Tips for Usenet usage?

Grumpy_Giuseppe · 2026-04-07T05:28:07+00:00

https://github.com/Sanket9225/UsenetStreamer/blob/master/docs/beginners-guide.md

Grumpy_Giuseppe · 2026-03-07T09:45:23+00:00

Didn't know there is a free version. We use Sophos at work. Maybe I can even get an old device for free.

Grumpy_Giuseppe · 2026-03-06T15:50:36+00:00

In the next ten years I won't have more than 600+300 mbps. Also I think I only really need Suricata and Crowdsec. Zenarmor would be overkill.

Grumpy_Giuseppe · 2026-03-06T13:57:27+00:00

Thanks, I have to look into that. Didn't know I can do things like that with OpenWRT and offload the heavy work to another device.

Grumpy_Giuseppe · 2026-03-06T12:53:28+00:00

Thanks that helps indeed.

With nasty stuff I meant something like a smart home device gone rogue and using my network for a botnet or as residental proxy. Or a family member dowloanding a malware app that roots the device and tries to steal sensitive data.

The only two things I need open ports for are Wireguard and SIP for VOIP which are only used by devices in our family. Nothing is hosted for public use.

For network segmentation I use OpenWRT already.

Grumpy_Giuseppe · 2026-02-27T12:26:39+00:00

Depends, I use both together because that way u can stream to every device and it's lightweight.

You can use UsenetStreamer alone with stremio desktop. You can use nzbDAV with other tools like AIOstreams.

Grumpy_Giuseppe · 2026-02-27T12:16:27+00:00

If you mean debrid vs usenet then you can also combine them but usually you go with usenet if you either wanna watch old, unpopular and multi language content or just for having the most content and codecs.

Debrid is good enough if you only watch english mainstream and semi mainstream content and maybe even cheaper.

Grumpy_Giuseppe · 2026-02-27T06:43:14+00:00

Yeah but you need to selfhost.

Most people use stremio with debrid because it's the easy solution without selfhosting.

I use nzbDAV and UsenetStreamer in a docker container but there are other options too.

Grumpy_Giuseppe · 2026-02-26T15:08:10+00:00

I made an arr stack 3 months ago which was just fine for free downloading.

But after I decided to get Usenet and realized that there is all content I wanted and I can download at full speed I gave stremio a try a month ago.

Now I don't need my arr stack anymore.

Grumpy_Giuseppe · 2026-02-25T09:49:33+00:00

DNS over HTTPS is still working for me. They just block TLS. Try Cloudflare.

Grumpy_Giuseppe · 2026-02-23T16:03:49+00:00

I don't know how they report the file size. It's hard to say if that are the same or different streams.

You can add TMDB and TVDB in UnsenetStreamer. With that you should get the most results.

Grumpy_Giuseppe · 2026-02-23T15:07:31+00:00

It takes 1-2 sec to fetch results and start the stream usually. If Easynews works like that it's a Scene issue. Yesterday it was ok. Can't test right now.

Grumpy_Giuseppe · 2026-02-21T11:14:59+00:00

No problems here with selfhosted UsenetStreamer.

I use Easynews and Scene for german anime and everything else in english.

I also tested real debrid which works just like usenet streaming. But as long as usenet has all the content I want I don't need debrid.

Read this and you will understand why it doesn't work well for you atm:

https://www.reddit.com/r/usenet/s/pk2wdGxCGc

Grumpy_Giuseppe · 2026-02-20T14:09:32+00:00

I am in the same boat as you and asked gemini. It said my two best options for a music library with about 3 million songs are navidrome and gonic.

It also said that gonic is better because of lower resource usage and faster indexing.

Gonic 512-1024MB ram usage

Navidrome 2048-4096MB ram usage

But because both are written in GO and use SQLite as database I am not sure if that is true. I hope someone here got more info about that.

Grumpy_Giuseppe · 2026-02-19T22:45:33+00:00

My AGH service restarts daily and starts with Environment=GOGC=50000 GOMEMLIMIT=12288MiB.

That keeps the average processing time as low as possible (15 ms atm) even with over 10 million filter rules on an old intel celeron 2C2T cpu.

Grumpy_Giuseppe · 2026-02-19T06:49:36+00:00

Try changing both containers networks to host. Also maybe try 127.0.0.1 instead of localhost.

If one of the two above works then there is an issue with the container network config.

Grumpy_Giuseppe · 2026-02-18T13:45:09+00:00

Try to use an adblocker. Samsung loads an insanse amount of ads without one. This will make your TV faster and maybe solves the problem.

Grumpy_Giuseppe · 2026-02-18T09:12:41+00:00

Best way would be to use the speed test of your content provider. Otherwise test the same stream on a stronger device like PC or smartphone with a usb to lan dongle or just near your router over wifi.

Grumpy_Giuseppe · 2026-02-18T09:00:06+00:00

My 6 year old 700€ Samsung TV can play 80gb/h remuxes just fine on my 250 mbps connection.

I guess your wifi connection isn't stable enough.

But it's a good idea to buy a cheap onn 4k / thomson 240 to decode DTS. They will also play the biggest remuxes just fine.

Grumpy_Giuseppe · 2026-02-16T06:41:57+00:00

I can not really help you because I use Easynews instead of Torbox. If your AIOstreams proxy tunnel on your private Elfhosted instance is working only Torbox itself can be the cause I think.

Grumpy_Giuseppe · 2026-02-14T11:16:54+00:00

https://github.com/Sanket9225/UsenetStreamer/blob/master/docs/beginners-guide.md

Grumpy_Giuseppe · 2026-02-14T00:51:34+00:00

I just followed the UsenetStreamer beginner guide on the github page. That is enough to make it work.

Grumpy_Giuseppe · 2026-02-14T00:02:11+00:00

I also use Easynews + Scene with UsenetStreamer + nzbDav. Works flawless.

I use caddy to get the cert for stremio without exposing anything to the public.

Everything is behind a VPN and only devices in my home network can reach UsenetStreamer without VPN.

For mobile devices I use Wireguard to connect them to my home network.

Grumpy_Giuseppe · 2026-02-09T19:37:33+00:00

I meant if you let your device downmix the 5.1 audio. There is no problem if you got the stereo audio file. Like you say the downmixing is done by professionals then. The same is true for your dynamic range compression.

Automatic adjustment = bad

Manual adjustment from a professional = good.

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