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erg, do gaming w Need some local coop recommendations

Vampire survivors just came out on switch and is a lot of fun in co-op (they also added local co-op to the PC version)

mnglw, do gaming w Beautiful games?

I imagine you’re not going to like this answer but since the genre doesn’t matter: Genshin Impact

Chewy7324, do piracy w Missing German Torrentio + Real Debrid Shows

There just aren’t many german torrents, at least on public trackers. Might be because of this law firm that constantly sends out letters asking for hundreds of euros per infringement.

I’ve had more luck with Usenet, especially the indexers SceneNZBs and DrunkenSlug. The former is a collaboration with the forum House Of Usenet, which gives me almost always the result I want (e.g. remux, german english dual language).

Automation with *arr works great, but it’s not the type of search and play like with Torrentio + real-debrid. Downloading the entire movie/show takes time depending on the bandwidth.

xKeaton,

I am very new to the whole torrenting and stremio thing, so I have basically no clue how to utilise any new indexers. I just looked up what it actually means and as far as I understand, they are the tools to find suitable torrents for the target media, is that right? So, is the goal here is to replace Torrentio and hook it up to stremio by itself?

Because the setup has to be cheap and secure, I will probably have to rely on RD and I am not aware of any way to use its service outside of Torrentio.

Or does switching to the *arr alternatives provide enough security while living in Germany. I am really not looking forward to getting annoying letters for any leaking.

Chewy7324,

Indexers are search engines for usenet, just like trackers allow for searching for torrents. You’re curently using torrent trackers through Torrentio, which downloads the torrents through RD. RD then streams the media to you. This is convenient but as far as I know only works with public trackers, since most private trackers require you to directly upload as much as you download.

Yes, the *arr apps download the requested media through torrent or usenet. They usually run on a server (old laptop, RPi, …). They allow for searching and then automatically downloading content in the right resolution, language and size through torrents or usenet. This downloaded media might then be watched through Jellyfin or Kodi.

If you use torrents directly (public or private), always use a VPN in Germany. Downloading through usenet isn’t a big risk without VPN, just like torrents with RD isn’t risky either. Using *arr with torrents means a VPN is necessary to avoid unfriendly letters.

So, is the goal here is to replace Torrentio and hook it up to stremio by itself?

I don’t know whether Usenet works with Streamio but there might be a plugin. It might be that Streamio just doesn’t work well for german content.

Sorry, it’ll be difficult beating Streamio + RD in ease of use and cost. I’m using *arr and Jellyfin which means I have a server (desktop pc) with a big HDD running 24/7. Since I’m using usenet the cost of indexer and provider comes on top.

xKeaton,

Thanks a lot for the explanations!

The setup just ain’t right for me. I am extremely happy with the simplicity RD provides and I don’t want to actually store the media on my hardware, nor am I looking forward to letting my PC run throughout most of the day, just so my family can watch whenever they want.

I guess I will have to accept that I will not be able to reliably get German sources with my setup. I am glad that my family is bilingual and therefore is also happy with watching movies in Russian, which provides more than enough public trackers. Though most current movies don’t actually have proper voice dubs and rely on fan dubs because of the current political situation I think.

Chewy7324,

Yes, one of the main reasons I set up *arr was that I have a server running anyway, so I better put it to good use. RD seems gets mentioned a lot and after trying it out for a few weeks the value and simplicity is great.

Glad to hear that you’re family is bilingual as I won’t get far with english only with mine. That’s a major reason I switched to usenet as it’s easier to find dual language content than getting into private trackers.

sculd, do gaming w Beautiful games?

Journey?

RonSijm, do piracy w Learn the art of seedin' torrents and boostin' the pirate community's strength, aye?
@RonSijm@programming.dev avatar

What software/OS are you running on your NAS? If you’re running some goofy software on a private tracker your client might not be whitelisted.

Besides that - this NAS is attached to your home network I assume? Is it behind a router? Are the ports you’re using for torrenting port-forwarded?

What tracker are you testing this on? A bunch of trackers will have a “Connectivity check” that will tell you whether or not your client is connectable

_bonbon_,

I be sailin’ the digital seas with a trusty QNAP OS and the mighty QBittorrent, but I be a greenhorn in this life on the high seas. Me heart’s desire be to contribute to our pirate brotherhood by becoming a proper seederman.

Be ye privy to a treasure map, a definitive guide, that can steer me in the right direction to turn me NAS into a fearsome seedin’ contraption fit for the high seas?

knowledgephoenix,

I appreciate your commitment to the bit.

But yeah, I also have a QNAP NAS that I just finished getting set up! And it is indeed seeding out, I’m almost at 0.49 for my all-time share ratio after downloading some stuff over the last few days. It’s taking longer to get my share ratio up than I expected, but idk, I’m new here.

Anyway, from reading a couple of strongly-worded posts on Reddit it seems that you need to have port forwarding enabled on your VPN to really seed effectively. Did you look at that when picking your VPN?

Basically I’m using AirVPN with binhex’s arch-qbittorrentvpn docker container to get it all set up. Binhex has lots of helpful pages on their GitHub for getting things working properly.

RonSijm,
@RonSijm@programming.dev avatar

I don’t know if there’s a “definitive guide” - it’s not that complicated to get a torrent client up and running. What kind of content are you looking for? Movies, Series, Music, Games, Books…?

Best is probably to try to get access to a decent private tracker, and an “easy” one - one with a bonus point system for seeding and uptime - that makes it much easier to keep a good ratio with a NAS, if you’re just permanently seeding everything you download, you’ll get points and “rise the ranks” of that tracker.

Once you’re a high enough rank on that tracker, you’ll get access to their “Invite Forums” where other private trackers advertise and give out invites to their trackers

Sharpiemarker, do piracy w Good sources for obscure educational videos?

Honestly, I’d check at your local library. A lot of them have inter-library loans, so they can search a network of libraries for the specific title you’re looking for.

MxRemy,
@MxRemy@lemmy.one avatar

in addition to ILL, they may also have a digitization setup for converting your VHS to digital.

Sharpiemarker,

Great suggestion!

harcesz, do zapytajszmer w Szukam fajnych stron i blogów
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Mogę podrzucić zaskakująco mało znany serwis dziennikarzy śledczych: frontstory.pl

CTdummy, do piracy w Having a hard time settling on a VPN

I’ll see if I bookmarked it but there was a site with a bunch of VPNs listed with their privacy/functionality compared. Using it as a reference I ended up on Mullvad VPN. Super simple set up for the basic stuff with some more functionality under the hood if you need. iOS and windows app for quick set up too. My experience with them has been only positive so far.

theangriestbird, (edited )

Idk if this was the article you were thinking of, but I used this article from torrentfreak and also settled on Mullvad. I’ve been subscribed for years, they’re great and pretty cheap.

Edit: I reread your post and realized that you’re looking for a VPN with port forwarding. Frankly, I trust Mullvad enough at this point that if they removed port forwarding as a feature, then I assume that feature is probably just a bad idea for VPNs in general.

wolfshadowheart,
@wolfshadowheart@kbin.social avatar

I need a VPN with port forwarding because I want to host game servers behind a CG/NAT. So there's at least one reason why they should still be featured.

DogMuffins,

I think hosting something and wanting inbound traffic through a VPN is a pretty unusual use case.

DonnieDarkmode, do piracy w 5th Edition D&D books?

This is from the community on Reddit. You should be able to grab the torrent file for whichever 5e book you want from there. I would also recommend 5e . tools like the other commenters, even as just a separate reference; as a DM I’ve found it way easier to pull things up quickly, even if I legally own the book that has whatever spell/mob I’m looking for haha.

yessikg, do gaming w Beautiful games?
@yessikg@lemmy.film avatar

The Octopath Traveler games

MrGerrit,

Such beautiful pixel art game. Really enjoyed playing it.

julianh, do gaming w Beautiful games?

Inside and Naissancee have a lot of moments that just gave me a huge sense of awe. They have some really haunting, yet beautiful scenes.

Thumper just makes me constantly question how the hell the devs made the game look that way.

Half Life Alyx is weird because it didn’t so much blow me away with the huge things as it did with the small things. There’s so many small objects and details everywhere that stand up even when you’re physically shoving your face into them.

123, do gaming w Beautiful games?

Interesting, no one has mentioned Red Dead Redemption 2. Looks absolutely stunning.

keciga,

The worst part of the game? Interiors, because of lack of RTX lighting, it will never look anywhere close to amazing, unlike the magnificent exteriors. Oh boy, have I lost myself in nature in that game…

triprotic, do gaming w Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon Review Thread

I was waiting for the reviews before buying (as I know I’ll be playing Starfield next week), expecting them to be ~80% at which point I’d wait for a sale, but it looks like it’s a damn fine game.

Will likely wait for some twitch streams for final confirmation, but will likely pick it up this weekend now.

ursakhiin,

I didn’t even realize it was close to release. Now I’m torn because I’m in the middle of BG3 and I know I’ll be playing Starfield after that.

sleepybisexual, do gaming w Besides Robux, What Can I Give to My Little Brother that Plays Roblox?

Idj what device he plays on but Minecraft and maybe veloren if be likes mmo games

Luella,
@Luella@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

Hey, I recognise your username from Veloren last night!

sleepybisexual,

Hi, yea that’s likely me. What’s your user?

Luella,
@Luella@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

Luella, I just started a couple days ago with a friend of mine :p

Stillhart, do gaming w Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon Review Thread

Interesting to read the less than stellar reviews. I might try to hold off on this one and grab it on sale later, especially with Starfield coming out soon.

TheCraiggers,
@TheCraiggers@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

I’m excited for Starfield but buying a Bethesda game on release week is probably a bad idea. Let them get a few patches out first.

Assuming Armored Core is as polished as many of these reviews suggest, it might be a great game to tide me over until then.

Stillhart,

I have Gamepass so I’m not paying for Starfield. :-D (I know I sound like a broken record, but Gamepass is easily my favorite subscription service that I pay for these days, when it comes to entertainment value per dollar.)

But yeah, getting AC6 first and waiting on Starfield instead is not a bad option if you don’t have Gamepass. Starfield will only get better over time with patches and mod support. AC6 will probably not change significantly over time.

Goronmon,

I’m excited for Starfield but buying a Bethesda game on release week is probably a bad idea. Let them get a few patches out first.

Both Skyrim and Fallout 4 were fine at launch. Skyrim definitely had some bugs, but the idea that was an unplayable mess on launch is a made-up thing.

TheCraiggers,
@TheCraiggers@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Unplayable mess? I never said that. However, more than a few people had game-breaking bugs in Skyrim and had to restart or hope they had a save from far enough back.

Obviously Skyrim was playable enough since it was an immediate critical success. I can’t really speak for fallout 4 since I never played it and didn’t bother following the news for it.

That being said, there are memes older than some people on lemmy equating Bethesda and bugs. They’ve earned their reputation, but good and bad.

SatellitePottery,

These are actually pretty high for the Armored Core series. Armored Core 3 has a 74/100 aggregated on Metacritic, For Answer has a 62, and Verdict Day has a 66, just to name a few of the fan favorites.

Goronmon,

Exactly what I was going to point out. Armored Core has always been a relatively niche series, that has never reviewed that well.

The fact that it's reviewing in the 80s (at least so far) is a marked improvement over previous entries.

TheCraiggers,
@TheCraiggers@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

I have hopes from these reviews, although I do wonder how much of the score improvement is due to From Software’s new reputation.

Stillhart,

I’m not really concerned about the aggregate score. I’m sure it’ll be a solid game. I’m just interested in the presumed flaws. Like any product, reading the details of the negative reviews is often far more revealing than the gushing reviews.

ryven,
@ryven@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Whaaaaat? I’ve played For Answer and Verdict Day and I remember them being rad as hell; why were the review scores so low?

SatellitePottery,

At the time, most reviewers considered the series as a whole stale and unnecessarily obtuse. Fans of the series didn't really see the difficulty as an issue, and newcomers to the series had no way to consider it stale, so those still became fan favorites.

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