How to pirate movies casually?
Normally I don't have much time to watch movies, and for the occasional one Netflix is good enough. But once a coupple of years there is a specific one I want to see which is not on Netflix.
Normally I can find it on ThePirateBay, but sometimes it's offline.
So my question is, how to get a movie like "Sing 2" in a easy way like I used on TPB now in 2023.
If you wanna go really casual, there's sites like https://movie-web.app which will let you stream most movies in decent quality.
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What I learnt the other day from this community.
This. You'd be surprised how much good stuff you can find on those and similar services. Once I learned about them, I practically stopped torrenting.
The quality is terrible, though. All of these sites rely on the same bitrate starved YTS rips. It's why torrenting remains popular for people who care about presentation, because you have so many more options than just the absolute bare minimum.
And how ass the buffering can be at times too. I've switched to stremio for the family, and torrent movies I want to see offline.
It is a hosted version of open source movie-web app
https://github.com/movie-web/movie-web
This is stupidly easy, says someone who likes to watch quick and easy stuff with Stremio and Torrential.
I'm wowed.
I use torrents-csv https://torrents-csv.ml/ and find the movie I want and download it. I'm like you, I hardly watch movies, this is the most seamless way for me to do it.
Nice
Would recommend Stremio with Torrentio plug-in, works great on Google TV
Once set up, it's the laziest way to watch something. Torrentio does have an issue finding torrents for specials and other extra video content.
With realdebrid it's even better :) But yes special content is hard to find, I still have to revert back to usenet for some content.
well with premiumize it's even better :) they cache usenet and DDL links too. I've had way more success with obscure titles on there than i did with realdebrid
More information about this premiumize? First time hearing about it.
I did some research and found mixed reviews. It's also quite expensive. I also tried Uncloud via Onion but the couple of NZB's I tried failed, probably out of retention, even though they were <1000 days old
Instead, I signed up for Easynews for US$36 for 1 year (via here instead of US$10 / month. Then I installed this Stremio plugin. Some of my shows were not on RD, but I can find them on Easynews. And the good thing is that I can also use it with my *arr + nzbget set up :)
@Black_Gulaman@lemmy.dbzer0.com you may be interested in this as well.
Thank you so much! i will definitely save this comment . I'll try it when my RD subscription ends.
I'm a bit less happy as EN buffers a lot here. Could be my location. So please try before you buy.
Thanks for the heads up. I hope you resolve that issue in the near future, and I hope that I could catch it in the trial phase if it will indeed be an issue where I'm located.
I emailed their support, which sent some standard replies, but it had some useful information. Apparently they have a manual server selector. After doing some tests and switching to a closer server, it seems better! So that could be worth a try.
Yeah, I'm stuck with them for a year now, luckily only $36 :D And comes with free VPN.
Workaround is to install Kodi and then the Fen plugin which has better support for Easynews. Could be my fallback option.
Thank you for this, I'll look into this a little more before buying something !
Go on, this interests me. as an RD user, I'm always interested in knowing that there is a better service.
How does one find stuff on usenet?
I've got a lifetime account at nzbgeek. There are free sites as well, but most of them don't have an API. I've automated it all with sonarr/radarr and nzbget.
yts . mx
everything is organised great
no cam bullshit, everything is bluray or webrip
i think movies there are a bit compressed, but personally i dont even notice it
a better alternative for new movies is psa. wf
their quality is exceptional with small size.
Fair enough if you have no standards but don't pretend it's a choice between YTS and remuxes with nothing in-between. There is a very noticeable increase in quality just going from YTS to anything slightly larger.
Oh, no. I'm not ignoring the other options, just wanted to make a clear example, as bad as it was haha. I just like small sizes since quality isn't the highest priority of mine, just like how I love FLACs and cannot deal with 320mp3.
can you recommend some of the websites that have those slightly larger versions? I would prefer if they are well organised like yts (multiple qualities/versions on the same page, cover pictures, ratings, good search...)
1337x and TorrentGalaxy are generally pretty decent. Compare bitrates for audio and video and take note of the names of the release group. You'll start to develop a mental list of names to look for. In terms of films, I'd recommend looking for Tigole releases on 1337x as a starting point.
I use torrent galaxy, that seems to work pretty well.
Qbittorent to get the thing you want. Recommended to get a VPN while doing so.
Dump the file into a flash drive and plug into a TV. Or setup a shared network drive. Or set up a Plex server with a basic Music/TV/Movie folder structure , have Plex scan it, and stream like your other streaming apps.
Once I have downloaded it I can play it in VLC on my computer and choose the cromecast as the renderer which works great, the only thing not working are the subtitles.
Definitely would second Plex. Previously I just had an external hard drive with my library on it but that isn't as accessible.
With Plex, you can easily get started just installing it on a personal computer and let it grow over time. I had mine on my personal computer for years before recently upgrading to a NAS and it's top tier. Makes streaming to any device effortless and helps you organize your library
This thread is great.
This thread has been the first time I've been downvoted for a good faith comment I made lol
If you've an option to install android apps, then OnStream is a good option.
Second option is HDO.
They generally have 1080p videos, but can also have CAM prints.
I have a Chromecast 4k with Google TV which is android. So theoretically I might be able to install it. But I don't need it very often. And to be honest on the 4k TV if possible I'd rather watch in 4k if possible. And it seems that with torrents often you can find a 4k version.
I've got the same device, it's awesome! I'm using stremio and real debrid and it's great. I replaced the stock launcher and now have Stremio feeds on my home screen instead of all the default ads/crap in the stock launcher.
In my country torrent sites are blocked, so I use a search plugin for qBittorrent to find Linux ISOs. I don't quite remember which one I use or how I installed, but it was quite simple. Google is your friend.
Make sure to use a vpn when your country cares about this stuff. Its not fun to pay 800€ for one episode of the fucking walking dead. (Germany)
I heard Germany is way too aggressive with this. I wonder what will happen if I were to travel to germany and download copyrighted material on my mobile data
When you torrent in Germany from your home without a vpn its just a matter of time when you will get the letter to pay. On mobile you should be safe since afaik you share an IP with all the people who use the same cell tower, but this could be dangerous misinformation. Also the lawers are trying to get the easy money, I think when they see a tourist downloaded something they dont bother.
It is, one can and will be pinpointed using a timestamp and the IP address and the port. These information are always unique per user.
So, how so you so it without Torrent then, in Germany? Usenet only?
Use a VPN. Also I am only using private trackers which minimizes the risk drastically. But Usenet is also fine. When I still tried to get German content oftentimes you will find OneClickHosters though, but I only get english content nowadays, so the scene could habe changed.
They don't care about individual downloaders that much here and I genuinely don't use it that much.
Why in the ass would you need a plugin for downloading Linus ISOs which are free and non-illegal
Oftentimes anything copyrighted like warez, music and movies are called 'linux isos' to hide the fact that you are doing something shady.
Like: "I got a NAS with 20TB of Linux Isos to enjoy."
Oh. Okay good to know. But wouldn't it be redundant to use something like this here in a piracy sub
Sure. Buts its also an inside joke.
Jackett?
Probably not, I'd assume they're using the plugins for the built-in search
Jackett can be incorporated into qbittorrent's built-in search function.
Oh, I didn't know that. Cool, thanks for the tip
(Make sure you’re doing this all behind a VPN)
I don’t personally trust the free streaming sites. I torrent the bare mp4 or mkv file because I can just play it on my own computer without worrying about malware or being tracked.
There are multiple mirrors for The Pirate Bay, just search it on your favorite search engine and they should come up. At least one of them always works. There’s also sites like 1337x, among other free trackers. (RIP RARBG, you’ll always live in our hearts)
There’s also private trackers that are a lot easier to get into than others.
If you don't need to download it, there's himovies.sx. There used to be option to download, but maybe they had some issues with that.
Na, I'd rather watch it on the TV so I guess the easiest option is to download it.
OK, I checked it for you. In Firefox you can open inspector and then head to Network tab and there get the .m3u8 playlist URL. I'd recommend to check in VLC if it works. If playing it in VLC is all you need, good.
Another option is to download it using youtube-dl. I tried it and it started the download, so that will probably work too.
Ah nice, didn't realize yt-dlp would also work on other websites. But now I'm only 8 minutes away from the 4k version so I'll use that one this time.
Does this website use public torrenting in the background to give the files or do they host the actual file? I'm asking because if former is the case, a leak in VPN, will reveal your real IP to other peers (including copyright trolls). I know kill-switch but that is not completely safe and binding client is not possible when using such websites if they use torrent protocol.
It seems they just use file hosts, although they still do recommend using a VPN.
I think the mega thread is a good place to start, but have checked out x1337 for movies
Actually I was trying to search for something in the archive but the search is quite bad it seems. Also I don't see a mega thread.
It's literally in the pic, on the right, under the wiki (under the cartoon of the pirate)
Ah thanks, somehow I thought it'd be a pinned post.
It is a pinned post, it probably just didn't get federated to your instance.
try not to use new in the sorting, activ works for me, but this would be the direct link https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/62225
Genuinely? Find a friend with a plex server. There's plenty of us out there with huge libraries and the automations setup but they're barely utilised. Got any tech-savvy friends or peeps on Lemmy near you?
Like I said I only need it once every couple of years, this seems too ambitious. Anyway I'm in Korea and yeah, don't know many people here yet.
Yeah I thought it may even be lower effort since you don't do any of the administration. But maybe abut of a high threshold to find someone reliable.