Now normally I would just setup radarr, sonarr and the like on a seedbox or something if I were looking for a setup for myself, but my friends and family members can’t handle something like that. Stremio with torrent addons offers a user friendly netflix-like experience but its not entirely opensource and I can’t self host it.

Jellyfin seems to be a popular suggestion for user friendly software with a netflix-like interface but from what I can tell, there isn’t automatic torrenting to match the convenience of stremio.

If a family member has to open a webpage or an app to pick out content, then wait for it to download fully, then open up the jellyfin UI to watch content, that might be too complicated for some of my elderly family members to achieve.

Is there an open source/self-hosting torrent/piracy solution that is comparable to stremio in regards to being boomer friendly? Thanks for your comments.

  • @ree
    11•2 years ago

    I don’t know stremio but jellyfin (and Plex and emby) are interresting becquse they allow you to serve content outside of your local network.

    A solution is that you manage the server and jellyfin and your friends/family connect to it. It only works if you have a decent upload or if you rent a server/vps

    • @beansnifferOP
      6•2 years ago

      Stremio is essentially a glorified torrent client with a nice UI. It runs locally on a device connected to the tv you want to stream to. It behind the scenes searches trackers and downloads from torrents of the content someone wants to watch in a netflix like UI. Someone that wasn’t technology literate wouldn’t know they were pirating content from torrents if you didn’t tell them.

      A solution is that you manage the server and jellyfin and your friends/family connect to it.

      While a self hosted solution like this would be nice, I would get messages everyday from friends and family frequently asking, “Can you add this movie to the server? Can you add this TV show to the server?” and they would eventually stop asking me and just pay for a streaming service if I forgot to fulfill every request. I would like to avoid having to manually add content to the server if my friends and family can just choose the content their wanting to watch themselves.

      • @UnreliantGiant
        8•2 years ago

        I haven’t tried it personally, but for content requests you can host Ombi. People can then request content through Ombi, which then instructs your *arr stack to get the content. It would basically be fully automated

        • @beansnifferOP
          2•2 years ago

          Thanks, this is closer to what I’m looking for.

      • @ree
        2•2 years ago

        I understand the need to not become a glorify bot !

        I see my jellyfin server as a sort of curated library to allows other people to discover content they wouldn’t have access otherwise. But it’s not a replacement for a commercial streaming service.

        The issues with settings up other people computer is that you become the de facto technician. And that’s something I hate.

  • m-p{3}
    2•2 years ago

    Jellyfin seems to be a popular suggestion for user friendly software with a netflix-like interface but from what I can tell, there isn’t automatic torrenting to match the convenience of stremio.

    You can however combine that with a torrent client with RSS feeds and some automation.

    I personally use showrss.info and let my torrent client grab the episodes as they come. I have one RSS feed per show, so the configuration in the client is done ince, and then it simply moves the completed torrent in the appropriate directory (show name) in my TV shows library directory structure.

    I just have to remember to clear out my torrents once in a while.