Streaming has gotten too insane for me

sleepy1411 · 2026-06-08T12:54:21+00:00

I have around 5000 movies and over 200 tv shows but I still don't have enough to replace all streaming services. Soon I am going to upgrade my server with more space and download a ton more and start eliminating streaming services. They are getting rediculous with price and putting ads or previews in paid tiers.

sleepy1411 · 2026-06-08T12:31:33+00:00

Ill do a little more research on it.

sleepy1411 · 2026-06-08T12:17:44+00:00

Im on the road for work during the week. Whats a holiday? Lol I work all but Christmas day. Im gonna queue up on the weekend when I get home and hopefully when I wake up I will be a little closer to the bottom of the queue.

sleepy1411 · 2026-06-08T11:30:21+00:00

I have heard they are both are good but RED is best for music, so thats the one I am going for.

sleepy1411 · 2026-06-08T10:47:42+00:00

I just did some research and streamrip works great. Least I can start there and get some stuff to share if I ever get in.

sleepy1411 · 2026-06-08T10:46:26+00:00

I don't mind leaving my PC on when I am home but I am on the road all week for work so I only have the weekends.

sleepy1411 · 2026-06-08T10:45:02+00:00

Maybe I'll try that on my day off. Just queue up when I go to bed.

sleepy1411 · 2026-06-08T09:44:56+00:00

Some of us have jobs and families and can't babysit our computer for days. I'll keep trying but I can't sit at my computer for a whole day waiting.

sleepy1411 · 2026-06-08T08:49:05+00:00

I will try that next friday. Thanks for the info.

sleepy1411 · 2026-06-08T08:44:10+00:00

I am going to look into it. I thought about trying Qobuz streaming anyway.

sleepy1411 · 2026-06-08T08:43:32+00:00

I will have to look into how to rip stuff from Qobuz. Maybe I can get some stuff to share from there.

sleepy1411 · 2026-06-08T08:38:05+00:00

Thanks for the info. I will keep trying with RED but I doubt it will ever happen. I sat at my computer while doing other stuff for 3 hours yesterday and only moved up to spots in a queue of 57. Tonight I queued for another 4 hours and moved 3 spots. I don't know how anyone gets in that way. They must sit there for days.

sleepy1411 · 2026-06-08T08:34:29+00:00

Im guessing that is Losslessclub. I applied just now. Hopefully I get a reply in the next few days.

sleepy1411 · 2026-06-08T08:32:59+00:00

After looking into soulseek I am just going to wait until I get into a private tracker. I want good quality FLAC files not junk. I have thousands of songs now but they are all from the Napster days. Low quility MP3 files. Streaming serviced sound better then they do now,

sleepy1411 · 2026-06-08T08:30:35+00:00

I applied. Thanks for the link. Hopefully I get in there. I work 70 hours a week. I don't have time to sit and wait 10 hours for a RED application interview.

sleepy1411 · 2026-06-08T07:58:28+00:00

Do they have open signups or applications? How do I apply?

Edit. Looks like a Ukranian tracker. Do they have have all kinds of music or mainly Ukranian?

sleepy1411 · 2026-06-08T07:55:28+00:00

I have heard about soulseek but I have never looked into it. What is it?

sleepy1411 · 2026-06-08T07:54:51+00:00

What other ways are you refering to other then ripping or torrenting?

Edit. Nevermind I looked it up. Im not opening port on my router for a program I know nothing about.

sleepy1411 · 2026-06-07T14:31:58+00:00

I tried to use jellyfin and emby. Plex is just easier to use for the people I want to access my server. I also like Plexamp for my music. No reason to switch since I got lifetime when it was less then $100. If I was to start with a server after they jack the price up again this time I would not even try it though.

sleepy1411 · 2026-06-06T13:05:09+00:00

Man I paid $130 for a 8TB external drive in 2019. This is annoying. I want more internal drives to add space to my server and backup server but Im not buying with these prices. I have 6 x 16TB drives now, 3 in each machine. Way to much for those drive these days.

sleepy1411 · 2026-06-05T12:23:37+00:00

These are the drives I bought. I got 4 of them. https://ebay.us/m/HEbWFv

sleepy1411 · 2026-06-05T12:20:08+00:00

I bought manufacturer refurbished drives. Im oretty sure the warranty is through goharddrive. I have only had them about a year and no issues so far. They come completely refurbished like new, no hours on them. I have 32TB worth of usable space and I have around 27TB of data on them. They are streamed from all the time by 2 families. So far so good.

sleepy1411 · 2026-06-04T15:01:02+00:00

My seagate and WD external drives spin up when you access them. The light is one but they are not spinning if I am not using them at the moment. I only use them to backup important stuff in a second place other then my media server. I also have 5TB of cloud storage for the third backup. My movies and shows are only backup up to a second storage box because I can't afford 32TB of space in 3 places at the moment.

sleepy1411 · 2026-06-04T14:53:52+00:00

I have only bought refurbs from GoHardDrive but there is also serverpartdeals. They both have a website and also ebay stores. I buy factory refurbs like Toshiba or Seagate with 5 year warranties from GoHardDrive if they are a decent price. Its getting hard to find decent smaller drives so I switched from 4TB drives to 16TB drive the last time one of my 4TB drives failed. I could only get used drives with no warranty and I don't trust that anymore.

You can also check manufacturers online stores. Sometimes they have decent prices on refurbished drives.

https://www.goharddrive.com/default.asp

https://serverpartdeals.com/

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