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You wouldn't pay for 4k Netflix and then download a Chromebook recovery image in order to extract the aarch64 widevine com blobs and then patch in support for 16k pages and then apply miscellaneous glibc compat workarounds and then spoof your useragent, and install a browser extension to unlock HD resolutions, to legally watch media in only 1080p
At the moment your service becomes even marginally more difficult than piracy, yo ho yo ho. What am I paying you for?
Every single "service" out there is more difficult than Stremio. Exception might be non-english content
In concept. Every single time I've tried to use it I've had issues. The movies stop constantly, files become unreachable for some indiscernible reason preventing me from continuing from the same source, the app bugs out like crazy, some things aren't all that easy to find, the quality isn't always great or there's weird stuff like embedded subtitles or watermarks.
I genuinely thought it was just me but yeah this has always been the case for me. Neat concept but I think that living in the middle of nowhere with crappy internet makes it impossible to use for me.
So I just install the app, sign up, and I can start watching whatever?
you will need to install the torrentio addon and have a vpn. a debrid service isn't needed
You'll likely also need to pay for a Debrid service. It's basically a download caching server, so if one user downloads a file, it's available to everyone.
With Stremio, that means that popular media will already have a zillion options pre-cached. If you want more niche stuff, then you can do the extra step to get your Debrid service to download it for you (assuming there's a public teacher that has it with seeders.)
It should also work for those download/file sharing sites, but I haven't bothered to figure it out yet.
Well that certainly sounds more difficult than any streaming service I've ever used.
This is where I wind up every time I ask.
Eh, it's different. I like that I can choose individual streams for different quality. I watch at 720p on my old TV with crappy WiFi, or 4K on my desktop. Anything mainstream enough to be on a streaming platform will already be loaded, it's just obscure stuff you might need to add yourself, which you'd never get on Netflix anyway.
We usually watch shows in Stremio even if they're on Netflix.
Okay, but I can pretty much guarantee my mom couldn't figure out how to set that up.
But she can get Disney+ going no problem.
Yeah, fair. The setup is a bit technical for sure. You can set it up to default to different settings, though, so it would probably work well if the defaults are set correctly.
Like, my crappy old laptop can only handle H264s, not H265, but you can select video codec as a default. At least, I'm pretty sure you can.
My kids can manage it, and they're only 6 & 8.
You'll need to install the torrentio add-on.
You should use a VPN, but it will work without one.
You can use a debrid provider and remove the other stremio addons you don't use. I've never bothered, and to be honest I don't even really understand what debrid is.
Certainly sounds more difficult than Netflix.
Marginally maybe? Installing an add-on in torrentio doesn't take more than a second, but it isn't a process most people are already familiar with, like entering credit card details to open an account.
except Ukrainian for some reason. I've had a lot of issues with english, polish and russian content, but Cloudstream3 with cloudstreak-extensions-uk never ever stopped working and has all of the content i care for, with high quality dubs from either the source or local tv channels (both sound as good as the og English va)
I am not as worried about DMCA as the author is lol
Here's the blog post about it; https://www.da.vidbuchanan.co.uk/blog/netflix-on-asahi.html
I enjoyed reading this a lot. thanks for sharing
Turns out I don't even care about all that content that much.
Absolutely. My wife flew to her parent place with our toddler and I dont have any idea on what to watch.
All I'm watching is nursery rhymes since they're catchy as all hell.
Yeah that's a lot of work. That's why I just sail the high seas and put stuff on Plex.
Well that was a ride.
I can't believe people even bother with 1080P let alone 4K. Is there unlimtied bandwidth where you all live?
In my part of the world anything above 480p is just asking for a bad time, with no actual improvement on your ability to enjoy the story.
Hmm I can’t decide if this is a joke or if I’m just very privileged in the internet department
Most people in developed countries have internet that can support HD resolutions, yes. Mine even does, and our building's wiring is original to the 50s.
In Canada high speed is over 1 mbps
That speed isn’t universal yet
Respectfully, I'd consider large parts of Canada to be undeveloped. I'm not trying to throw shade or anything, there's just a lot of Canada to develop.
The same is true to a lesser degree in the US and most other very large nations.
You are right it’s not developed and the governments are even taking money away from the undeveloped areas to feed the developed ones because it’s mainly minorities in those areas
Edit: because of the mod deleting, I am still unsure of why recognizing systemic racism is racist
It's not, but I didn't want the comment thread devolving into a heated discussion on racism just because @scoobford@lemmy.zip jumped to entirely the wrong conclusion about your post.
Thank you for clarifying
I agree and I live in Germany and have good internet. Story beats resolution any time
It depends what you are watching it on I suppose. If you're streaming content on a phone, then 480p is probably acceptable to most people. But if your connection can support a higher resolution without buffering issues, then why wouldn't you? Especially if you're watching something on a TV or large monitor, it'll look terrible in 480p.
Edit: I'm assuming when I said "why wouldn't you?" that you have unlimited data. Obviously if you have a data cap then that's a different story.
You know there is only so much bandwidth right? I get so tired of city people and there f'd up realityies.
Don't know why you think you know where I live. And you seem to have completely missed the disclaimer where I said "Obviously if you have a data cap then that’s a different story."
And just FYI, for areas with a decent internet network, whether in the city or not, your data use doesn't impact your neighbors' bandwidth in any meaningful way, assuming your ISP isn't massively over-subscribed. I mean all ISPs are oversubscribed to some extent, but then most people aren't download 24/7, so they typically size the 'pipe' to accommodate peak combined usage.
I'm perfectly well aware that if your local ISP's network is dogshit then this might be more of an issue. That's why they typically have data caps in those areas to discourage bandwidth usage. If you don't have a bandwidth cap then it's really the responsibility of your ISP to provide enough bandwidth for everyone to enjoy. You want to go around ranting at people for watching HD movies, go right ahead, see what happens. Try ranting at your ISP - it might be more effective.
No data cap, and its not even the download speed, though of course that sucks too unless you live in a city, even just wi-fi streaming inside home is shitty with 1080P.
Feel you m8, where i live we are stuck for the most part with 10Mbit/s at most, an that's the high end stuff.
Gigabit internet with no cap so yes. Also I'm used to 1080p so anything lower feels bad tbh
Too much effort, sailing the high seas is so much easier
The image is from this Asahi Linux blog post btw
I would wear this on a T-shirt.
That was a wild ride!