Web developer, gamer, reader, and a true ligma male

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  • So my first thought is: Download the entire file BEFORE watching it. This ensures that you won’t have to buffer while watching and it’ll run 100% smoothly.

    Downloading files isn’t very difficult generally; just go to some (torrenting) website, copy the magnet or download the torrent and import it into your torrent client.

    When you have your .mp4, .mkv, .whatever file, you can simply click on it and play it on your preferred media player (such as VLC). However, you may want to watch it on some other device… Easy solution (for TVs) is just connect your laptop to your TV with an HDMI cable, duplicate your screen and start watching.

    But if you actually want to stream, you’ll have to tread into the self-hosting zone. Meaning that you run a media server that hosts all your content and your devices (whether it’s a TV, android phone, iPhone, whatever) can access and play the content from your server.

    This is a very, very big topic that I won’t cover in a single comment. I will point you in the right direction and mention Jellyfin; Jellyfin is a free, open-source media server that you can set up to manage and stream your files with















  • I’ve been degoogled for a little bit over a year now and here’s what I use (disclaimer: I own a NAS / homserver, so I got a little bit more options than most people would).

    • Android OS: /e/OS
    • Browser: Firefox and Bromite
    • Maps: Organic Maps
    • Play Store: F-Droid (droidify client in my case) and App Lounge.
    • YouTube: Libretube (privacy-friendly YouTube client)
    • Translation: DeepL
    • Movies, TV Shows, Music: self-hosted Jellyfin
    • Automatic backup of my images and videos: self-hosted Immich
    • VPN server: self-hosted Wireguard server
    • Document management: self-hosted Nextcloud Office + LibreOffice on my PC
    • E-Mail service: ProtonMail (self-hosting this is a pain in the ass, so I’ll just leave it to experts)
    • Search engine: DuckDuckGo

    Check out [email protected] for tons of stuff on self-hosting services and https://www.privacyguides.org/en/ for a lot of other good alternatives.