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I pirated for many years until Netflix had everything when I was in high school. Roughly around the time I got a job I stopped pirating games and bought everyth

I pirated for many years until Netflix had everything when I was in high school. Roughly around the time I got a job I stopped pirating games and bought everything on Steam. There is still some annoyance with other launchers besides Steam but, I endure. Its been a long time now but probably around when South Park left Netflix, I started pirating again. Now I have a massive Plex server and home lab dedicated to piracy. AND I STILL PAY ~$20/m for Usenet lol.

CaptainOfCoit 1y ago
> probably around when South Park left Netflix, I started pirating again Unrelated, but fun example as South Park is probably the only show on TV that also let people watch the entire show (-latest seasons it seems) for free online! https://www.southparkstudios.com/seasons/south-park https://www.southparkstudios.com/seasons/south-park Been like that (in many places) for many many years at this point too :)
- crtasm 1y ago
  Depends where you are, I only see short clips on there.
- justinclift 1y ago
  > let people watch the entire show Isn't that only for people in the US?
  - CaptainOfCoit 1y ago
    I lived in three different countries in my life, and neither of them have been the US, but all of them have apparently had free South Park episodes available to them :) I don't know if that website works/shows full episodes in the US, currently I'm in a EU country and everything except the last two seasons seems available.
ssl-3 1y ago
Why so much? Plex is a pretty light-weight system as long as transcoding is avoided or it has hardware transcoding available to use. And wrangling Usenet is a fairly simple affair on vaguely modern PC hardware, too. So all of that stuff runs in the background on the same desktop Linux box that I also use for everything else. Am I doing it wrong?
- ryandrake 1y ago
  As "lightweight" as it is, you don't even need Plex or a "media server" software. My "media server" has been "files on an NFS share" which has worked for me for the last 15-20 years.
  - ssl-3 1y ago
    Oh, I also use SMB for that. A local file share is more than enough for anyone who lives alone, in a cave, and who never has never physically interacted with another person -- and who never wants to. Plex, meanwhile? It is much more approachable by the lays. My elderly mother can watch my media with a cheap little Roku box while she sits on the sofa at her house many miles away with a remote control in her hand, using Plex.
  - leptons 1y ago
    SMB share is the minimum viable. Plex on an android TV device is a lot better. Access to all the media with a simple remote has been a great experience.
  - trenchpilgrim 1y ago
    Value adds I get from Jellyfin: - Each member of my family gets their watch progress individually tracked down to how many minutes they made it into each video, across devices. - The server's GPU automatically transcodes video into the best format for the device, display resolution, and available bandwidth. Very helpful for streaming stuff off the home server while away from home to optimize battery life and bandwidth. - Automatically pulling subtitles from opensubtitles. Very handy if you have a multingual family who enjoys foreign media shows together. The paid streaming services are mostly abysmal at subtitling. - A soft reason: My family members are seriously impressed by how nice the web UI is compared to Amazon Prime Video, Peacock, etc. It's literally opened their eyes to how software doesn't have to be bad - capitalism makes software bad over time.

CaptainOfCoit 1y ago

> probably around when South Park left Netflix, I started pirating again Unrelated, but fun example as South Park is probably the only show on TV that also let people watch the entire show (-latest seasons it seems) for free online! https://www.southparkstudios.com/seasons/south-park https://www.southparkstudios.com/seasons/south-park Been like that (in many places) for many many years at this point too :)

crtasm 1y ago
Depends where you are, I only see short clips on there.
justinclift 1y ago
> let people watch the entire show Isn't that only for people in the US?
- CaptainOfCoit 1y ago
  I lived in three different countries in my life, and neither of them have been the US, but all of them have apparently had free South Park episodes available to them :) I don't know if that website works/shows full episodes in the US, currently I'm in a EU country and everything except the last two seasons seems available.

ssl-3 1y ago

Why so much? Plex is a pretty light-weight system as long as transcoding is avoided or it has hardware transcoding available to use. And wrangling Usenet is a fairly simple affair on vaguely modern PC hardware, too. So all of that stuff runs in the background on the same desktop Linux box that I also use for everything else. Am I doing it wrong?

ryandrake 1y ago
As "lightweight" as it is, you don't even need Plex or a "media server" software. My "media server" has been "files on an NFS share" which has worked for me for the last 15-20 years.
- ssl-3 1y ago
  Oh, I also use SMB for that. A local file share is more than enough for anyone who lives alone, in a cave, and who never has never physically interacted with another person -- and who never wants to. Plex, meanwhile? It is much more approachable by the lays. My elderly mother can watch my media with a cheap little Roku box while she sits on the sofa at her house many miles away with a remote control in her hand, using Plex.
- leptons 1y ago
  SMB share is the minimum viable. Plex on an android TV device is a lot better. Access to all the media with a simple remote has been a great experience.
- trenchpilgrim 1y ago
  Value adds I get from Jellyfin: - Each member of my family gets their watch progress individually tracked down to how many minutes they made it into each video, across devices. - The server's GPU automatically transcodes video into the best format for the device, display resolution, and available bandwidth. Very helpful for streaming stuff off the home server while away from home to optimize battery life and bandwidth. - Automatically pulling subtitles from opensubtitles. Very handy if you have a multingual family who enjoys foreign media shows together. The paid streaming services are mostly abysmal at subtitling. - A soft reason: My family members are seriously impressed by how nice the web UI is compared to Amazon Prime Video, Peacock, etc. It's literally opened their eyes to how software doesn't have to be bad - capitalism makes software bad over time.