LOL.

We pay for 4K, but we don’t get more than 720p unless we use some proprietary shit hardware and agree to their super-invasive “privacy policy” - and they expect people to NOT set sail in the high seas? GTFO…

    • Grass@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      12·
      11 months ago

      I get pissed at my family for being traditional hoarders but I somewhat inherited that as a data hoarder. The amount of stuff I have pirated over the years and not actually used or watched is hilarious.

    • Thermal_shocked@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      11 months ago

      Just upgraded my truenas and plex to 8tb drives. 1600+ movies, 60+ TV series, 40,000 songs. I seed as much as I can, have uploaded over 5TB this month alone. Come get some.

      • glencairn84@lemmy.worldEnglish
        7·
        11 months ago

        I haven’t used Torrents in years, since subscribing to Netflix. But I’m fed up with needing to pay 5+ different subscriptions to get coverage across shows, so perhaps time to think about other options. What are some of the best torrent sites today,?

        • Thermal_shocked@lemmy.worldEnglish
          9·
          11 months ago

          I use OnTheSpot downloader to grab albums from spotify at 320kbps - https://github.com/casualsnek/onthespot

          Use Soulseek (nicotine+) to grab more obscure stuff. Can get everything on there, just sometimes slower and not as reliable as a torrent.

          I use these sites for movies, in order of convenience:

          https://ytssss.jamsbase.com/ (basically just YTS)

          https://www.magnetdl.com/ (search sucks, but if you get used to it, it has huge libraries of TV series)

          https://en.torrentgalaxy-official.site/

          https://rargb.to/

          https://1337x.to/home/

          https://psa.wf/ (PSA RIPS)

          I don’t really download apps anymore, so malware really isn’t an issue, but make sure you’re using UBlockOrigin plugin and a VPN like TorGuard

          • Fred@lemm.eeEnglish
            3·
            11 months ago

            Could try the *arr software. Sonarr is tv, radarr is movies and lidarr is music. You can use jackett to act as an indexer and it will automatically grab the shows.

              • SkippingRelax@lemmy.worldEnglish
                3·
                11 months ago

                I’ve used them for a very long time, maybe a decade if they have been around that long, could be a bit less. I’ve seen them referred to as the *arr suite/software many times. I didn’t know there was a joke to get until you pointed it out, I’m still facepalming.

                So you are not the last one.

                In my defence, I’m not a native speaker, but still…

              • nolight@lemm.eeEnglish
                2·
                11 months ago

                My friends and I have been joking too much about this naming scheme without even mentioning what appears to be the intentional meaning… I feel rather dumb.

            • Thermal_shocked@lemmy.worldEnglish
              2·
              11 months ago

              yeah, i’ve thought about it. but it’s cathartic to find music/movies, download and organize them, choose artwork in Plex, things like that. I’ve got them all organized in media monkey.

            • Thermal_shocked@lemmy.worldEnglish
              1·
              11 months ago

              oh god, the difference between some of my old rips at 128 and 320 is damn near night and day. i though the song just sucked, but the quality was just shit. also found a track that got corrupt, but still played, but at 1/10th the speed, it was about 30 minutes long, but normally only 3 lol. just stretched the fuck out of it.

          • chillsmeit@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            11 months ago

            Regarding music, there’s also the slavart discord and their bot which allows you to download music from different streaming services in lossless formats