Its a little VPS with a large hard drive that providers often pre configure with popular apps for pirating. Jellyfin is a video server to play content, it has mobile and smart TV apps as well as a web ui to watch and manage the library. Sonarr and radarr automatically manage downloading of content from trackers. It requires a bit of config but nothing difficult if you have ever had to use Linux.
So when I want to watch a movie, I go to radar, type it in, it searches torrent trackers and grabs a release, sends it to a torrent client and then organizes it into my movies and TV shows folders. It has great connection so if its a well seeded release a movie takes less than a minute for even 2160p (although the server I currently have doesn’t seem to handle 2160p streaming).
Another bonus is it seeds very quickly and I don’t have to worry about running my local torrent client. So on private trackers I maintain a great ratio and I get to feel good in general about seeding.
Security wise, there is no way for your ISP to know you are on torrents like if you use a local PC. Your ISP would know you are connecting to that IP. Typically, they are located in countries with laws favorable to piracy and privacy.
tell me more about this seedbox - does it mean I won’t have to go to a sketchy website to find the magnet link anymore?
Its a little VPS with a large hard drive that providers often pre configure with popular apps for pirating. Jellyfin is a video server to play content, it has mobile and smart TV apps as well as a web ui to watch and manage the library. Sonarr and radarr automatically manage downloading of content from trackers. It requires a bit of config but nothing difficult if you have ever had to use Linux.
So when I want to watch a movie, I go to radar, type it in, it searches torrent trackers and grabs a release, sends it to a torrent client and then organizes it into my movies and TV shows folders. It has great connection so if its a well seeded release a movie takes less than a minute for even 2160p (although the server I currently have doesn’t seem to handle 2160p streaming).
Another bonus is it seeds very quickly and I don’t have to worry about running my local torrent client. So on private trackers I maintain a great ratio and I get to feel good in general about seeding.
Security wise, there is no way for your ISP to know you are on torrents like if you use a local PC. Your ISP would know you are connecting to that IP. Typically, they are located in countries with laws favorable to piracy and privacy.
that sounds really useful, thanks. looking into this!
Getting my whole server with the *arr apps set up was so satisfying. It’s so nice to watch everything I want and not give Hulu or Netflix any money