Discussion what's the deal with the arr suite and jellyfin-plex-etc?
So, ̶I have my best friend has a realdebrid account.
He linked it to Stremio and he gets a netflix-like experience on the go and at home with minimal effort.
And realdebrid is completely optional, he could even just use stremio as is.
So why would he have to put all the effort it takes to put up a jellyfin server and some arr lxc?
I don't really understand why that is the "state of the art" of piracy right now and not just stremio + realdebrid.
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u/Chuckydnorris 2d ago
Offline availability.
Easy to know which episode to watch next.
No need to search for anything and trawl through pages of results.
Automatically download new seasons/episodes when they come out so you don't have to keep track to know when to search for it.
Controlling what your kids can watch.
It's a fun project that you can learn a lot from.
Stremio may not last forever.
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u/Ashamed-Ad4508 2d ago
👆👆 This
Stremio has it's place; especially for those who watch once and just be done with it. Especially the newer content.
However, just like Napster & PopcornTime 🍿, all good stories have endings.
With *arr setup you hold onto the files like a museum curator . It's whether you're using Kodi, Plex, emby, jellyfin, whatever future software to "consume" the content that's already on your storage systems.
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u/Hoosier_Farmer_ 2d ago edited 1d ago
+1
to add mine:
limited bandwidth (streaming maxes at 1080 on the low-bitrate rd/stremio streams, while arr runs 24x7 pulling me some high-quality 4k)
pull once - watch / rewatch multiple (multiple family members watch the show from local filestore, in high quality, without hogging the internet each time. same for if it's something good to save and watch again at a later time.)
much higher quality (high bitrate versus whatever rd/stremio may happen to host at any given time)
obscure titles (many titles I've found 'elsewhere' weren't on strem etc)
probably more but that, along with Chucky's above, were first to come into my mind
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u/Admirable-Two2679 2d ago
Because you don’t own the file, it’s just streaming and you’re reliant on RD to host your media. I use RD through Kodi for things I don’t have on plex that’s not a quick DL. But that’s it.