• @antizero99
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    439 months ago

    I’ve returned to the high seas, eye patch and all.

    I found a seedbox provider that is fairly cheap and works well. I have a long standing rss feed for new shows so next step is going to be getting it setup to auto download for me. I can do it locally but spectrum is hard core with the dmca notices and I don’t want to risk losing my account.

    • @[email protected]
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      139 months ago

      I have Spectrum as well, but using a VPN w/ dead switch turned on has worked thus far. They really are ruthless with dmca though. Hate Spectrum with a deep, deep passion, and not just because of that, but everything else. There’s a competitor rolling out fiber everywhere in my city though, so I will soon be ditching them, thankfully.

      • @antizero99
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        39 months ago

        There are 2 companies running fiber in my city but I live in the outskirts in what I call country’ish, no clue if/when they make it to my street, there are only like 20 houses if that on my road.

      • @[email protected]
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        29 months ago

        If I’m not mistaken, Spectrum has no data cap, right?

        Asking because I actually miss Spectrum relative to other major cable providers. And I’ve not had the opportunity to get on the fiber train yet.

        • @antizero99
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          29 months ago

          No data cap anywhere that I am aware of. Despite being in what I call country’ish we have gigabit down from them but the upload is capped at like 35-40 megs.

        • SaltySalamander
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          9 months ago

          They have no cap, but that’s only because they agreed to not impose a cap for a period of time as part of the agreement with the FCC (FTC? One of those 3-letter agencies) that allowed them to absorb Time Warner Cable. That period of time is up, I’m pretty sure, so we shall see what they decide to do.

    • JJROKCZ
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      39 months ago

      Just use a vpn, always, and spectrum has no idea what you’re doing

      • @antizero99
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        19 months ago

        Or, I could pay the $9/month for a server that has a 10gig connection to the rest of the world and do my part by leaving them seeding for longer than I would otherwise.

        • @[email protected]
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          19 months ago

          Would love a seed box recommendation if you have one to share? My new place is off grid so with limited power prefer to offload a 24 hour server elsewhere so I can be a responsible seeder.

          • @antizero99
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            29 months ago

            I’m using rapidseedbox.com but there are a ton of others out there. I tried them because they take crypto and I don’t have to give them any info whatsoever.

        • @[email protected]
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          19 months ago

          What service offers that and doesn’t mind torrenting? (Legal torrenting ofc, we wouldn’t ever dream of discussing illegal topics here 🏴‍☠️)

          • @antizero99
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            19 months ago

            I’m using rapidseedbox.com, they don’t ask for any personal info and I paid with crypto. The lowend plan I’m using is $9/month and doesn’t offer many options aside from sftp access, 3 or 4 torrent apps you can switch between and a couple of other things. The higher end plans offer a shit load more like plex, etc. They will send a dmca notice and then like 12 hours later delete the offending content. I’ve learned that you can just restart the torrent and re-download it and all is well going forward.

            There are a ton of other options out there for seedboxes.

    • @[email protected]
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      19 months ago

      I pay about $300 per year for an IPTV service that provides over 3000 channels which means all the news and sports I can think of. Also on demand TV and movies, and recordings of popular live sports. It allows 2 public IPs so I share this service with my brother. It’s amazing. I’ve used a few different IPTV services that got shutdown and this one is the best. It’s been about 2 years now which is about as long as I’ve seen these services last so I hope it doesn’t get shut down anytime soon.

      • @antizero99
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        19 months ago

        I’d rather just run my own service for my own use. I have a nas and I use vlc on my TV to watch anything I want. I’m currently working on grabbing all of the shows that I want to re-watch and are available in their entirety, homeland, the wire, Dr who, Archer, etc. I’ll also be keeping an eye on the paramount and others for shows that look interesting and add them to my rss feed.

        • @[email protected]
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          19 months ago

          Look up radarr and sonarr. Automate all your downloads. You can torrent with it but usenet is much easier. Additionally set up a server with unraid and add all the apps to docker. You got yourself a media server. Add plex and all the other arr apps in there too.