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[–] mr_MADAFAKA@lemmy.ml 94 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 20 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

She knows what makes men happy

Not just men i think

[–] SparrowHawk@feddit.it 47 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Torrenting will become huge again

[–] sanpo@sopuli.xyz 45 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I mean... when did it stop being huge?

It's just back to business as usual.

[–] SparrowHawk@feddit.it 13 points 3 weeks ago
[–] punkisundead@slrpnk.net 34 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

I feel like all people recommending torrenting here are not really understanding the users of those streaming portals. I use them because I dont want to torrent the newest anime epiaode every week and I dont want any automated torrenting setups, because every mistake/fuck up might result in a 3 to 4 digit fine.

I torrent when it actually makes sense for me (high quality or offline viewing) and stream the rest. I am grateful for all those that provide me with those streaming sites and I regularly recommend them to friends after I install an adblocker for them.

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 30 points 3 weeks ago

They are pointing to a solution, not saying streaming is bad.

[–] Infynis@midwest.social 8 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Where are you that you could face such a steep punishment? Setting up safe, automatic tormenting is really easy

[–] averyminya 8 points 3 weeks ago

It's legitimately a non issue, set the torrent software to only connect to the VPN end point

[–] punkisundead@slrpnk.net 4 points 3 weeks ago
[–] dragonlobster@programming.dev 7 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Why don't you just use real debrid or something and stream the torrents remotely?

[–] kratoz29@lemm.ee 4 points 3 weeks ago

I am gonna give you a couple answers for that based on what I have read in other places such as Reddit, perhaps OP does not agree with them.

  1. RD or debrid services in general are paid services and it goes against their piracy beliefs (This is the silliest thing I could ever read... It only makes sense if you don't care for quality and/or you haven't tried a debrid service in your life).

  2. Streaming torrents even paired with debrid services or VPNs (not needed when using a debrid service, or in some countries for bare torrenting) is more cumbersome than just using a website (even in this day and age when Stremio exists), which I kinda agree with them... But you get what you pay for... Am I right?

  3. They just don't have a clue of what a debrid service is.

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[–] gazby@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] punkisundead@slrpnk.net 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I use one, but its a cheap legacy contract and I literally just torrent there, seed till I have a ration if 1 and then download to my own hardware

[–] gazby@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 weeks ago

That's about what I'd expect 🤷‍♂️ What about the flow isn't working for you? (genuine question and am happy to help 👍 )

[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 33 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (5 children)

Like others I've ~~seen~~ been torrenting my episodes instead, but man... I miss the convenience.

Don't get me wrong - torrents are great, but for me they're the best when I want to binge watch a complete series and/or keep it indefinitely. I'm typically following ~10 series/season = episodes/week; I need to find the series in a certain torrent site, then download it, watch it, seed it... it's a bit of a bother, you know.

[–] OmegaLemmy@discuss.online 18 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Hey.

Want convenience?

Miru is more convenient than even crunchyroll from what I experienced.

https://miru.watch/

[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Going to test this later, thank you!

[–] OmegaLemmy@discuss.online 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I liked it. I really liked it.

It got a .deb version, not just appimage. Installed without issues.

The interface is clean, and I could easily find series that I enjoy, both on- and off-season. (Tested with DanMachi V and Hikaru no Go). For neither it felt like I was watching it from torrents, there was no stuttering at all.

I use MAL instead of AL, but importing the list was easy enough. It's less one thing to do, great - now I don't need to update the anime list manually!

[–] OmegaLemmy@discuss.online 4 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

My biggest issue with it was how it didn't work well unless it was a flatpak, and even then apparently the dev has issues with the flatpak leaking ram

Flatpak is now EOL, I might have to take care of that myself unfortunately

(If you want to support the dev, the app is being sold on android, you can use it on your android TV)

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[–] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 1 points 2 weeks ago

Awesome, thanks!

[–] kratoz29@lemm.ee 9 points 3 weeks ago

I miss the convenience.

I busted off my convenience for a little bit when setting up Plex + Riven + Zurg (the same could be said about my Arr stack) after that huge learning curve it is all about convenience baby, I get all my stuff in all my devices with one single account, keep the progress of the full library even pair it up with services such as Trakt, and I can even share the love.

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I know there are ways to have torrents automatically download when they appear, so you could set it up to have your episodes download as soon as they're ready and you can watch them at your convenience. I don't recall how, but I know I've read about that, but never needed it myself. I'm sure it's easy to find the resources online.

[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 3 points 3 weeks ago

I ended picking Miru (from another comment) up to watch anime, so I won't automatise the system - I'll use the RSS just to warn me when there are new episodes. That said, this extension (to allow transmission to download from rss) plus this site (to sift the RSS feed, so you don't download e.g. individual episodes alongside batches) could help.

[–] ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Setting up Sonarr is pretty easy, and using it is even easier. I definitely recommend it. Works great for me with Plex/Jellyfin.

[–] Petter1@lemm.ee 3 points 3 weeks ago

If you want convenience, go for jellyfin/plex, radarr, sonarr, browlarr, usnet/torrent indexer and jellyseer.

Nothing is more convenient.

[–] ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago

Sonaar with Plex/Jellyfin is about as convenient as you can get. The only thing missing from torrents, usenet, and now even Crunchyroll itself is comments.

[–] huquad@lemmy.ml 20 points 3 weeks ago

Cut off one head and two more shall appear. Hail hydra!

[–] llama@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

My favorite anime website is down; good thing FMHY has a bunch of great ones to choose from. Migrating sucks, though.

[–] incognito08@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Thank God we have torrents, but what makes me most sad about this is that many of these sites have unique catalogs that torrents don't have or that you can never get seeds from... being honest, I would 100% migrate to torrent if it didn't have this small big problem.

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[–] GlenRambo@jlai.lu 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

So. What android apps and extensions are still best? Dantotsu with extensions seems hit and miss. Probably due to these takedowns.

[–] OmegaLemmy@discuss.online 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Polkira@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Am I missing something or is Miru $13.99 for the Android app? Just want to make sure I'm looking at the right thing before I buy it. Also really surprised something like this is on Google Play.

I was using Aniyomi but I think ot's almpst at the end without extension updates...

[–] OmegaLemmy@discuss.online 1 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Yeah, it should be the right one

It's free on desktop but because donation goal wasn't hit he made it paid on android to cover for his time

It's a seamless experience, but I would understand it if you pick streamio over it because it's paid

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[–] DeeBeeDouble@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 weeks ago

Do streaming sites actually work for others? Like reliably? At least for me, sometimes they work okay, and I can watch a movie without any buffering, but most of the time I have to deal with lots and lots of buffering. Sometimes every few seconds even. Maybe it's because of the VPN? Never tried it without. But then again, even with a VPN, I get around 75Mbps.

[–] Pandantic@midwest.social 7 points 3 weeks ago

I noticed Animix Player doesn’t have “no ads” servers anymore and even when it opens the ads it doesn’t play. 😭

[–] SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

And Netflix/Hulu/etc. new accounts are skyrocketing, I presume?

[–] tengkuizdihar@programming.dev 9 points 3 weeks ago

It would be funny if no observable increase in new user happens

[–] therealjcdenton@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Good riddance, the less people who watch anime the better our society will be as a whole

[–] LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 9 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)
[–] Snowpix@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 weeks ago

Low quality bait.

As much as I enjoy Deus Ex (i see your username) please kindly perform of the act of self sodomy in your own spare time please

[–] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 2 points 2 weeks ago

Over 30 anime piracy websites shut down

Holy crap! Are any private trackers hit?

streaming sites like Aniwave

Oh so nothing changes for me, gotchu. They could've been clearer in the title.

[–] pkill@programming.dev 1 points 2 weeks ago
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