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Show HN: Stremio – watch movies, series, YouTube channels, live TV

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Re: Show HN: Stremio – watch movies, series, YouTube channels, live TV

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Post by ivshti »

Fogest wrote: post #2

It looks quite nice, but I am wondering if this is like a popcorn time kinda thing where I can stream any show that may not even be on my harddrive, or if this is a product meant for indexing my harddrive and streaming it to any device like Plex?

Both, depending on what add-ons you have activated.

When you don't have any activated, it relies on local indexing.

On the other hand, the default add-ons suggest to you links to iTunes/Netflix/etc.

There are third-party add-ons that use torrents, those can be shown in the product if they are popular in your area.

Re: Show HN: Stremio – watch movies, series, YouTube channels, live TV

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Post by mckie41 »

Fogest wrote: post #2

It looks quite nice, but I am wondering if this is like a popcorn time kinda thing where I can stream any show that may not even be on my harddrive, or if this is a product meant for indexing my harddrive and streaming it to any device like Plex?

yes you can steam any tv show or movie without it being on you HDD to be honest its hell of a lot better than popcorntime and safer as it uses add-on's for the torrents and if the movie or tv show you want is not their simply drag the magnet link into stremio :-) and the team on facebook are very responsive if you ever need help or have any questions :-)

Re: Show HN: Stremio – watch movies, series, YouTube channels, live TV

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Post by mckie41 »

techaddict009 wrote: post #7

Is it totally legal?

in a way yes as its using an add-on called JC torrents to get all the tv shows and movies on the app the app it self dose not make any add-on's and its open sourced if you want to have a look and you can ask the devs questions on facebook the are very responsive :-)

Re: Show HN: Stremio – watch movies, series, YouTube channels, live TV

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Post by ivshti »

techaddict009 wrote: post #7

Is it totally legal?

Stremio is a 100% legal, unlike Popcorn Time it's not designed and distributed only for infringement use cases.

Of course, just like Plex, you can use torrent add-ons with it.

Something to point out is that we do suggest to the users add-ons which are popular in the area, so it makes any experience very streamlined.

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