LOL.

We pay for 4K, but we don’t get more than 720p unless we use some proprietary shit hardware and agree to their super-invasive “privacy policy” - and they expect people to NOT set sail in the high seas? GTFO…

  • @Thermal_shocked@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9•5 months ago

    I use OnTheSpot downloader to grab albums from spotify at 320kbps - https://github.com/casualsnek/onthespot

    Use Soulseek (nicotine+) to grab more obscure stuff. Can get everything on there, just sometimes slower and not as reliable as a torrent.

    I use these sites for movies, in order of convenience:

    https://ytssss.jamsbase.com/ (basically just YTS)

    https://www.magnetdl.com/ (search sucks, but if you get used to it, it has huge libraries of TV series)

    https://en.torrentgalaxy-official.site/

    https://rargb.to/

    https://1337x.to/home/

    https://psa.wf/ (PSA RIPS)

    I don’t really download apps anymore, so malware really isn’t an issue, but make sure you’re using UBlockOrigin plugin and a VPN like TorGuard

    • @Fred@lemm.eeEnglish
      3•5 months ago

      Could try the *arr software. Sonarr is tv, radarr is movies and lidarr is music. You can use jackett to act as an indexer and it will automatically grab the shows.

        • @SkippingRelax@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3•5 months ago

          I’ve used them for a very long time, maybe a decade if they have been around that long, could be a bit less. I’ve seen them referred to as the *arr suite/software many times. I didn’t know there was a joke to get until you pointed it out, I’m still facepalming.

          So you are not the last one.

          In my defence, I’m not a native speaker, but still…

        • @nolight@lemm.eeEnglish
          2•5 months ago

          My friends and I have been joking too much about this naming scheme without even mentioning what appears to be the intentional meaning… I feel rather dumb.

      • @Thermal_shocked@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2•5 months ago

        yeah, i’ve thought about it. but it’s cathartic to find music/movies, download and organize them, choose artwork in Plex, things like that. I’ve got them all organized in media monkey.

    • chillsmeitEnglish
      1•5 months ago

      Regarding music, there’s also the slavart discord and their bot which allows you to download music from different streaming services in lossless formats

      • @Thermal_shocked@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1•5 months ago

        oh god, the difference between some of my old rips at 128 and 320 is damn near night and day. i though the song just sucked, but the quality was just shit. also found a track that got corrupt, but still played, but at 1/10th the speed, it was about 30 minutes long, but normally only 3 lol. just stretched the fuck out of it.

    • @criticalcentristEnglish
      1•5 months ago

      1337x and YTS are preferred for me. No sign up/log in BS