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An advice from Grandma (feddit.nl)

submitted 2 months ago by moe90@feddit.nl to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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[-] fernlike3923@sh.itjust.works 25 points 2 months ago

Torrent streaming 😎

[-] Rexios@lemm.ee 9 points 2 months ago

This kills the torrent

[-] fernlike3923@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

AFAIK Miru keeps the streamed torrent downloaded and seeds it in the background.

Edit: My bad, it seems to be a feature coming to version 6 of Miru, but currently it's not available.

[-] scorp@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago

how so?

[-] Rexios@lemm.ee 13 points 2 months ago

It depends on how you’re streaming it, but if you use some service that streams a torrent directly and then throws it away afterwards you took the torrent data without contributing anything back to the swarm

[-] bitfucker@programming.dev 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Yeah, but as you said, it is highly dependent on the implementation. Theoretically it is possible that the user is also seeding the previously downloaded/streamed chunk (via WebRTC for example if using a browser). That reminds me of a madlad that stores data on a ping packet (see suckerpinch channel on youtube, specifically his video titled "Harder Drive")

[-] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago

If you all stream and I'm feed up with you leeching without contributing, who will seed?

[-] Petter1@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago

Can one not seed while stream? Like keeping cache after you have seen that part and seed that part?

(I have little knowledge on new torrent stuff since I found a net that can be used)

[-] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago

Dunno. If the client does it.
I know there are ways thr request a specific section of a torrent to essentially stream it and once you are done keep it in seed.

[-] fin@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago

Cool. How can I do that?

[-] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 13 points 2 months ago

Most torrent clients should have an option to download sequentially. The wording of the option may be different for each one.

[-] filcuk@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago

On Android, something like Flud with VLC is an ok local & manual option.

[-] fernlike3923@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago

Miru for anime is pretty good.

[-] gunpachi@lemmings.world 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Stremio with Torrentino also works.

Haven't tried Miru, thanks for suggesting. I'll check it out.

[-] scorp@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago

i still don't understand how logging in to Miru with Appimage works, i authorized it and Anilist lists Miru in the Apps section but it's still not logging me to Miru

[-] Artopal@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago

I think it's a bug. I can't login either. I'm on manjaro.

[-] scorp@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

okay i figured it out, you have to create a .desktop file for miru in .local/share/applications and it must contain this line:

MimeType=x-scheme-handler/miru;

you can use Gear Lever which adds Appimages to the applications menu and creates the .dekstop file automatically for you so you don't have to do everything manually even the line above, it also has an update mechanism too

it's preferable to Temporarily use Brave or a chromium browser as the default for it work properly if Firefox is your default

[-] Artopal@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

I will try the trick changing the default browser, thanks!

[-] gunpachi@lemmings.world 1 points 2 months ago

Try logging into anilist in a browser that has been installed as a native package. Then temporarily set it as the default browser and open Miru then try 'login with anilist' .

This worked for me.