There is no denying there are plenty of other methods that work better for others. However if you want:
- Cheap
- Quick & Easy Setup
- Run on any device (Exception for iOS but you can get around this with Stremio Web + VLC)
- Whole Movie + TV Shows catalog to browse. Seeing trending items is handy.
Only issue I have had is niche Movies or TV Shows just do not have a Real-Debrid entry to stream so I’ll have to manually search, but this is rare.
I have a pretty advanced setup. Big dual xeon server with 40TB of drives. Dockerized everything running radarr, medusa, deluge, jackett, vpn etc. I’m a pixel snob and love the 4k remuxes with lossless Dolby sound for my Atmos speaker setup.
BUT I read about stremio toreentio and RD a few times here in this community and thought I’d install it on my NVIDIA shield.
And we use it ALL THE TIME!
It’s just so easy even for someone with my hugely automated setup.
It’s perfect for anything you’re probably only going to watch once.
The Sopranos, The Wire, Better call Saul… Yeah download it cause I rewatch it often.
Fboy Island or whatever guilty pleasure reality tv garbage… Stremio it is.
1917 or The Godfather. Download highest quality. Legally Blonde for movie night with my daughter … stremio.
It’s a great little app and setup.
I’m curious why someone who is able to afford 40TB of drive space is interested in piracy. Is it more about archiving and ownership than saving a buck?
They can afford all the hardware due to not wasting money on shit that can be free.
I’m subscribed to 4 different streaming services and it’s still not everything. Also I’m not giving Rupert Murdoch a cent for all the damage he’s done to Australia. And Foxtel is owned by him and the only way to get any HBO shows for instance. And even if you paid them they only do 1080p.
40TB of storage is around $800, or $33/m for 2 years, which is like two subscription services.
Also, you can share what you’ve downloaded with friends, further driving down the cost compared that what would be paid to the corps
I’m not the guy above, but I dont see how they’re comparable really. One is god knows how many monthly subscriptions for the rest of time, or the up front cost of storage.
There’s (almost) always the option to buy media on blueray or similar.
I’ll speak for myself here – I watch on average a movie per day. Even if the Blu-Rays were $10, it would still cost me $3650/yr.
Are you in the US? I’m curious if you use a VPN with streamio?
I’m in Australia and no VPN for stremio because I use real-debrid. As I understand it I’m just direct downloading from there. If I didn’t have RD and had to torrent for stremio I’d use a VPN for sure.
Phil?
Conners?
Jason?
Greetings from across the ditch, I never use vpn for torrents as it’s not actively monitored here at the moment. Is that different over there?
Few years back around Dallas Buyers Club there was a big crackdown and ISPs brought in this 3 strikes rule. People got some letters and warnings.
So I’m not sure what it’s like these days but why take a chance?
Yeah good point. As I just subbed to Easynews which comes with free PrivadoVPN, just configured qbittorrent to use Privado :) Super easy with Docker and https://github.com/qdm12/gluetun
Kia ora! I would also like to know this. Been sailing the torrential seas for decades now without a VPN. Although I do remember some years ago about a law change (something something National something something The Hobbit something something DMCA something something tax writes off’s) where we got a letter from our ISP warning us about the law change and not to do anything naughty or we would receive a DMCA notice. Nothing has ever come of it since. 🤷🏻♀️
Yeah, I think it doesn’t have priority at the moment. It used to be a three strike thing anyway so if you get a first strike you can easily enable vpn then :)
I guess you are not renting that setup from someone, right? (colo?) I am asking because I have been renting a dedicated server from Hetzner for a few years now (one AX line, other from auction - got a good disc space with it) and with the price hike it’s getting a bit costly (and can’t self-host).
No I built it. It’s in my garage in a server rack. I lucky to have gigabit fibre internet.
Hey I don’t like my Xiaomi Stick for TV because it’s so laggy. The thing is one the verge of crashing on every press of the remote.
Is a Nvidia Shield worth the price ?
EDIT some questions:
- is it snappy?
- can you install apps freely (without any stores)
How is it setup to your tv? I love using it but currently it’s only when I’m at my desk watching. Want to figure out a setup for the living room
I run it on the NVIDIA shield which is an Android TV box. Just install the app from the Play store.
http://movie-web.app is the most simple one to have.
Yep, and if you are on mobile, Cloudstream is where it’s at.
Is there an app for Android TV? I like the web interface.
If your android tv browser is updated enough, you can watch via android tv browser. Otherwise use Chromecast feature.
Which Chromecast feature? You mean the web browser?
Yes
Been using Stremio/Syncler + RealDebrid for a while but this is awesome! Definitely something to share with friends who aren’t as savvy lol
Yeah. It is easier than watching Netflix.
Why does rotating my phone crash that website? The whole screen turns white and it has to be reloaded.
Please check there is existing issue or not
https://github.com/movie-web/movie-web/issues
If not, you can always open an issue there.
I got tired of kodi’s shit configuration interface and came across a tutorial for setting this up (pre-reddit enshitification) about a year ago and it has hugely changed how we consume media in our house.
Same here. Ditched Kodi with Stremio in ccwgtv 4k, can’t be happier. Kodi is so user unfriendly and super annoying to install apps.
As long as they seed the torrents…
Don’t think they do
I really only want books, but all I have is an iOS device…if you had an easy for that I’d be interested
Zlibrary / libgen and just open the files in apple books. Works across devices for me.
It’s actually kinda mental how easy it is. Do you really read books on your iPhone though? I kinda ended up shelving a dozen epubs but not opening the app.
I don’t, no. I’m on the android train but my mother in law is all apple. She adds books from her phone then they are there to read on her iPad when she goes to bed.
I don’t think piracy is the best solution for books, instead download an e library app like Libby. Then connect one or multiple library cards (some major libraries allow you to get an e-card even if you don’t live in the city). Now you have easy access to a huge catalog of books and ebooks that sync across devices
Sure, until the VC firm that bought overdrive (backend for Libby) decides to run it into the ground even further. Z-lib and MAM all the way. Can’t sell my reading habits if they don’t collect my reading habits.
Do you have a library you recommend for an e-card?
Start with your local library and any other libraries in your area, because they should be free to sign up for.
Then there are some that have an annual fee for out of state residents, this article covers many of them. I’ve heard that you can get around this fee at some libraries by picking a random in state address, though I’ve never tried it myself.
Additionally, the Seattle public library allows a free card for anyone in the US under the age of 26, and Brooklyn public library does the same for anyone under 21.
This solution is just for Movies & TV Shows. Look into Z-Library.
It doesn’t get much easier than using library genesis on your iOS device. You’ll have a book within seconds.
I keep getting pop-ups and can’t seem to access anything.
Yeah the UI is not the greatest.
Libgen.fun, search for a book, press it, click one of the download buttons. Usually numbered like 1,2,3,4,5. I tend to pick the first one. Then you get a large download text, press it, then save file.
Doesn’t appear to work, I get a weird file I can’t do anything with.
I second the library. If you’re looking for something too niche for a library’s online section it might be too niche for whatever piracy solution you can find on iOS anyways. Plus, your taxes are paying for it, might as well use it!
Do you have a library recommendation for an e-card?
Start with your local library. Mine lends tens of thousands of ebooks. It also has partnerships with other local libraries in the region that allow me to borrow from their collections as well.
I don’t think there is such a thing as inter-library loans for ebooks but you should be able to borrow from pretty much any library in the country if you are willing to wait for a paper copy to be shipped to your local branch. There may or may not be a fee associated with this but my local library allows me ten ILL requests a year for free.
Libraries are such an underrated and underutilized resource.
Can you configure streamio as a source for Kodi Player? Can you configure it with subtitles from OpenSubtitles?
Edit: I just did a bunch of research and it looks like Real Debrid is the actual source I’d set up in Kodi player. Streamio is just a player and streamer.
I downloaded Streamio to my Chromecast and tried to use it, but it’s forcing a login. During the account creation process I decided to actually read the privacy policy, considering what the use for the player will be. They collect information about your use, they log your IP address, the times and dates when you use the player, they set cookies, and most importantly, they share analytics data with the following services:
- Google Analytics
- BigQuery
- Sentry
- YouTube
They say that they don’t keep logs of your streaming sources, or watch history, but like any other privacy policy, they could change that whenever they want. Everything I read just now indicates that Streamio makes a better player than Kodi, but given the above considerations I think I’ll stick with Kodi.
Thanks for the post though! You got me to do a bunch of research and turned me onto Real Debrid. I’ve seen a lot of posts about these services, but this is the first one that prompted me to learn more and now I understand how it all works. Cheers.
For your last point, you can add torrentio twice (in the order you want results to appear). One with only Real-debrid links, and one with “RD Download” links, for entries that have torrents available to torrentio, but haven’t been cached. This will download the torrent to Real-debrid first, so it’s definitely not as fast!
I had no idea of this. I’ll check this out now. Thanks for the heads up.
Could someone ELI5 how this works?
I just finished the docker containers setup with VPN - qbittorrent - sonarr/radarr/…arr - jellyfish and it’s not well automated yet, but quite safe and not too complicated to use.
Recently had to pay quite a settlement for being too clumsy and too lazy in my country, so worried how Stremio works and if it could leak.
What happened? How did you get caught?
debrid scraping has gotten much worse since rarbg’s downfall. it doesnt seem to scrape torrentgalaxy correctly and idk how to fix it
I have a seed box and big Nas at home. I’m interested in just streaming anime and tv content I hate downloading them.
Is this what I need? How privacy focused is it? Where does content come from?
TLDR?
TL;DR:
* Stremio is a digital media player that allows you to stream high-quality videos and add subtitles. * Torrentio is an unofficial add-on for Stremio that allows you to stream movies and TV shows from torrent sites. * Real Debrid is a debrid service that allows you to connect directly to a server instead of having your IP shared in peer-to-peer and to speed up performance.Privacy is good. You are just streaming the links through HTTPS link that Real Debrid offer you. You can use without a VPN but if you want to be cautious you can use one on top of it.
Sounds like a seed box? Im assuming it’s a paid service do they take untraceable payment methods?
Similar to a seed box but not the same. Real-Debrid is just another Debrid service. You can use another other Debrid service that Torrentio supports. Real-Debrid just happens to be the cheapest and most used of the bunch.
Real-Debrid
their website is utter shit
there’s absolutely no information (at least before you sign up)
From what i understand, Stremio is just an interface, it doesnt work without plugins
Torrentio is the main plugin you want. The one you use your real debrid account on.
Real debrid is a service that torrents your movie for you, so you are not the one torrenting. Its potentially faster bc if its a movie that it has saved already, maybe because someone else downloaded it recently, you dont have to wait for the torrent to complete. RD also has the bonus of being able to download from multiple file hosters as a premium user.
Anyways when you configure stremio and search for the movie, it will look for any torrent and then you can stream it directly, without downloading.
So I have a question here. I live in USA. I have setup stremio with torrentio lite because I don’t have real debrid yet. I have provided the same stremio login to my parents who live in India because I’ve already set everything up. If I set up stremio with debrid, can I still share my login with my parents? I’m asking because I read something about real debrid banning your account if you use it from multiple ip addresses simultaneously.
Yes, you will get banned if you use it simultaneously.
So if I am out of town streaming something on my phone and my kids are at home watching a movie that would get me banned?
Yes, unless you vpn to home of course.
Just built a new fancy desktop couldn’t get kodi to play any audio. Looked into alternatives found stremio and god damn is it easy to setup. Plus you can just make an account sign in on other devices and its all setup just like w.e machine you originally used.
I have been using Kodi and real-debrid on all of my devices for like 6+ years. I recently tried Stremio and it is a much more streamlined experience for this use case.
Only complaint about the debrid services is what is available depends on what other users added to the service already. So most of the Anime I watch isn’t easily available through it. So I have a self hosted solution to acquire anime. Everything else is very accessible with less effort then torrenting or usenet.
Thanks so much for this post. Spent the last 30 minutes installing this on my SmartTV. Don’t think I’ll be using Kodi again.
doesn’t realdbird require real money?