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Nuvio - it uses the same stremio addons, you can import your settings. Nuvio can do more too.
But when Stremio shits the bed, have you checked that all of your addons are up to date, have you disabled any of the default addons (e.g. cinebye)? Have you tried to login to your stremio profile on a different platform or another version of Android to see if has the same issues?
I fricking love Nuvio on my Android but I couldn't believe how featureless the windows version was, atleast when I last used it.
The Android version had so many features and adjustments and it even felt faster than Android Stremio.
that don’t require learning hours of self hosting stuff like Jellyfin?
Jellyfin doesn't require "hours of learning". It takes minutes to setup, you can literally just copy/paste commands if you use Linux and if you use Windows then you just run a .exe file.
So I can have that hooked up to the open net through my NAS at home with zero security issues of accessing it through other devices?
Does this not leave my internet exposed in a dangerous way?
Or, do I have to learn about firewalls and limited access and the ability to inspect the traffic going through? And how to set up tailscale and only have one port open, etc. Etc.
Sure it doesn't require learning anything if I want to get pwned
Get a free netbird acct. it’s also real easy to setup. Just connect your client and server devices and then point your Jellyfin client to your server’s netbird (vpn) ip.
You could use plex instead, that takes care of all the remote access and security stuff, but for a fee.
Okay self hosting means you use an old laptop or raspberry Pi to run a server with all the movies and TV series and stuff right?
My question is, how do you get these movies and TV series and stuff if you self host?
Or am I wrong entirely?
That's pretty much what self hosting is. You can get more complex if you really want to, but it's traditionally where old household computers go to live out their autumn years.
As far as getting the content? I have a feeling the wiki in the sidebar could give you a torrent of answers
There's a way to get all the movies and series and stuff with automated tools? Won't that take weeks or months to download and wouldn't they need soo much hard-disks?
It depends on your needs, but sure, there's tools out there. I think that's what the *arr stack is all about but people have been doing it manually for as long as the internet's been around.
Whatever media you're downloading, you only have to hold onto what you want though. So like, yeah, video eats up storage space. When you're curating a collection you have to decide what's worth keeping, what might be worth backing up to physical media, and when it's worth expanding your storage.
A torrent uses Peer-to-peer (P2P) networking. The way it works is that each client downloading a file is potentially also uploading a file. If you have a lot of peers, it typically moves faster. A popular torrent could let you download media far quicker than you could you consume it.
This also means it can run afoul copyright law depending on your jurisdiction. Example: in Canada it's only a violation to upload copyrighted content, but downloading isn't actually a crime. That said, not all torrented files are protected by copyright, it's a technology that can be used for any file.
If you don't want people to see what you're downloading or are wondering if you might receive a copyright strike, I strongly encourage you to read the FAQ and ISP Complaints sections, and pay particular attention to what they have to say about VPNs.
You are not wrong, but my understanding (and how i use mine) could also be wrong
Stremio is for streaming
Jellyfin is a self hosted media manager and relies on you having the files...if you dont have the files downloaded/stored its gonna give you nothing to display.
I set aside a day last year and set up a self host, once up and running its actually quite low maintenance. I use it for stuff i watch regular or that I want to keep (viewed and managed by JF). Also my shows because it just picks up new episodes in the background. Convenient.
For casual streaming when i dont know what i want to watch/check out a new show...its stremio.
You can do the same kind of live streaming with Jellyfin/Plex using Decypharr. It's more complicated to set up, though.
Isn't streamio just paying somone else to leech torrents for you and stream you the results? Just grab the show using sonarr or something and delete it if it's not to your liking.
The official way to get movies and TV series for self hosting is to purchase them on physical disc, then rip that media to your computer so you don't need to swap out discs anymore.
There are also tools to rip the movies from streaming sites. Depending on how you want to do it, there's various tools to download the content, but it's a bit of a war between the streamers and the end users.
There's also ways to download that content from people who share it online. Depending on where you live, this might be completely legal, it might get you fined, it might get your internet shut off, or it might get you put in jail. The worst most people get is a letter telling them to knock it off, but you should look into the laws where you live to find out for sure.
https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/c/piracy has some guides on it.
I see! Thank you for answering! I guess I'll stick to Stremio for now, I really don't have the required things to start self hosting or pirating thousands of movies and series to start my own thing.
Okay self hosting means you use an old laptop or raspberry Pi to run a server with all the movies and TV series and stuff right?
You don't have to have a second PC, although that is the most common method. My Raspberry Pi 4 is not powerful enough for the quality I watch at so I use it as a Navidrome server for music and have Jellyfin running on my main PC instead. Ideally, I would have another mini PC for Jellyfin but my setup still works fine currently. It's just a bit clumsier and uses more power.
My question is, how do you get these movies and TV series and stuff if you self host?
Through P2P file sharing like torrenting.
My main PC is slow enough already and I don't have a 2nd PC, I think I'll save money to get one. Until then, I'll use Stremio, thanks for answering!
I also think stremio is throwing out a lot more errors lately and am ready to start looking for a backup.
Self host is not for everyone.
Normal stremio was bugging on my PC as well, basically it crashed after like 30 seconds. I started using Stremio Enhanced. It seems fine now. It also has themes and plugins, but i didn't mess with that.
I gave up on stremio a few weeks ago.
First the torrent search plugin I had been using only showed a very few releases. Then after changing to another search plugin my debrid provider was telling me almost everything had been DMCA'd, then when trying to find a new debrid provider several of the larger ones couldn't take my payment.
IDK if something changed, or if these frustrations have been creeping in and I only just encountered all of them at once.
I started using stremio because it was the quickest and easiest "search to watch" for someone who doesn't care to keep the content lying around. As that no longer seems to be the case I'm just downloading torrents from 1337x again.
RealDebrid did start flagging for DMCA. There's supposedly some work around, but it's made me need to find a new debrid service.
It's notoriously bad through TV if you're running through there. I have VLC installed on TV and through the stremio settings, playback, default player - set to external. Since using VLC I have had so many less issues. I haven't had any issues on device, but I don't use it much there. Having said that, once I also had to refresh my API key and cleared the cache for good measure and that also helped.
Hope it helps you!
I remember when that app worked reliably...
So does pepperidge farm.
Who is 'Stremio Man?' 😀
I open stremio (webserver enabled) then swap to the webapp web.stremio.com, works a lot better for me. Actual app crashes sometimes now.
My issue is torbox has sucked the whole last year since I got it, long before realdebrid started having it's issues. Next black friday im swapping to premiumize maybe.