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No, it runs on everything.
Oh really! It looked like a linage build.
here's the downloads page for Stremio: https://www.stremio.com/downloads
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Re: Stremio OS Is Now Available for Raspberry Pi 5 and 4
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>But stremio users are only active on a given Torrent while watching its content. Meaning that they contribute nothing back to the network. That's why private trackers are the best. As a member you're mandated to seed what you download for a minimum amount of time or data, which IMHO should be mandatory for P-2-P networks, otherwise the whole concept falls apart if everyone is selfish and only does hit-and-runs.
As a heavy private tracker user I have found that most private trackers life and die by super seeders from seedboxes, just seeding from a home connection doesn't contribute any meaningful bandwidth and only helps you get bonus points from your tracker.
You're going to have a hard time maintaining an acceptable ratio on a non-ratioless private tracker without a seedbox or a NAS/homelab that's on 24/7. These trackers largely self-select for power users.
Re: Stremio OS Is Now Available for Raspberry Pi 5 and 4
#43Stremio is a Mediacenter thingy. You can provide different video sources using Plugins. People mainly use it for torrenting. It's nice in theory since it allows you to watch basically anything without having to download it first. It will find and download Torrents on demand and start playing them after a small buffer has been built. But stremio users are only active on a given Torrent while watching its content. Mean…
The more reliable way of using Stremio is through real-debrid anyway - meaning the torrents are cached on a server for direct streaming.
it's funny because, obviously, they can't really advertise this and the torrent extension, but that seems to be the main way people are actually using it. so a lot of people end up trying stremio, and then voice (valid!) criticisms that in reality just don't apply to how people actually use stremio.
Re: Stremio OS Is Now Available for Raspberry Pi 5 and 4
#44I have no interest in Streamio, but I have really wanted an Android TV OS I can run on commodity hardware for things like Netflix, YouTube et al, I wonder if this might be a suitable solution? My goal really is to have a sleek, up to date TV OS that doesn't rely on me buying a specific TV or replacing it every 5 years when it stops receiving app updates.
Why not just use LineageOS directly?
Re: Stremio OS Is Now Available for Raspberry Pi 5 and 4
#45I have no interest in Streamio, but I have really wanted an Android TV OS I can run on commodity hardware for things like Netflix, YouTube et al, I wonder if this might be a suitable solution? My goal really is to have a sleek, up to date TV OS that doesn't rely on me buying a specific TV or replacing it every 5 years when it stops receiving app updates.
Why not just use LineageOS directly?
I'm not aware of there being an official Android TV release of Lineage, there's an unofficial one according to XDA.
Ideally for something I'll run on my TV, I'll want something likely to continue receiving support.
I imagine Streamio is more likely to continue receiving support/updates as long as they're focused on maintaining the platform.
If there's an official Lineage Android TV for RPi or x86 that'd of course be ideal.
Re: Stremio OS Is Now Available for Raspberry Pi 5 and 4
#46They state: "While the Raspberry Pi 5 is fully capable of smooth 4K playback, Raspberry Pi 4 will not be able to play 4K content due to hardware limitations." This likely depends on the codec. The Pi 4’s BCM2711 SoC, unlike the BCM2712 in the Pi 5, has hardware support for H.265 (HEVC) up to 4Kp60. However, the Pi 5 can still support H.265 (HEVC) up to 4Kp60 through software-based decoding, thanks to its more powerfu…
That’s incorrect: Both have hardware support for decoding H265 up to 4K. The difference is H264: the Pi4 still has a hardware decoder (up to FullHD) while the Pi5 doesn’t and will use software decoding as it’s more than fast enough. As it is software, there’s no resolution limit.
Do you have any info on why they dropped support for H264 hardware decoding?
Re: Stremio OS Is Now Available for Raspberry Pi 5 and 4
#47Earlier quoted context omitted.
As a heavy private tracker user I have found that most private trackers life and die by super seeders from seedboxes, just seeding from a home connection doesn't contribute any meaningful bandwidth and only helps you get bonus points from your tracker.
You're going to have a hard time maintaining an acceptable ratio on a non-ratioless private tracker without a seedbox or a NAS/homelab that's on 24/7. These trackers largely self-select for power users.
I'm on several and have no issues, I just seed when my computer is on but with low bandwidth. I live by long seedtimes, bonus systems and Freeleech and have easily a few terrabytes of buffer on my trackers
Re: Stremio OS Is Now Available for Raspberry Pi 5 and 4
#48Earlier quoted context omitted.
Why not just use LineageOS directly?
I'm not aware of there being an official Android TV release of Lineage, there's an unofficial one according to XDA. Ideally for something I'll run on my TV, I'll want something likely to continue receiving support. I imagine Streamio is more likely to continue receiving support/updates as long as they're focused on maintaining the platform. If there's an official Lineage Android TV for RPi or x86 that'd of course be…
There are some offical Android TV builds:
Dynalink and Walmart Onn (2021) https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/dopinder/
https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/wade/
Radxa zero SBC https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/radxa0/
Google Chromecast with Google TV (4K) (check on XDA thread, I'm not sure on the current status on bootloader and Widevine) https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/sabrina/
For Raspberry Pi, there's konstakang's unofficial builds https://konstakang.com/
Re: Stremio OS Is Now Available for Raspberry Pi 5 and 4
#49Earlier quoted context omitted.
That’s incorrect: Both have hardware support for decoding H265 up to 4K. The difference is H264: the Pi4 still has a hardware decoder (up to FullHD) while the Pi5 doesn’t and will use software decoding as it’s more than fast enough. As it is software, there’s no resolution limit.
Do you have any info on why they dropped support for H264 hardware decoding?
The software decoder is fast enough: See https://forums.raspberrypi.com/viewtopic.php?p=2145762#p2145...
Re: Stremio OS Is Now Available for Raspberry Pi 5 and 4
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The more reliable way of using Stremio is through real-debrid anyway - meaning the torrents are cached on a server for direct streaming.
it's funny because, obviously, they can't really advertise this and the torrent extension, but that seems to be the main way people are actually using it. so a lot of people end up trying stremio, and then voice (valid!) criticisms that in reality just don't apply to how people actually use stremio.
I selfishly hope stremio+debrid doesn't come so popular as to be cracked down. It beats all streaming services hands down.