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I’m investing in a media server, hard drives and a seedbox.

• msoad 4y ago
  or just pay for put.io
  • nehal3m 4y ago
    I'd never heard of this service. Seems nice. Do you use it yourself, and how do you like it?
    • sva_ 4y ago
      Seems very grey-area. Would definitely not want my credit card details to be on their list.
      • tomrod 4y ago
        What is giving you that vibe?
        • sva_ 4y ago
          They allow you to download Torrents and seed them on your behalf. Now of course, you might just be seeding Linux ISOs, but we both know that is probably not what 99.9% of their customers intend to do.
          • mbesto 4y ago
            The downloaded files are technically sitting on Amazon's server (IIRC). Put.io doesn't know an illegal file is there (it's encrypted), so how would any one else?
            • sva_ 4y ago
              By seeding a copyrighted file, someone could get Amazons IP address, who would in turn know the data was hosted by Put.io? I doubt they could get out of DMCA that easily.
              • mbesto 4y ago
                Put.io uses magnet links. IIRC there is no way to track an IP address of a seeder because they use DHT's.
                • anacrolix 4y ago
                  This is not correct. The point of the BitTorrent DHT is to share address information of peers for a torrent.
              • anacrolix 4y ago
                Put.io reuse download content amongst all its users. It's only present on the network for a short period of time. Because it's a paid service, actual usage is quite small compared to all regular users combined, so they would not get much attention.
  • shitlord 4y ago
    Doesn't that achieve the same thing as a seedbox but with less control and higher cost? Seedboxes are great when used with private trackers, but the trackers usually have very strict rules about which clients you can use, how long you must seed, etc.
    • runjake 4y ago
      How does one avoid DMCA notices from the ISPs? Is this where private trackers come into play? How does one who's not immersed in the community obtain access to private trackers?
      • shitlord 4y ago
        > How does one avoid DMCA notices from the ISPs? Rent a seedbox from a company not based in the US, under a pseudonym, and use cryptocurrency for payments. This is surprisingly common. > Is this where private trackers come into play? The main benefit of using a private tracker is access to high-quality content: no mislabeled content, no audio lag, etc. A side benefit of using private trackers (instead of public ones) is that you probably won't get any trouble from your ISP or any law firms. > How does one who's not immersed in the community obtain access to private trackers? Some trackers have Open Invite periods where anyone can join. You can use your membership there as a foothold into other private trackers.
• viridian 4y ago
  Good investment. Would recommend you set up raid 1 for the hard drives if you can afford it, single redundancy is very nice to have. I'd also recommend jellyfin over plex or any of the other big proprietary players out there. Jellyfin just works, and has a pretty good list of plugins for metadata. The biggest drawback I've found is that I did have to make an account with opensubtitles to have automatic subtitles, and if you try to load too many pieces of media at once you may run into the 50 api's downloads per day limit for free accounts.
  • newsclues 4y ago
    Got jellyfish up and running! Thanks