Stolen from mastodon

Their caption “look, it’s all my favorite streaming services on one platform!” Is probably better than mine lol

  • Carrot@lemmy.today
    11·
    1 day ago

    Hi, if you want to set up a safe, fully-automated streaming service that you can connect to from any device, reach out to me. The only cost to you is the VPN and hard drives if you already have a computer.

    You can have your own media server that automatically downloads all the new episodes of shows you want across all streaming services, and your friends and family can even request movies/shows they want to see from a web UI and those will also be automatically downloaded. All using free and open source software. Completely ad free.

    Anyone here that also knows how to set this up should also offer to help others, as it is pretty much the only way to break free from streaming services.

    • x00z@lemmy.world
      6·
      1 day ago

      Anyone here that also knows how to set this up should also offer to help others,

      I don’t have the knowledge to do this reliably as I do not have the money for my own setup. But I do offer free Linux support! :D

      (I’m not a wizard it’s just basic support)

      • Carrot@lemmy.today
        2·
        20 hours ago

        Thank you for offering! If we make an effort to pull those around us out from under these monolithic, predatory companies, we will be doing our part to make the world a better place

    • Lukas Murch@thelemmy.clubEnglish
      4·
      1 day ago

      Carrot, if you are able to point us torrent-curious folk in a direction, that would be most appreciated. (I currently have a Superbox, but have used Plex in the past.)

      • Carrot@lemmy.today
        4·
        23 hours ago

        Sure. If you are comfortable with computers, this should be a breeze. I currently use Docker as my server platform, which can run on top of any OS you want, but I run it on debian. I run a Gluetun container + Mullvad for VPN, qBittorrent as the torrent client, Jellyfin for media, Jellyseerr for user requests, Sonarr for TV management, Radarr for movie management, and Prowlarr for torrent indexers. All of these run on separate docker containers. There’s some trickiness for getting all the sketchy traffic going through the VPN, but there are plenty of guides out there, and in DMs I’m willing to offer support, albiet pretty slowly. If you have used Plex in the past, you can replace Jellyfin + Jellyseerr with Plex + Overseerr and the rest of the system can stay the same (although plex has been making some weird moves lately, and isn’t free or open source, so I’d stick with Jellyfin if you can get past a relatively ugly UI).

        The nice thing about this setup is it’s pretty easy to expand to music, ebooks, and audiobooks as well, but for those media types there is less automation for user requests. I haven’t had any issues with scaling up either, I’ve currently got 150+ TB of media.

    • kilonova@lemm.eeEnglish
      2·
      1 day ago

      Presumably this is radarr/sonarr, which I can definitely vouch for if it is. Absolutely awesome, but since I’ve been using stremio with real debrid I haven’t found the need for them anymore.

      • Carrot@lemmy.today
        2·
        23 hours ago

        I agree that Stremio is probably best for less tech-savvy users, but I prefer recommending open source over proprietary, free over paid subscriptions, and self-hosted over relying on some company to remain in service. I also prefer having local copies of my media so that I don’t lose anything to no seeders on old media. Of course, there still is a cost component for me, I have to buy hard drives and maintain the server myself.

        However, I just want people to move off of streaming services, so if you can help others with a streamio + real debrid setup, please do!

        • kilonova@lemm.eeEnglish
          2·
          10 hours ago

          I do agree with you, but Stremio has been around for 10 years, Real Debrid for around 15. To me it doesn’t seem like one of those copycat services that come out every few months after the previous one gets taken down. Seems it’s here for the long haul. It’s also not very expensive at all. Real Debrid is all you need to pay for and it’s something like £7.50 for 3 months. With this setup, you gain access to basically everything. Apple TV, Netflix, Prime shows, Disney etc.

          Not trying to convince you at all. I appreciate what you’re saying. Just thought I’d give a little more info.

          If people want to check it out, look into Stremio + Torrentio + RealDebrid. It can be setup on a Firestick also.