my jellyfin server has all of the seasons, including spin-off movies and bonus episodes.
Why go with a server instead of streaming, these days? I’m genuinely curious.
Edit: guys, I’m asking a question. Why the downvotes? Also, I’m not talking about PAID streaming.
Because what I want to watch is spread across 17 different streaming services. Of course you can buy digitally… But then there’s no guarantee they won’t take that back out of your account. Or edit it later on when they decide something is offensive like happened when I bought the office on Vudu.
To be clear, I think they were asking about streaming torrents. Stremio with torrentio addon, for example.
Ooooh. Eh. Never know when the nice quality one might go poof.
Because you can control exactly what is on your server. I do the same thing via Plex. I want to watch a movie and it got pulled from the half dozen streaming services I have access to? Fuck it, just download it and add it to my own personal server. Now I have it forever and ever until I decide I’m done watching it.
It works a hell of a lot more reliably than things like fmovies… Streamio can be a little better with real-debrid but then you’re still paying…
In my case I use a Emby server and not “free” streaming options because I can choice the quality, subtitles and on which device I want to watch. Or download it on my phone for offline watching.
All under my control without any ads.
“A streaming service only has the second season of a show”
The “rival” streaming service that has the first season of the show is owned by the same corporation so it can double-dip viewers on subscription fees.
Recently been trying to introduce my partner to Doctor Who while he’s staying in Australia. All the episodes used to be up on BritBox because it’s a British show, but they dropped it earlier this year. Now the options are:
Binge (season 4+)
Amazon Prime (season 5+)
Stan (all new seasons, but also the only streaming service I don’t have access to)
Disney+ (only 3 movie-length specials)
Yarrr
Bonus points: The service has the entire run of a show, but then they remove the whole series when you’re only 3 episodes away from the end.
Amazon Prime is the worst offender.
If I can’t see the whole show, I pirate it.
If I can’t download the show and host it on my jellyfin server, I pirate it.
If I can get the whole show for a reasonable price and download it in 1080p, I buy it.
So you’re the guy who only wants two seasons. I’ll let Netflix know.
What about a streaming service that has only season 3 and season 5 for a 6 season show??? 😎
Netflix in latam has something like 3/4 of a season of jojo’s (I think it’s stardust crusaders)
Or Netflix: we have repackaged 2 seasons as one with half of season 2 jammed in there to make it feel like it died unfinished.
Food Wars!
I’ll allow it as long as it’s season 2 of Firefly
Yarrr
