I had tried using stremio and real-debrid, but since real-debrid started to filter their results and some addons just don’t seem reliable any more (ie: torrentio), I think it’s time to update or replace my setup.
I would use it for just T.V. and movies, nothing really obscure (maybe older, but popular, shows/movies).
I had tried:
- real-debrid (not happy with)
- self-hosted comet (not happy with)
- zilean (not happy with)
- torrentio (I’ve actually removed it, because it seemed to be broken more often than not, but when it worked it had great results)
- steaming catalogs (love it)
- aiolist (atm seems to be broken or I need to upgrade it)
Other than streaming catalogs, I’m struggling to find an add-on which aggregates what’s popular/recent now (was using trakt via aiolist).
What would you suggest?
I have a vague recollection that there was a paid service like torrentio (debrid-link?). Would something like that salvage my real-debrid?
Would I get better results with zilean/comet, if I replaced real-debrid with another debrid service (ie: world-debrid, alldebrid, torbox, etc)?
Ideally, I’d like to keep the costs low, but I’m also getting tired of getting 480 resolution because that’s the only thing that comet/zilean can find that exists on real-debrid. Self-hosting could be possible (but I’d like to avoid).
edit: a couple of words.
I currently have Torbox and Debridio as a scraper while using Nuvio on all my devices and that setup works pretty well. Debridio is a yearly sub and pretty cheap. Torbox has a tier structure for their subs but essential is good enough for most people.
Warning however, all of the things I just mentioned are vibecoded so getting support is quite egregious. AI bros tend to get pretty insecure when you bring up the idea of Claude having made a mistake, even innocently.
And aside from getting support, the discord servers of these services are some of the worst discord has to offer. Everyone worth asking anything in the Torbox server, for instance, are incredibly immature. Not to mention the flagrant bigotry.
Just understand the kinds of people you’re gonna be talking to. A lot of them have some pretty serious god complexes, and I’m not bringing this up out of nowhere I’ve been a customer in this scene for years. But most importantly, abandon the idea of loyalty here. Sticking with one service will likely only hurt you, as enshittification consumes quickly in this scene. Good luck.
If Debridio is just AI vibe coded, then you could get around the subscription part by just AI vibe coding a Debridio clone. Pirating a piracy search tool is just piracy².
Ah, right - debridio was the paid torrentio.
I’m really curious if the results justify the additional cost (even if it’s $9/yr).
…as I said, I’ve had horrible results with zilean and comet. If $9 solves that problem, it would be worth it.
Regarding support, heh yeah, I gave up on that a long time ago (hence, why I posted this question on Lemmy ;)