There is no denying there are plenty of other methods that work better for others. However if you want:
- Cheap
- Quick & Easy Setup
- Run on any device (Exception for iOS but you can get around this with Stremio Web + VLC)
- Whole Movie + TV Shows catalog to browse. Seeing trending items is handy.
Only issue I have had is niche Movies or TV Shows just do not have a Real-Debrid entry to stream so I’ll have to manually search, but this is rare.
I have a pretty advanced setup. Big dual xeon server with 40TB of drives. Dockerized everything running radarr, medusa, deluge, jackett, vpn etc. I’m a pixel snob and love the 4k remuxes with lossless Dolby sound for my Atmos speaker setup.
BUT I read about stremio toreentio and RD a few times here in this community and thought I’d install it on my NVIDIA shield.
And we use it ALL THE TIME!
It’s just so easy even for someone with my hugely automated setup.
It’s perfect for anything you’re probably only going to watch once.
The Sopranos, The Wire, Better call Saul… Yeah download it cause I rewatch it often.
Fboy Island or whatever guilty pleasure reality tv garbage… Stremio it is.
1917 or The Godfather. Download highest quality. Legally Blonde for movie night with my daughter … stremio.
It’s a great little app and setup.
It’s not about the space. It’s that it’s just like Netflix. You browse and see something and play it directly. There’s no planning needed… Even if that is as simple as a quick search on radarr. And no waiting for the torrent to finish even if it’s usually less than 10 mins.
Instant gratification.
I’m in Australia and no VPN for stremio because I use real-debrid. As I understand it I’m just direct downloading from there. If I didn’t have RD and had to torrent for stremio I’d use a VPN for sure.
Greetings from across the ditch, I never use vpn for torrents as it’s not actively monitored here at the moment. Is that different over there?
I guess you are not renting that setup from someone, right? (colo?) I am asking because I have been renting a dedicated server from Hetzner for a few years now (one AX line, other from auction - got a good disc space with it) and with the price hike it’s getting a bit costly (and can’t self-host).
I’m curious why someone who is able to afford 40TB of drive space is interested in piracy. Is it more about archiving and ownership than saving a buck?
I’m not the guy above, but I dont see how they’re comparable really. One is god knows how many monthly subscriptions for the rest of time, or the up front cost of storage.
I’m subscribed to 4 different streaming services and it’s still not everything. Also I’m not giving Rupert Murdoch a cent for all the damage he’s done to Australia. And Foxtel is owned by him and the only way to get any HBO shows for instance. And even if you paid them they only do 1080p.
How is it setup to your tv? I love using it but currently it’s only when I’m at my desk watching. Want to figure out a setup for the living room
I have a seed box and big Nas at home. I’m interested in just streaming anime and tv content I hate downloading them.
Is this what I need? How privacy focused is it? Where does content come from?
TLDR?
TL;DR:
* Stremio is a digital media player that allows you to stream high-quality videos and add subtitles.
* Torrentio is an unofficial add-on for Stremio that allows you to stream movies and TV shows from torrent sites.
* Real Debrid is a debrid service that allows you to connect directly to a server instead of having your IP shared in peer-to-peer and to speed up performance.
Privacy is good. You are just streaming the links through HTTPS link that Real Debrid offer you. You can use without a VPN but if you want to be cautious you can use one on top of it.
Sounds like a seed box? Im assuming it’s a paid service do they take untraceable payment methods?
Similar to a seed box but not the same. Real-Debrid is just another Debrid service. You can use another other Debrid service that Torrentio supports. Real-Debrid just happens to be the cheapest and most used of the bunch.
From what i understand, Stremio is just an interface, it doesnt work without plugins
Torrentio is the main plugin you want. The one you use your real debrid account on.
Real debrid is a service that torrents your movie for you, so you are not the one torrenting. Its potentially faster bc if its a movie that it has saved already, maybe because someone else downloaded it recently, you dont have to wait for the torrent to complete. RD also has the bonus of being able to download from multiple file hosters as a premium user.
Anyways when you configure stremio and search for the movie, it will look for any torrent and then you can stream it directly, without downloading.
I really only want books, but all I have is an iOS device…if you had an easy for that I’d be interested
Zlibrary / libgen and just open the files in apple books. Works across devices for me.
It’s actually kinda mental how easy it is. Do you really read books on your iPhone though? I kinda ended up shelving a dozen epubs but not opening the app.
I don’t think piracy is the best solution for books, instead download an e library app like Libby. Then connect one or multiple library cards (some major libraries allow you to get an e-card even if you don’t live in the city). Now you have easy access to a huge catalog of books and ebooks that sync across devices
Start with your local library and any other libraries in your area, because they should be free to sign up for.
Then there are some that have an annual fee for out of state residents, this article covers many of them. I’ve heard that you can get around this fee at some libraries by picking a random in state address, though I’ve never tried it myself.
Additionally, the Seattle public library allows a free card for anyone in the US under the age of 26, and Brooklyn public library does the same for anyone under 21.
I second the library. If you’re looking for something too niche for a library’s online section it might be too niche for whatever piracy solution you can find on iOS anyways. Plus, your taxes are paying for it, might as well use it!
Start with your local library. Mine lends tens of thousands of ebooks. It also has partnerships with other local libraries in the region that allow me to borrow from their collections as well.
I don’t think there is such a thing as inter-library loans for ebooks but you should be able to borrow from pretty much any library in the country if you are willing to wait for a paper copy to be shipped to your local branch. There may or may not be a fee associated with this but my local library allows me ten ILL requests a year for free.
Libraries are such an underrated and underutilized resource.
It doesn’t get much easier than using library genesis on your iOS device. You’ll have a book within seconds.
Yeah the UI is not the greatest.
Libgen.fun, search for a book, press it, click one of the download buttons. Usually numbered like 1,2,3,4,5. I tend to pick the first one. Then you get a large download text, press it, then save file.
Thanks so much for this post. Spent the last 30 minutes installing this on my SmartTV. Don’t think I’ll be using Kodi again.
I got tired of kodi’s shit configuration interface and came across a tutorial for setting this up (pre-reddit enshitification) about a year ago and it has hugely changed how we consume media in our house.
