I love not being bombarded by ads thanks to pihole and adblockers. I don’t have cable TV either. But without browsing netlifx/Hulu/etc. how do you actually find stuff to watch and discover worthwhile shows and movies to rent from my library?
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I use this to both keep track of current shows im watching, and also to get notified of new shows i might want to watch.
Word of mouth
im not tapped into commercials/the zeitgeist either… i tend to look at the ‘new’ sections of the 'rent sites.
if others are going through the effort, it might be worth takin a look.
trakt.tv via https://github.com/1RandomDev/showly-oss and https://www.themoviedb.org/ I’d prefer a more open alternative but afaik there’s nothing that tracks movies and series at the same time.
For music, there’s https://listenbrainz.org/ but I mostly listen to the old stuff and don’t get flooded with new stuff.
Does showly oss scrobble watched Information for free. I was going to use trakt.tv awhile ago but am not paying a subscription just for that feature so I use another site? Is is showly just a way to view the data feed by trakt.
Edit: Should clarify scrobble watched data from Plex in my case.
I don’t know if plex can scrobble but showly uses trakt and jellyfin + trakt works
I use showly to add movies to my watchlist with two taps. I can hide items on showly, rate a movie quickly and comment on it quickly. I can sort movies. It provides a nice overview, imo. if trakt is enough, don’t use showly.
Yeah, I was doing pretty much all that with trakt already, but wasn’t sure if I was missing anything. I do like the ability to hide shows though.
I get quite a few reccomend actions from the sci-fi/fantasy rss feeds I’m subscribed to. I also get some from suggestions on lemmy.
I use the discover feature on Jellyseer. It makes my life so much easier to see what’s out there now.
This. Plus, when I’m watching something I like, I’ll usually look up actors in it and see what else they’ve done.
Back in the day I used to follow this site for entertainment news, but now mostly from YouTube. O like to watch a lot of trailers so there is always a lot on my feed. I also like vídeo lists like “Top sci-fi movies from the 90s” . Cinefix is a really good channel with that type of content.
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Either word of mouth or browsing the recently added section on my Plex share
I pretty much do the same. I’ll check the recently added and see if something stands out to me, especially when it’s time for new TV seasons to start.
I use Lemmy and ad-blocked YouTube to hear about new things through the communities and channels that cover my interests.
Setting up all these lists, etc isn’t for me - I don’t always know what I’m going to enjoy so seeing everything being added to the Emby share I’m on is fun.
I usually browse the “what are you watching” threads on the trackers I’m on, get suggestions from friends and co-workers, and my wife who still watches network TV to know what to put into my rss feed.
I bought the app nzb360 it has popular, trending new shows and most anticipated sections for TV shows. And something similar for movies.
Love this app so much. Sonarr, radarr, BitTorrent, etc all accessible in nzb360
I never buy apps, but this one was worth it
IMDb gives recommendations based on your ratings for things you’ve seen.
My usual method - see what’s trending on 1337X, then go to IMDB and see what is under “more like this”
And yeah, once you start rating stuff, some of the recommendations are pretty accurate
Other, real people talking about it on sites like this. Finding groups with similar tastes as myself and seeing what they’re talking about. I also just read descriptions while I’m scrolling on the service or whatever and if it sounds good, I might check it out.
