With the recent password sharing crackdown, I decided to ditch my Netflix subscription and try piracy. What I miss about Netflix is scrolling through content and finding something to watch. With piracy I need to know exactly what I am looking for.
So I am wondering if it’s possible to have a Netflix like GUI but powered by piracy? And as this is the pirate world, it shows shows and movies not just from Netflix but also from the other streaming services? And finally it is available on TVs ( Samsung tizen in my case). Something like this would be the best case scenario. Wondering if someone has a similar setup?
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Overseerr is good. nzb360 (android app) is also good in browsing upcoming or popular movies/shows.
You’re looking for something like Plex, Jellyfin, or Emby.
You’ll hear these thrown around a lot. Plex is the most popular with Jellyfin coming up over the years.
This is if you want to host your own media on a “server” at home.
If you want someone else’s media, you can still use these, like someone else sharing their media library with you or you can go the route of something like Kodi that hosts content from elsewhere. The options are almost limitless with this last one.
To add more, combine Plex with Nefarious for a slick automated download solution.
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So I am wondering if it’s possible to have a Netflix like GUI but powered by piracy?
It’s called Plex.
Check out Sonarr and Radarr to automate downloading.
Then there’s tools like Ombi that work with those and Plex to allow your users to make requests that can download automatically
Nah plex suck atleast use jellyfin. I prefer stremio
I had a lot of success with StremIO and the TorrentIO addon, that allows me to stream directly from the torrents of various sites with autoplay, IMDB, remembering where I am at and all that good stuff
This. Stremio is great for discovering content.
Another +1 for stremio and torrentio. Their popular lists don’t update as frequently as I’d hope, but all other debrid solutions require either a learning curve or a bunch of automation. Stremio just works.
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You’re looking for Stremio / Syncler.
I’ve got Stremio + Torrentio on my NVIDIA Shield and haven’t subscribed to any streaming service in literal years. Optionally add Real-Debrid for more/faster streams.
Cloudstream.
Check out overseer, it’s a request system that has a streaming service like UI that pairs with sonaar and radaar.
Isn’t popcorn still a thing?
It’s written specifically for unraid, but given they are mainly python scripts, it may work on other systems.
Requires plex and the *arr stack.
https://www.reddit.com/r/unRAID/comments/14f2bzb/movie_churn_solution_on_plex_autogetautodelete/
Everyone always recommends the torrent solutions, plex and the arrs, but unless it’s something I’m really excited about or want in extra high quality, I find it’s easier to just use the browser streaming sites. In Firefox with ublock there’s no ads, it has subtitles for multiple languages loaded automatically usually, and a nice ui that shows most popular show/movies, and has a good catalogue. There’s lots to choose from, I think the guide has a list, but the ones I use are:
Bflix.gg Hdtoday.cc Fmovies.to
Quick, simple and painless.
I cna vouch for fmovies and there’s also goku dot SX. Firefox plus adblock is the way to go. A lot of these sites also give you imdb ratings and a bunch of other things that regular streaming sites don’t.
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This is fine but doesn’t work unless you’re watching on a device with a decent and usable web browser. Most people are using android boxes and Apple TVs etc so that’s not a viable solution.
There is an app called OnStream that works on Android. If you are okay with putting third party apps (non open source) on your device, that is.
The option to cast a stream from a phone to a Chromecast, Roku, etc has been pretty functional for quite some time now.
That’s just another not ideal situation though. Casting is crap, that’s why people buy media boxes. They get a remote, a UI, apps, etc.
You don’t forego any of those things when you cast.
Your remote still works, you’re in the same media box UI, still only a click away from other apps.
Maybe slightly imperfect, sure. But it works great and I see no reason to act like it isn’t a viable workable option.
I’m having a good experience with Samsung DeX on an 7 year old TV. Gives me a trackpad with keypad on my phone to navigate a full OS on a large screen. In a pinch, I connected a Bluetooth keyboard to my phone and have even used it as a document editor using Google Docs without any hitch.
I love Dex too, but let’s not try to pretend it’s anything more than a niche use case for what OP is asking.
What else can you complain about?
The files these sites rely on are generally the lowest available quality in their resolution, that’s why they aren’t recommended often. Fair play if you don’t care about visual and audio quality, but I find them unwatchable most of the time. The artifacts and distortion detract from the experience significantly.
I second the first, haven’t used the others.
My setup:
Jellyfin for the frontend. Has apps for android, iOS, windows, android TV, bunch of other platforms as well…
Deluge as torrent downloader. It’s old, but it just works without the (in my opinion) complicated configurations of qbittorrent.
Prowlarr to search a bunch of sites simultaneously for torrents.
Radarr to add movies, search them with Prowlarr and add the best torrent to deluge, eventually moving the downloaded content to Jellyfin to view.
Sonarr to do the same as Radarr but for TV shows instead.
Not heard of prowlarr before! Any comments on using it over Jackett?
I would add jellyseer as a nice option to request movies rather then doing it directly through so are/radarr
Nice list but sub out torrenting for usenet. There’s a fee associated with usenet but worth it imo as you get higher quality releases, more likely to find niche stuff and don’t have the issue of no seeders.
Kind of amazed Usenet is still a thing, I assume all the info is somewhere in the megathread how you find your nzbs and whatnot these days?
My favorite period of piracy was back when I did private trackers, and it seems like they’re still around but back then I didn’t have to use a vpn, can you get credit for your seeding through a vpn? I recall them requiring I actually forward a port back in the day. Not getting into any of that mess lol
I would start here: https://www.reddit.com/r/usenet/wiki/index/. I’m using NZBGeek as my main indexer. Cost me $12 USD for a year of access. There’s lifetime for $80 or something but I’ve only just gotten into usenet over torrenting so testing it out. DrunkenSlug is also another highly recommended indexer, currently open for registrations. I’m using their free tier as NZBGeek has been sufficient so far. For my usenet provider I’m using frugal, $40 USD for a year of access. I’ve got this all setup with an old pc running Debian using docker compose with radarr, sonarr, jellyfin, sabnzbd and jellyseerr.
Can’t speak to private trackers as I’ve never used them.
If you have all these setup I’d recommend getting NZB360 on Android. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kevinforeman.nzb360
Omby+Emby+Sonarr+Radarr+BitTorrent= Best Streaming Service
Setup a jellyfin server, and then you can use custom CSS options to outright make jellyfin look and function like netflix.
Example: https://github.com/Automationxperts/jellyflix
There are many more options to completely customize the look and feel. Also you can do this system wide (meaning all clients get what you set up, or you can set it up per client since its just CSS)
Protip - If you like scrolling for inspiration on what to download, check out JustWatch. It’s a site with clean UI that catalogues shoes across streaming platforms.
No piracy, you do that yourself with Plex and the *Arr.
The only one here answer the question about looking for content. The rest are great (plex + *arr stack myself) but it didn’t solve the issue of WHAT media to add to plex/kodi/stremio/etc.
Need to be an *arr or another program we can docker to basically be Just Watch with a click and torrent search.
Jellyseer does just that. You browse popular media and click request and the torrent stuff is handled by the *arr’s
Overseerr is the “*arr” you’re looking for.
This is the answer to the actual question. JustWatch to scroll for shows and piracy to watch them. Came to say it if no one had and scrolled way too far to find it.
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https://portion. Here’s a working link.Oops, thanks for the heads up, fixed on my end.
Mate, https is a very important security and privacy feature. Use a modern browser like Firefox to ensure you are surfing with https always
Similarly, ReelGood is another real good option. But there are many sites where you can track what you watch and get suggestions on what to watch next.
Kino.pub. it costs around £2 per month, but you get all the video content from all over the world, apps for TV and Android, multiple translations and subs, as well as 4K and HDR for some content. And you don’t need to search anything manually all over the torrents and hope for quality.
website doesnt even have a valid ssl cert…
It does, but you need to manually open the https website, they don’t automatically forward your request.
Well that’s not a great start… 😅
