sharing your Netflix now can just login to your Jellyfin server, for them it will be a comparable experience.
HawlSera@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Pirating games is basically unheard of for me, unless it’s a product not readily available on a modern storefront.
Nintendo has a problem with me playing Pokemon Omega Ruby on a 3DS emulator? they are free to offer a switch version.
This is because steam is not my assholes, which is a big reason why I kind of got disappointed when they stopped offering movies. I like having those on the same platform
RGB3x3@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Do you need to set up a VPN for doing that? Or can they just log in straight up?
whofearsthenight@lemm.ee 7 months ago
I’m still maining plex, and at least there, they just create a plex account, you grant access to that account, and that’s it. Don’t even have to open ports. My guess is with JF since there isn’t a central account host, you’d probably have expose some ports on your network to be able to login without a VPN.
Selmafudd@lemmy.world 7 months ago
They can just log straight in, there is an android app or they can even login via a browser
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 7 months ago
It’s like Plex, but with fewer features and a worse interface.
wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Facts. I run both but JF is not ‘family-ready’ and thus sits on my server, receiving updates and idling until that changes. Plex took 5 minutes of explaining and the folks have been happily using it for a few years now.
DAMunzy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 months ago
Same experience for me. Is worth the $5/month for premium access.
dlpkl@lemmy.world 7 months ago
But it’s totally free. You don’t need app unlocks, you can have as many devices as you want, and you can hardware transcode without paying for premium.
Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
Paid ~$100 for the lifetime license 9 years ago. So less than 93 pennies a month.
Throughout that time Emby has constantly been developed bringing bug fixes, UI improvements, and new features; while also providing excellent support as needed on the forums.
TBH I think I’ve vastly underpaid and plan to donate to the project shortly.
In that same time, I’ve seen very few meaningful updates to jellyfin. Just scrolling through their changelogs it’s mostly filled with:
SpeakinTelnet@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
There’s now a whole ecosystem of applications to streamline the download of series (sonarr) and movies (radarr) using torrents or Usenet (prowlarr). Pair those with a good player like Jellyfin or Plex and you have a nice media center that for sure won’t stop working everytime your family tries to watch a movie…
KinNectar@kbin.run 7 months ago
@Wermhatswormhat
Check out Stremio, if you are used to streaming services it is the best equivalent.
@Candybar121 @reddit_sux
Decoy321@lemmy.world 7 months ago
jellyfin.org