Lemmy - RazBot

Hoping someone can help me out with figuring out how to use torrent streaming within Jellyfin (or similar). I've been researching/experimenting for a week now and am only getting more confused, lol.

Currently using Stremio with TorBox (and Trakt) as a Netflix/PrimeVideo replacement. It works great for streaming movies or my favorite shows quickly at high-quality with no buffering, but Stremio is profoundly terrible at everything else (and is sketchy AF).

I want to put together something that acts like a locally hosted version of the late great Fmovies -- simply shows what's available, and keeps track of what I'm watching and which series is next with easily configurable and customizable watchlists. When I choose something to watch and press play, it plays immediately -- just like any commercial (or pirate) streaming service.

I'm not interested in downloading/hoarding, only streaming. I don't want anything downloaded to my computer, but having an option to cache something locally for a certain time would a convenient feature. TorBox currently does all the streaming and seeding.

Jellyfin looks like the way to go. But all of the guides and plugins are geared towards Usenet/Torrent collectors, and not streamers. The Arr suite seems overkill for what I need, but certain parts seem useful so maybe something could be cobbled together? Then there's newer plugins/apps such as Jellyseer, ListSync, etc, but all the information is geared towards downloaders and not streamers.

I'm not married to TorBox, but it works great for me and has the option for Usenet as well as debrid. If something works better I'll check it out.

Is this possible using Jellyfin? Is there a hidden or unlisted plugin for it like the Torrentio Stremio plugin or the Umbrella Kodi plugin for Jellyfin.

Or can the Arr apps do this without having to download/organize?

Or some other media server entirely?

Much thanks for any help or hints you can give. If I get something working I'll post a detailed guide if there's need for one.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/28611045

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Hi! I'm looking for an open-source, preferably FOSS video transcoding web interface.

I would like the transcoding to be done on the server side, be secured by a password if possible (so people don't 100% the server), and I want no data sharing. Most important feature: must allow web uploads. I don't want to automate transcoding, or transcode files that are in the server: I want clients to be able to upload their media and get it transcoded.

The transcoding aspect is important: not just a change in container / file extension, but a real transcoding (changing video codec). Being able to change the bitrate is a plus.

I've been looking at many projects and most are sadly either too simple for my needs (only container change, no real ability to choose the codec, or unchangeable bitrate), or focused on files that are already on the server.

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Thanks :)

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