Is retroshare the new iteration of this?

Hello, i wanted to know to what extent do the ISPs or police pursue torrenting. In the 90's it was acceptable and fairly wide-spread. I am unsure how it looks now.

A criminal case believed to be the largest of its type ever launched in Greece went to trial last week. A total of 17 defendants stand accused of participating in a criminal organization that sold pirate IPTV subscriptions and benefited to the tune of 25 million euros. Under new law, members of the public who buy illegal IPTV packages face 700 euro fines. Today we take a look at how those people will get caught and what happens when they do.

Sometimes I stumble across content that I have been looking for for a while or that I know is rare or missing "out there". Might be that I snipe a rare CD from the 90s on eBay. Might be that I get my hands on some ancient software or driver CD or some old firmware images that might be relevant for retro computing. Might be that I have some scans of a repair manual or schematics that is impossible to get.

Point is: I can't exactly put that stuff on archive.org, but it feels like I should put it somewhere so that the next person searching for it has an easier time and also so that some culturally relevant things don't get lost. What is your solution to that problem?

I want to download a couple of videos from creators I like, to keep them in case they are ever lost later (whether due to censorship or drama, etc). What is the best method to use for getting files from youtube? bonus points especially if they result in file types that I can burn to a dvd.

I have been torrenting the same primitive way for a long time. Turn on a VPN, open up a browser I only use for this purpose, go to tpb or yts, grab my movie, and shut it all down when the movies over.

I've only updated my torrent client in this time, the method has not evolved.

Now im interested in self hosting jellyfin with an arr stack, with the end goal being to share it with friends and family outside my lan. I'd like to use docker containers so its all containerized, and of course keep it safe and secure.

What kind of set up, from hardware to software, would you recommend to get this going? Any guides in particular? I'm especially iffy on allowing remote access for non-tech savvy family (like a roku app), so any tips/guide recs for that would be helpful.

I've been searching around some and I've found a lot of resources but I'd like to get the opinions of people in here before diving in.

I have some beginner questions, for example: if I have the arr stack running in docker with a vpn, can I browse the internet non-anonymously on that same machine without compromising identifying details, assuming qbittorrent is configured to only move traffic through a VPN? (I'm wondering if I need a dedicated piece of hardware to run everything safely)

Tldr: Suggestions or guides for beginner setting up jellyfin/arr/ remote access for family?

I don't want to spend any money in buying Seedbox subscription or VPN to bypass CGNAT , or another Hard disk for extra storage space. My internet speed is 100Mbps and at best I can dedicate 200GB of my SSD cumulatively for Private Trackers.

I need Private trackers for my occasional( like 1-2 files a month of each category ) in requirements of movies, software,books, music, expensive educational courses.

Currently I have joined MAM (3 weeks back) and its so easy to maintain ratio and become VIP( next week I will) and maintain it with so less consumption of my SSD space.( I will keep seeding enough files just to maintain VIP and get enough bonus points to fulfill my occasional needs)

Which other Private trackers should I join keeping in mind the above constraints?

Ahoy mateys, it's time to setup Jellyfin if you prefer not to pay for the privilege of self-hosting your own content.

cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/27204525

We are also changing how remote playback works for streaming personal media (that is, playback when not on the same local network as the server). The reality is that we need more resources to continue putting forth the best personal media experience, and as a result, we will no longer offer remote playback as a free feature. This—alongside the new Plex Pass pricing—will help provide those resources. This change will apply to the future release of our new Plex experience for mobile and other platforms.

This is the site

How do I download the streaming media off of the site/or the media files' server?

Is there a client you guys know about that I can start using? Or is there a process to it?

Help is very appreciated! Thanks

Some of you might have followed my earlier posts about the LCP ePub DRM. Here's another one of Terence's blog posts that I thought was great.

I’ve been heavily debating between Steam Deck OLED and Switch OLED. My initial thought was getting a Switch OLED, let someone mod it and then download games on it (I don’t care about Nintendo’s Online).

Then I got told it might be better to get Steam Deck OLED and use emulation on it for switch games.

Now I’ve been a bit of researching on both and it seems that Steam Deck runs Linux and that the emulation isn’t really as good as it is on the PC. I don’t have any knowledge on Linux either, plus most of my games are pirated (thus Steam Library isn’t really a thing for me).

Getting the Switch OLED modded going to cost me about €150 but then I’ve been reading that the games are mostly 30FPS locked and that using cheats and/ or mods is a bit of a hassle (similar thing with getting games on it through piracy).

Price wise; Steam Deck OLED going to cost me at least €680 while Switch OLED will cost me €350 (and when Switch 2 comes it might be on sale).

I was wondering what the opinions are on Piracy community here. Which one do you recommend out of the two and why, how true are the things of what I’ve been told and read?

Note; Yes, I would like to get the Switch 2 but since it’ll take a while before it can get hacked/ modded - I don’t want to get it. I refuse to pay €60-70 for each game while they’re like 7 years old.

Europol's latest organized crime threat assessment predicts that online piracy services will face a drop in demand. This conclusion appears to rely on data that's already five years old and predates the EU streaming boom. Can old statistics accurately reflect today's piracy trends? Not necessarily, as newer data suggest a significant reversal.

every once in awhile i get a bug up my butt about sharing my massive, curated library.. but every time i get distracted by the volume of steps it would take to create the necessary shit to seed and then find a place that would even take those seeds to index.

ami doin it wrong? why is it so hard? napster was easy.

I recently managed to run the stuff mentioned int he title with the help of:

• this lemmy post
• this reddit post

After having done this I wrote this script, which you can wget with: wget <link copied after right-clicking on the "Raw" button on the gist page>. (now: wget https://gist.githubusercontent.com/Vulwsztyn/b600cb0a4ced7090cb1408e718b990b0/raw/fc1396164f6395100cf2a08e14aa5cf3efdb0a52/arr.py)

Requirements:

• python
• pystache (pip install pystache)

How to run

python arr.py (it will ask you a buch of questions before doing anything. You can ofc analyse the code yourself.

What it does?

In short this will ask you for directory names including the root ARR_DIR. In the ARR_DIR it will create the media and configs directories and 3 files:

• docker-compose.yml
• .env
• openvpn.Dockerfile (optional)

You can run it in "dry run" with or without creating the files in the directory you are running it from by answering the 1st question ("Dry run?") with y.

Services in the docker compose:

• jellyfin - client to watch the media
• jellyseer - admin page to request the media from arr service
• jackett - indexer to tell arr services where to download from
• qflood - dockerised qbittorrent client
• sonarr (optional) - tv shows
• radarr (optional) - movies
• lidarr (optional) - music
• readarr (optional) - ebooks
• readarr-audio-books (optional) - audiobooks
• bazarr (optional) - subtitles
• homarr (optional) - admin page - I haven't really set it up yet
• vpn (optional)
• heimdall (optional) - admin page to aggregate links to all the services

You can see the flowchart for similar setup here

VPN

If you don't tell the script not to use vpn it will

I managed to use th openvpn service with ProtonVPN (which is free for one device). You can use any other if you know how.

How to use?

The script will tell you but in short:

• create protonvpn account
• download the .ovpn files from https://account.protonvpn.com/downloads
• get username/pwd from https://account.protonvpn.com/account-password

Why Dockerfile

For ProtonVPN this script is needed, so I do it in Dockerfile, since it is impossible in docker-compose.yml

Other services

The script will tell you the same info.

Heimdall

Setup the dashbaord with links to every service.

Go to Go to http://{server_ip}:8090. For each of apps click 'Application list' -> 'Add' and:

• Add jellyfin with url http://{server_ip}:8096
• Add jellyseerr with url http://{server_ip}:5055
• Add sonarr with url http://{server_ip}:8989
• Add radarr with url http://{server_ip}:7878
• Add lidarr with url http://{server_ip}:8686
• Add readarr with url http://{server_ip}:8787
• Add readarr-audio-books with url http://{server_ip}:8786
• Add bazarr with url http://{server_ip}:6767
• Add qbittorrent with url http://{server_ip}:8080

Jackett

Add a few indexers to jackett using the "add indexer" button. You can see the indexers Ithe author of the reddit guide uses use in the image.

Qbittorrent

Go to qbittorrent http://{server_ip}:8080. Default username is admin and password is adminadmin. Change those under Tools -> Options -> WebUI if you wish.

Under Tools -> Options:

• set 'Default Save Path' to /data/torrents
• set 'Keep incomplete torrents in:' to /data/torrents/incomplete

Sonarr/Radarr/Lidarr/Readarr/Readarr-audio-books

Go to the service (e.g. from heimdall).

1. set username and password
2. Settings -> Download Client -> Add -> qBittorrent
   • Host: {server_ip}, Port: 8080, Username: admin, Password: adminadmin (the last 2 will be different if you changed them)
3. Settings -> Media management -> Root folder -> Add:
   • /data/media/shows for sonarr
   • /data/media/movies for radarr
   • /data/media/music for lidarr
   • /data/media/ebooks for readarr
   • /data/media/audiobooks for readarr-audio-books
4. Add every relevant indexer
   • Settings -> Indexers -> Add indexer -> Torznab
   • In Jackett copy the Torznab link for the indexer you want to add and paste it in URL
   • Set the API key to the one from Jackett (top right)

Bazarr

Go to bazarr at http://{server_ip}:6767

For sonarr and radarr:

1. Go to Settings -> General -> Sonarr/Radarr
2. Set the API key to the one from sonarr/radarr (Settings -> General)
3. Set address and port

Jellyfin

Go to http://{server_ip}:8096/web/#/dashboard/libraries and add all libraries in /data/media

Hardware acceleration

Go to http://{server_ip}:8096/web/#/dashboard/playback/transcoding. Set proper hardware acceleration. If using nvidia then Nvidia NVENC Check which formats work at https://developer.nvidia.com/video-encode-and-decode-gpu-support-matrix-new

Jellyseer

Jellyfin integration

Go to http://{server_ip}:8096/web/#/dashboard/keys, Add new key wiht name Jellyseer and copy it.

Go to http://{server_ip}:5055/settings/jellyfin, paste the key, set address and port.

Sonarr/Radarr integration

Go to http://{server_ip}:5055/settings/services and add radarr and sonarr with API keys from their settings -> General.

What next?

After setting everything up to check if it works go to Jellyseer and request some show or movie, which will then be downloaded and available in jellyfin.

Finally there are some more methods to tackle LCP DRM, but the messages to the creator from Readium consortium is so frustrating. Just read this:

"We were planning to now focus on new accessibility features on our open-source Thorium Reader, better access to annotations for blind users and an advanced reading mode for dyslexic people. Too bad; disturbances around LCP will force us to focus on a new round of security measures, ensuring the technology stays useful for ebook lending (stop reading after some time) and as a protection against oversharing."

Also on Mastodon

Since yt-dlp doesn't work anymore, is there a replacement?

Movie companies are battling internet provider WOW over piracy allegations, claiming the ISP turned a blind eye to its subscribers' widespread copyright infringement. WOW tried to dismiss the case, arguing it shouldn't be held liable for subscribers' actions, but a Colorado court has now ruled that the case can proceed. Interestingly, comments posted to Reddit played a key role in the court's decision.

Hoping to ereader-ify my physical collection for an international move

Threatened by potential EU regulatory changes, the movie, music, and sports industries are vehemently defending the practice of geo-blocking, as an essential part of their business models. Rightsholders argue that eliminating geo-blockades would devalue content, force price hikes for consumers in some countries, and ultimately reduce investment in content and localized services.

I was searching through the megathread (https://rentry.co/megathread) and I found that yts.mx and 1337x.to are labeled as 'fake clones'. I have used both of these several times

Are yts.mx and 1337x.to considered unsafe? I have them in my prowlarr and wondering if I should remove them

Edit: I was wrong 1337x is not labeled as a fake clone, I misread the fake clone which is 1377x

As I'm fairly new to the piracy community it would be helpful if I could get a compilation of guides and tutorials that people use besides the ones that I have currently.

https://fmhy.net/

https://trash-guides.info/

https://selfh.st/

What are some other helpful guides?

Edit:

I also found

https://mediasavvy.pages.dev/

https://guides.viren070.me/

https://landchad.net/

https://ori5000.github.io/

https://shakil-shahadat.github.io/awesome-piracy/

https://ripped.guide/

https://wiki-index.pages.dev/

On Windows 11, is it superior to use the command line interface (e.g., terminal) for interacting with yt-dlp? Or is a GUI like stacher.io sufficient for 99% of needs?

I'm also curious if it is better to use an Ubuntu WSL for yt-dlp CLI for a more streamlined terminal