Netflix Windows app is set to remove its downloads feature, while introducing ads
techradar.com
Netflix has managed to annoy a good number of its users with an announcement about an upcoming update to its Windows 11 (and Windows 10) app: support for adverts and live events will be added, but the ability to download content is being taken away.
Netflix must realize that it's a huge frustration for people who relied on offline downloads to watch content without internet access: on planes, trains, and campsites, and anywhere else where Wi-Fi is unavailable or unreliable.
There's a small chance that Netflix will change its mind if it gets enough complaints, but the streaming service seems determined to add as many money-making features as possible, while taking away genuinely useful ones.
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Y’all just need to cancel your Netflix, they are too expensive for far too little
Yup.
They told me I could choose between ads and a 35% price rise.
I replied "I have a better idea"
Can honestly say I've not missed out watching anything I wanted to watch
If I could figure out an easy way for my partner to download content to my Plex library, I'd dump Netflix and Hulu in a heartbeat. I'm picturing an app where they can search for any show or movie, hit download, and it will grab it from my private tracker and toss it on my server. AFAIK something like this just doesn't exist.
Ombi and Overseerr will do this.
https://github.com/darkalfx/requestrr
FYI, that repo says it's an archive and that the new repo is https://github.com/thomst08/requestrr
One of those -arrs can be setup to download automatically when someone adds a movie or show to their watchlist.
I setup overseerr to auto add users added to my plex server and auto approve anything they request or add to their watch list, they just need to login once to my overseerr for their plex account to be linked after that as long as they have the online media thing enabled that is enabled by default they can just search for anything through plex and add it to their watch list and overseerr will auto add it to the arrs and begin the search and download. I have to get in there from time to time to manually do shows that are low quality or in a different language some times but other than that it's all automated, you can even setup another tool that auto deletes things after a certain time so you can manage your storage easier
Very slow reply, but do you have a guide for setting this up?
I’ll second Ombi. It has a slick interface to search for any movie/tv show and when the user presses a download button the backend interfaces with other apps to download the media and provide it to Plex. Having your partner interface directly with Radarr or Sonarr just isn’t as user friendly
You can use the plex watchlist feature to do this. Add the plex watchlist to the arrs and then when anything is added to the watchlist on plex the arrs will see it and add it to the queue. Works great.
I mean I can think of a super easy way for her to do it.
Text you the name. Lol
There are several.
I use Tailscale for it. Install it on your server, give partner access and she can add stuff to your .arr's from anywhere. Simple and free.
You need to buy blurays for that
Canceled mine.
Sailing the high seas works just fine.
The one value streaming services provide is subtitles in languages other than English. Unfortunately there aren't enough pirates in a lot of countries to make foreign media viable.
Try https://github.com/morpheus65535/bazarr
Bazarr is a companion application to Sonarr and Radarr. It manages and downloads subtitles based on your requirements. You define your preferences by TV show or movie and Bazarr takes care of everything for you.
How does it find subs if no one's created the sub file? Does it auto translate them from the original language?
No*. You can add providers which will automatically check for and download (all of) the available subtitles and it can automatically check for new and updated ones so that you don't need to. It can also do synchronization and modifications like fixing uppercase and OCR. It greatly reduces the amount of work that you have to do.
*I just checked the OpenSubtitles.com provider and it has an option for AI translated subtitles in search results.
That’s hilarious, I used to have trouble finding the stuff I wanted in subbed English, could only find dubbed that was changed in significant ways usually.
Yes I was an anime nerd in the late 90’s and 2000’s
My small ass original country with 9m pop has its own subtitle pages for pirated content. You just need to search by title + release group (+episode, if a TV show).
I'm guessing most of them are created by some auto-subtitling services, because most are pretty horrible quality. But still better than nothing.
Is the release group the name of the people who usually upload subs? How would I find that?
For example, I've been trying to find Japanese subs for the show American Horror Story, but the only way I know to look is to search for the title plus subs. But the only result that even comes close is the opensubs site, which doesn't have much Japanese content.
The release group or person is usually a tag at the end of the file name before the extension.
You could try auto-translating the subtitle files content, see how well a job some of the translation services do.
Oh yeah, good point. I didn't think about translating the srt files myself-- I'll see if I can make that work
Not sure if this is helpful but I’ve used this site for my srt for rough translations
https://subtitlestranslator.com/
Oh, that looks promising, thanks. Free translators like google and such have a character limit so I couldn't just copy paste the whole file.
I cant, i share an account with my mom :(
I share my jellyfin with my mom
Must go through a lot of batteries.
I spun up a Plex server for myself, built a NAS, then started inviting friends and family. If I can get multiple users to drop their subs, I’ll be making a larger impact. Fuck streaming subscriptions, I’m pirating content until I die. Now I can pirate for multiple users 🏴☠️
I used to as well until I canceled it, I and my brother both setup plex servers so now they have more content without having to pay extra for sharing an account to a different address
Sure, but im not gonna be constantly trying to find stuff for her or get a constant messages of "can you get this for me?"
You can make it all automated with overseerr, they just search on plex and if you don't have it they add it to their watch list in the plex app, overseerr will auto add it to radarr or sonarr and start searching for it automagically
No sad face friend, it’s not your fault or responsibility, you are already not supporting them!
I am, im the one paying for my mom ;)
Well hell. 😂
I'm going to try doing that. My wife watches it a bit though, and my kids watch it occasionally. I'm thinking I'll set aside $200 to buy whatever series they want, and if that lasts us the year, we've come out ahead.
I need to do the same for Disney+. We really don't watch either enough...
And start sailing the seven seas
But they're actually producing good stuff lately. I've watched more Netflix originals this year than I have in the past 10.
You can pirate, or if you want to do it the "right" way, you can sign up when there's something you want to watch and cancel when there isn't.