TBH Steam feels like a ticking timebomb. At some point Valve is going to get a new shite CEO or something and everyone will go “oh…”

This is the compose file I use, with Gluetun setup with ProtonVPN. I edited it to remove some personal machine stuff so adapt volumes to your liking.

version: "2.1"
services:
  jackett:
    image: lscr.io/linuxserver/jackett:latest
    container_name: jackett
    network_mode: service:gluetun
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      - TZ=Europe/London
    volumes:
      - ./data:/config
      - ./downloads:/downloads
    restart: unless-stopped
    depends_on:
      - gluetun

  qbittorrent:
    image: lscr.io/linuxserver/qbittorrent:4.5.5-r0-ls291
    container_name: qbittorrent
    network_mode: service:gluetun
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      - TZ=Etc/UTC
      - WEBUI_PORT=8084
    volumes:
      - a-place/qbittorrent/config:/config
      - a-place/qbittorrent:/downloads
    restart: unless-stopped
    depends_on:
      - gluetun

  flaresolverr:
    container_name: flaresolverr
    network_mode: service:gluetun
    environment:
      - LOG_LEVEL=info
    restart: unless-stopped
    image: ghcr.io/flaresolverr/flaresolverr:latest
    depends_on:
      - gluetun

  gluetun:
    image: qmcgaw/gluetun
    container_name: gluetun
    networks:
      pirate_net:
    cap_add:
      - NET_ADMIN
      - SYS_MODULE
    environment:
      - VPN_SERVICE_PROVIDER=custom
      - VPN_TYPE=wireguard
    ports:
      - 9117:9117 # Jackett
      - 8084:8084
      - 6881:6881
      - 6881:6881/udp
      - 8191:8191 # Flaresolverr
    volumes:
      - ./config/:/gluetun/wireguard/

networks:
  pirate_net:
    driver: bridge

I’m loving all the replies pointing out their clown makeup.

Why did they make a public post about this? Surely they would just send notices to the relevant parties?

If you use Porkbun, there’s a project that I’ve personally forked and adjusted a bit for dynamic DNS updates: https://github.com/Dasnap/Porkbun-Dynamic-DNS

The original project was archived so I added a bit to avoid pointless IP updates and then stole a Docker image build from another project and combined it in.

I believe they only care about concurrent IPs, not concurrent use in general. If the IP is the same for all downloads then I don’t think they’ll send you a warning. Just make sure the VPN clients have a killswitch though.

They go by a ‘2 strikes in a week’ system to account for accidental misuse. If they see 2 IPs used at once then they’ll reset your API key and tell you they’ll block your account if you do it again in the next 7 days.

I pay for 2 accounts personally because it’s still far cheaper than watching things ‘the proper way’.

I dual boot Windows 11 on mine, and it makes me feel like a deviant on this site. I just slapped Playnite on it, and it became fine enough for GP games.

If I’m not buying the crap that sponsors them anyway then how does it affect the creator if I skip the section? I assume the success of the sponsor is based off referrals but again, I’m not buying their crap or using referral links.

Music Stremio would be cool, but I think hosting it yourself is the closest you can get with music while still retaining a decent user experience :/

I guess they could also throw a load of adblockers onto YouTube? Ublock Origin, ReVanced YT Music etc. But that isn’t really ‘piracy’ at that point if OP is purposely wanting to avoid the actual big names.

Haha, be careful with the word ‘local’ when talking about IT stuff. I took it as ‘local machine’.

In terms of your actual tastes, I wouldn’t know where to recommend for that. I don’t do much music piracy myself outside of SittingOnClouds for game soundtracks that I then put on Jellyfin and YouTube Music (Nintendo put your fucking soundtracks on music services I swear to God).

Lidarr doesn’t need your whole library, just what you need to download. You can add your local music to Jellyfin alongside anything you get from -Arr services.

I know when I’ve used Sonarr it’s also managed to parse my local library when I’ve added a series I’ve already downloaded to look for future episodes.

Never heard of it, but it does look nice.

I’d recommend OP tries kicking up both for a bit and pointing them both at the same music collection to see which they prefer.

I think a mixture of Jellyfin and Lidarr are what you’re looking for, but I haven’t tried out Lidarr personally. If it’s as good as Sonarr then it probably works well.

Jellyfin is a media server, so can be access from any device. Most use it for TV and films but its music player and library work well also.

-Arr services are used to crawl usenet/bittorrent trackers for different kinds of media.

I’d imagine the process for this would be you add an album you want to Lidarr, which will then look around for the audio files, use a downloader you point to in order to download it, and then move it into your Jellyfin library.

Edit: I’ve pointed at Docker repos because I’m a container whore but I believe they all have bare-metal builds also.

Loving that you straight up block Halo servers.

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I personally prefer Homepage over Heimdall and made the switch a few months back.

I personally love containers (probably because I use them for work) but I can understand someone not wanting another layer of abstraction if they’ve worked bare-metal for a long time.

It’s only once you install something like this that you realize just how many torrents are porno.

I’ve always been curious about ‘Anal Police Stories 2’ but I’ve never found the time.

Works on desktop and ReVanced also. It’s community driven! I’ve seen tiny videos get fully timestampped within about 10 minutes of publishing. People are very active on the project.

https://github.com/ajayyy/SponsorBlock

Look at these stats!

I use them and they’re inoffensive, which is really what you’re looking for when you’re using a basic service like this.

They also show you a picture of a piglet when they generate SSL certificates.

That sounds like an app begging to be modded to add an autoskip feature.