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Totally serious. Never knew there is a difference. Thanks for the explanation.



Use docker with a container which can only go online thru a vpn like transmission-vpn.


That does not solve the problem. Its just an app installed onto the firetv. You do not replace the launcher or circumventing launch screen ads.




Which OS is good for this? Which remote can be used? I use my Stick to launch several apps like Plex, Smarttube Next, ARD Mediathek (German TV series). Not needing anything more. But a snappy remote and support for various audio and video codecs is key.



Good for you. It does not change my point though that a device which can stream media having ads not really has anything to do with more piracy.


Interesting. I am not really happy with mine. Pretty laggy and it sometimes crashes. But good to know and makes the wait easier instead of getting that old tech instead.


I got a 4K Max one because it was only 35€. I want to upgrade to a shield pro successor which is overdue by now.


That has nothing to do with piracy or not. Its just a device to play media. You can use a firetv to 100% stream pirated content via kodi or plex and still have to see this shit.


A damn. Sorry to get youre hopes up. It was great while it lasted.



Definetly get the base model, use a NAS for storage and just download more RAM


There is a native feature from Samsung and third party apps as well. Third party apps need to be installed on PC and on the tablet.


They are super expensive but worth it when you use their features. You can e.g. connect it to a PC, use it as a second monitor and as a drawing tablet for photoshop. Similar drawing tablets from wacom arent nearly as versatily and cost similar or even more.

That said, I just use my S7+ for notes, youtube and comics. Probably not worth it but I love the excellent screen.


Get a used M1 Macbook Air. MacOs isnt restricted like their mobile devices. Its passivly cooled, relativly cheap, portable and also capable for more serious productive work.


Its a shame drm free digital purchases was never a thing with movies like with music.

Buy, download, bam, its yours forever.



Reminds me of some technical hikes ive done. Often the hardest part was at very beginning. It was to make sure that only skilled enough people could enter.



Interesting feature from ytdlp. Another reason why sponsor block might not be feasable for podcasts are inidividualized advertisements. There are few podcasts which e.g. have different ads depending for which country you are coming from. So going just by timecodes isnt an option.


Its amazing once you start to realize how little you can watch even when you are subbed to all streaming services. In the years I used Netflix and co my consumption changed to ‘I watch whats available’. Once I pirated again and joined a similar Plex server with a catalogue which contains pretty much every movie and tv show ever made, even international ones, it changed to ‘What weird shit I really want to watch today’.

Even if would sub to every streaming service available to me (which would probably cost 100€ per month) I could only see 20% of the movies I have watched.


Before you upscale it is crucial to get the best rip possible. To my knowledge the best ripping and deinterlacing process is called QTGMC.

After that, experiment with AI upscalers. But the best Upscalers will only get so far when the initial rip isnt as best as possible.


One idea for the language problem. It needs a little bit of tinkering. Grab the apk and alter the package name. Than you can install multiple instances side by side. You could install one instance for each language. Probably necessary to alter the app name as well so you can distinguish between the different versions.



Oh and definitive Letterboxd! Its a must for every film fan.

You have a watchlist, can mark movies as watched, rate movies, can write reviews, discover reviews follow people, see what those people have watched recently and discover super intersting lists.

Definetly the best website/app for every film fan.


Digital or physical copies? For digital ones I would recommend something like trakt where you can mark movies as ‘collected’.

For physical media I would recommend a database which distinguishes between the multilple releases of the same movie. Often there are big differences from one release to another, like lord of the rings colorgrading or star wars special effects retouching etc.

I know only one website which does this well and its in German, see the heading ‘Fassungen’:

https://www.ofdb.de/film/154,Matrix/

I bet there are similar websites in english though.


Just a thought: these resources are great. But to be helpful printed stuff is way better because you dont need electricity for that.



I would look into the zima board or zima blade, cheap but should be powerful enough. Otherwise there are really great server builds possible with low powered mini PCs possible. See Wolfgangs channel on youtube for inspiration.

You could use a raspi but there are more powerful options for a similar price.


Well you would just have to download it once. But install it 1000000 times. Sounds like a lot of work.




There is one private tracker I know of: DimeaDozen

Hard to maintain a ratio though.



Everything which is aired on the public channels lands in the mediathek and you can legally download it for a while. Here is a handy search tool:

https://mediathekviewweb.de/


Trello and the samsung notes for my galaxy tablet with pen.


I think its great to explain the concept and even some details of the process. This removes the mysticism from the topic and someone who has no big knowledge on the topic may umderstand that it is a pretty easy process nowadays and can give up the mental image of hackerman with a black hoodie.