• DanteFlame@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Can someone convince me why jellyfin is better? Keep in mind I’m a lifetime plex pass user. And I have plex stuffed full of plugins like audnexus and YouTube metadata downloader so I can use plex as an audible service and repository for my favourite YouTube series’ or automatically pulling down YouTube podcasts and having all the metadata auto fill.

        I also use the watch together feature to watch things with a friend often and an attractive sleek UI matters more than it should.

      • jayandp@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        I’m still riding Emby, but it feels like they’re also stagnating, with it taking forever(literal years) to implement some seemingly simple features. Too many times have I looked up some desired minor feature just to find out they said on the forums back in 2019 that they’re working on it. That pace might be forgivable if they were a non-profit open-source project, but they ditched open-source a while ago and have paying customers. It’s getting ridiculous.

    • Wren@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Thank you for giving me a new line I can use to make my fiancée roll her eyes lol

  • hardypart@feddit.deEnglish
    6·
    1 year ago

    Netflix, Reddit, Twitter, YouTube, Google…

    The enshittification is going full steam ahead.

    • CallumWells@lemmy.mlEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      You say uTorrent, I say µTorrent. We are not the same ;P

      EDIT: I get µ from [Ctrl] + [Alt] + [m] (or [Alt Gr] + [m]), in case someone wants to be able to do it easily themselves. It might be different on your keyboard…

    • shalva97@lemmy.sdfeu.orgEnglish
      11·
      1 year ago

      qBittorrent does not have a nice web UI for mobile. We should create memes with Transmission instead

  • merthyr1831@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    You know what’s hotter? Running an automated piracy server using Plex (Or Jellyfin i guess xoxo) and the -arr family of apps on a raspberry Pi so you can pretend you’ve got a cute little netflix system :^)

    • boonhet@lemm.eeEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Requires slightly more hardware than a pi, but once you get to the double digit terabytes range of storage, you can honestly have a better plex/jellyfin library than Netflix in any one particular country (except maybe the US? I think US netflix has all the good shows and movies that we’re missing here in Europe).

      Netflix might have more volume, but there’s a lot of low quality shit nobody wants to watch, whereas you can just throw literally every blockbuster ever made on just a couple of terabytes at lower quality levels.

  • Hot Saucerman@lemmy.mlEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    Unlike some, I never took off my pirate hat. That’s been me the whole time.

    Except for the whole not being alone thing.

    • penguin@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      11·
      1 year ago

      I mixed piracy with s couple of tge larger streaming sites for a while. I’m 99% piracy now. (technically have prime video, but don’t watch it)

    • Psythik@monyet.cc
      2·
      1 year ago

      Hijacking this comment cause more people REALLY need to know about Debrid services, such as Real-Debrid. It “caches” torrents, so anything you want can be downloaded instantly at your connection’s maximum bandwidth; no waiting for seeds. And since you’re not distributing anything, you don’t have to pay for a VPN, either.

      EDIT: It’s kind of like a seed box, except it’s more of a collective seed box. So if at least one user added the torrent before, you can download it immediately.

      I have a Gigabit connection and was able to download three different AAA titles, 50+ GB each, play all of them, then decide that I don’t like any of them, all within a couple of hours. It’s mind-blowing how much faster it is than using a torrent client.

      Even better, you can integrate it with your favorite media center app like Plex or Kodi (personally I prefer Stremio for its Netflix-like interface). Now you have every show and film from every streaming platform – all in one place – streamed instantly to your TV. I’ll never use torrent clients ever again. They take too long.

      EDIT: It bothers me that so many people are willing to dismiss Debrid services without even giving them a chance. Here’s proof that this is legit – /r/Piracy megathread on reddit | Video 1 | Video 2 (sorry for the shaky phone video. I just wanted to get this evidence out quickly before people move on to a different thread, and it’s kinda difficult to have a steady hand when you’re trying to film and click at the same time.)

    • boonhet@lemm.eeEnglish
      0·
      1 year ago

      I mean I use Deluge anyway, but Qbittorrent is also libre and actually has a more permissive license (so more freedom)

      Edit: apparently I looked at the wrong qbittorrent in github. The real one is GPL too so no more free than Deluge.

      • cyyypher@lemmy.worldEnglish
        0·
        1 year ago

        qBit and Deluge are both under copyleft GPL, what do you mean with “more permissive”?

        • boonhet@lemm.eeEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          As said in my other comment down the chain, I was looking at another repo named Qbittorrent by accident. That one was MIT.

  • HRDS_654@lemmy.worldEnglish
    0·
    1 year ago

    Then you’re shitty American ISP throttle you for too many downloads. Fuck I hate Comcast, and no they are not fooling anyone changing their name to Xfinity.

    • brimnac@lemmy.worldEnglish
      0·
      1 year ago

      Maybe a useful tip: check to see if the plans that include their modem rental have unlimited bandwidth.

      I’m 99% sure that’s what I’m coasting on, because I don’t pay the extra $$$ for going over any longer.

      Edit: trust me when I say I frequently go over. If there’s a decent image host I’ll take a screenshot of last month’s usage.

      • HRDS_654@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        I’ll have to try to remember to check that. There is a chance I’m going on old info.