pirating for parents that lack technical literacy? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 year ago by shitass@sh.itjust.works to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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Hello everynyan,

So this is less so a pirating question and more a setup question. Hope that's okay?

I'm recently getting back into pirating with streaming going down the shitter. I can catch up on best practices w stuff like the mega thread but I basically want to setup a media device for my parents to stream stuff I pirate.

Any of you have recommendations? Only real catch is I don't want them to have to do much besides turn something on and off. My mom has gotten a lot more computer literate these last years but fiddling w stuff will definitely put her off.

Things I've considered:

Plex server, not really thrilled about streaming stuff straight from my house
SBC w/ whatever media app is easiest these days and just delivering a new drive w stuff now and then

Thanks, -shitass

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[-] Che_Donkey@lemmy.ml 43 points 1 year ago

As an end user to PLEX, I can say its just the easiest thing to do-navigation wise for your parents. We have a friend in the US that had setting up the server as a hobby but (after 4 years) finally asked for a small monthly maintenance fee. Since moving out of the US it is the only streaming service we use.

Just my 2 cents. -the pirate ship cook

[-] BrainisfineIthink@lemmy.one 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Question - is there a way to make my Plex library always available without having my desktop running non-stop? My Plex downloads live on an M2 on my desktop currently. Second question - I can only access my Plex files from my local network but most people seem to use it from anywhere. What am I doing wrong, or do you need premium for that feature?

[-] navi@lemmy.tespia.org 5 points 1 year ago

No. Your media is streamed from your computer instead of Netflix or Hu's computer.

There needs to be a computer on the other end and Plex just allows you to use yours.

[-] dustojnikhummer@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

No, you need a computer/server of some kind to run all the time to serve that media.

[-] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

Download/stream anywhere: They exposed it to the internet. Either through port forward or through a forward proxy like traefik, nginx, caddy

Always on PC issue: The cloud is just someone elses computer. If you want to run a little server and don't require loads of cpu/gpu power: Intel NUCs (or equivalent) are a very good option. Very small and compact and the included iGPU is enough for a 4K HDR live transcode.
Doing that with an Intel NUC 11th 1135G7 and Jellyfin

[-] Greenskye@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Have to setup port forwarding to make it available outside your network.

I tried running it off my main PC for awhile, but it's kind of a pain and impacted my gaming sessions. Moved it onto a $400 Lenovo server I got off eBay to great effect. Used unRAID to setup a simple server for it. Lots and lots of guides out there for it with a great community. Have since upgraded beyond that server, but it was a great start.