Any time you pause it or rewind it or sneeze it throws the “EXO failed to play this video” error.
That’s WHEN it decides to play sound.
I noticed they said they aren’t worried about fixing it on github??
What is going on here?
I’m using a shield tv pro and it acts like this on my gaming PC too always freezing and making me force shut it down.
Did something happen with stremio lately?
Edit: anyone know of any viable alternatives that don’t require learning hours of self hosting stuff like Jellyfin?
Jellyfin doesn’t require “hours of learning”. It takes minutes to setup, you can literally just copy/paste commands if you use Linux and if you use Windows then you just run a .exe file.
So I can have that hooked up to the open net through my NAS at home with zero security issues of accessing it through other devices?
Does this not leave my internet exposed in a dangerous way?
Or, do I have to learn about firewalls and limited access and the ability to inspect the traffic going through? And how to set up tailscale and only have one port open, etc. Etc.
Sure it doesn’t require learning anything if I want to get pwned
Get a free netbird acct. it’s also real easy to setup. Just connect your client and server devices and then point your Jellyfin client to your server’s netbird (vpn) ip.
You could use plex instead, that takes care of all the remote access and security stuff, but for a fee.
I bought a little box computer (and some drives), followed a guide for linux and docker. It has a VPN setup on there too…that’s all i have. Not sure if your nas is drive or drive and computing, but NAS is the expensive part covered. I dont think i have any security…im thinking now i should.
Okay self hosting means you use an old laptop or raspberry Pi to run a server with all the movies and TV series and stuff right?
My question is, how do you get these movies and TV series and stuff if you self host?
Or am I wrong entirely?
The official way to get movies and TV series for self hosting is to purchase them on physical disc, then rip that media to your computer so you don’t need to swap out discs anymore.
There are also tools to rip the movies from streaming sites. Depending on how you want to do it, there’s various tools to download the content, but it’s a bit of a war between the streamers and the end users.
There’s also ways to download that content from people who share it online. Depending on where you live, this might be completely legal, it might get you fined, it might get your internet shut off, or it might get you put in jail. The worst most people get is a letter telling them to knock it off, but you should look into the laws where you live to find out for sure.
https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/c/piracy has some guides on it.
I see! Thank you for answering! I guess I’ll stick to Stremio for now, I really don’t have the required things to start self hosting or pirating thousands of movies and series to start my own thing.
You don’t have to have a second PC, although that is the most common method. My Raspberry Pi 4 is not powerful enough for the quality I watch at so I use it as a Navidrome server for music and have Jellyfin running on my main PC instead. Ideally, I would have another mini PC for Jellyfin but my setup still works fine currently. It’s just a bit clumsier and uses more power.
Through P2P file sharing like torrenting.
My main PC is slow enough already and I don’t have a 2nd PC, I think I’ll save money to get one. Until then, I’ll use Stremio, thanks for answering!
That’s pretty much what self hosting is. You can get more complex if you really want to, but it’s traditionally where old household computers go to live out their autumn years.
As far as getting the content? I have a feeling the wiki in the sidebar could give you a torrent of answers
There’s a way to get all the movies and series and stuff with automated tools? Won’t that take weeks or months to download and wouldn’t they need soo much hard-disks?
You are not wrong, but my understanding (and how i use mine) could also be wrong
Stremio is for streaming
Jellyfin is a self hosted media manager and relies on you having the files…if you dont have the files downloaded/stored its gonna give you nothing to display.
I set aside a day last year and set up a self host, once up and running its actually quite low maintenance. I use it for stuff i watch regular or that I want to keep (viewed and managed by JF). Also my shows because it just picks up new episodes in the background. Convenient.
For casual streaming when i dont know what i want to watch/check out a new show…its stremio.
You can do the same kind of live streaming with Jellyfin/Plex using Decypharr. It’s more complicated to set up, though.