Hello everynyan,
So this is less so a pirating question and more a setup question. Hope that’s okay?
I’m recently getting back into pirating with streaming going down the shitter. I can catch up on best practices w stuff like the mega thread but I basically want to setup a media device for my parents to stream stuff I pirate.
Any of you have recommendations? Only real catch is I don’t want them to have to do much besides turn something on and off. My mom has gotten a lot more computer literate these last years but fiddling w stuff will definitely put her off.
Things I’ve considered:
- Plex server, not really thrilled about streaming stuff straight from my house
- SBC w/ whatever media app is easiest these days and just delivering a new drive w stuff now and then
Thanks, -shitass
Stremio with torrentio and real Debrid. Easiest setup ever and once I set it up for my parents I never needed to touch it again.
Edit: for myself and wifey we use plex and plex_Debrid to load content and it works awesome. Setup was a bit harder and it’s not perfect but it’s my favorite setup
💯 Stremio + rd + torentio setup is a set and forget solution. The easiest one to navigate and play a movie for any of less tech savvy people.
What’s wrong with people suggesting plex lmao
I have setup Streamio + Torrentio+ Real-debrid in my father’s computer. He can uses it really easy and I don’t need to worry about hosting anything. If you want to it work on the TV you would need a Chromecast or Fire stick tv.
As an end user to PLEX, I can say its just the easiest thing to do-navigation wise for your parents. We have a friend in the US that had setting up the server as a hobby but (after 4 years) finally asked for a small monthly maintenance fee. Since moving out of the US it is the only streaming service we use.
Just my 2 cents. -the pirate ship cook
Question - is there a way to make my Plex library always available without having my desktop running non-stop? My Plex downloads live on an M2 on my desktop currently. Second question - I can only access my Plex files from my local network but most people seem to use it from anywhere. What am I doing wrong, or do you need premium for that feature?
Download/stream anywhere: They exposed it to the internet. Either through port forward or through a forward proxy like traefik, nginx, caddy
Always on PC issue: The cloud is just someone elses computer. If you want to run a little server and don’t require loads of cpu/gpu power: Intel NUCs (or equivalent) are a very good option. Very small and compact and the included iGPU is enough for a 4K HDR live transcode.
Doing that with an Intel NUC 11th 1135G7 and JellyfinNo, you need a computer/server of some kind to run all the time to serve that media.
plex/jellyfin server with wireguard running on your router would probably be a good setup as long as whatever device they’re using supports wireguard
or openvpn on the same jellyfin/plex server if wireguard isn’t supported but openvpn is.
Firestick, IPTV Subscription, and TiviMate client has to be the simplest way I’ve found.
If my mom, and grandma can use it, yours definitely can.
Everyone’s naming Plex, but just to be different I’ll throw Emby out there. I haven’t had any issues with it, and there’s a few features it has that I like.
Just to be different and actually FOSS: Jellyfin
Cheap android TV box running kodi. Media on usb hard drive.
Don’t buy those boxes, they’re a ripoff at best and funding real crime at worst.
Is there some cheap android device conspiracy I should be aware of?
I’m in a similar situation. I use 2 plex servers and Synching. Whenever I add media to my server at home, it syncs to their server. Don’t have to worry about random upload spikes.
Great. Now you have two servers to maintain + storage to buy. Idk how much space you’d need but a VPS would almost make more sense.
Why people are recommending Cloudstream? I think it’s easy to use
Cloudstream is awesome but buggy. Sometimes you have to fiddle with sources to get a stream going
