After my last post on here asking about convenient streaming options at higher resolutions, I got a few comments recommending Stremio with Torrentio and Real Debrid.

I ended up going through with that and streamed a 4k movie. That said, what’s the catch? I’m a little paranoid because I’m not sure if this still counts as torrenting, and if I should be using a VPN while watching something from RD.

No such thing as free lunch, so I’m assuming there’s other downsides to this solution, could someone let me know what they are?

  • DARbarian@artemis.camp
    74·
    11 months ago

    Definitely use a VPN. My roommate got us DMCA’d for Transformers of all things when he used a stream from Torrentio (not Real Debrid). Brought him onto my VPN and Real-Debrid after that.

    • randromeda@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
      3·
      11 months ago

      Was he using another debrid service? Because from what I understand you can only stream if the file is cached by the service, otherwise torrentio just gives you the torrent. Without a VPN it makes sense why he got DMCA’d

      • RyanHx@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        2·
        11 months ago

        torrentio just gives you the torrent

        If it’s not cached there’ll instead be links that makes RD start a new download of that torrent (this can be disabled in Torrentio settings). The reason not to use those links would just be because you have to wait for RD to finish the download, but in either case you’re never torrenting yourself. You’ll see “RD+” above the quality label of streams which tells you it’s from real-debrid, so you’ll always know if it’s not.

    • wolfshadowheart@kbin.social
      2·
      11 months ago

      The only DMCA I’ve ever received was also from Transformers. Wtf Universal lol.

      The VR version no less! You literally can’t even buy it!