• Beacon
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    14 months ago

    My girlfriend pays for Netflix even though we pirate everything at home because she flies and wants to be able to easily download stuff to her phone when she’s at the airport

    • @_pete_
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      24 months ago

      Plex will do downloads too ya’ know?

      • Beacon
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        4 months ago

        Yeah but that’s way way more labor and inconvenience. Even after the server is setup (which was actually very tricky to make it work when i tried it a year ago), and even then you still have to manually download all the content you want ahead of time. Thanks for the suggestion though

        • @_pete_
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          14 months ago

          I mean you do you but I don’t find it that difficult.

          1. download your files, put tv shows in one directory and movies in another
          2. install Plex Media Server, create an account and point it to directories you set up in step 1
          3. install whatever clients on your smart TV or tablets or whatever, sign in with the same account that you setup in step 2 and you should be good to go

          You don’t need to automate downloading files (although it can be really nice when you do!) just grab what you want from a decent private torrent site.

          Yea, Netflix and Disney are easier but Plex doesn’t constantly increase their prices.

          • sickday
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            24 months ago

            Friendly tip: If you’re committed to sailing the seas, you can (and should) always rent a Seedbox. A lot of seedbox services also provide a way to throw up rudimentary services alongside their torrent webclient.

            Both of these services for example, just have a single button to start up a Plex server alongside all the files you’ve already downloaded so you don’t even need to set anything up other than the Plex libraries. Plus since it’s already hosted, you could just share the link if you wanted friends to have access.