Re: [Trisquel-users] Movie streaming/downloading with free software
Just installed dillo and it is pretty good. I think I'll probably migrate to using it for most of my browsing. I used to have ublock installed, but I just got tired of everything being so slow so I just removed it and librejs and disabled javascript. The only extensions I have are Decentraleyes, Httpseverywhere (web extensions version), and No Resource URI Leak.
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>lightweight software such as lxde and vlc I can agree completely on LXDE but VLC is everything but lightweight.. :P Mpv for the WIN. Mplayer for the superwin on very old hardware. \o/
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Uh oh. See this classic article about why rewriting an app from scratch is nearly always a disastrous idea: https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2000/04/06/things-you-should-never-do-part-i/ Then again, if I recall correctly, that guy predicted that the iPhone would be a flop. Strange that article's hard to find now...
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Isn't it better to download it using torrent? I've always used torrent, never wanted nor tried to get used to streaming, so this issue you raised never really bothered me.
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Ok, this is good to know! Hopefully, this new version will make it into Icecat before too long :-)
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I couldn't agree with this more, usename343. There can be no possible justification for Firefox/Icecat sucking up half of my real RAM when there is only one webpage open, JS or no JS. Someone seriously needs to dig into the source and see what that thing is doing - its memory management is a joke.
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Install Kodi (libre software), http://kodi.wiki/view/HOW-TO:Install_Kodi_for_Linux install the Covenant add-on, https://addonhq.com/covenant-kodi-addon/ and enable downloads in Covenant. http://koditips.com/kodi-covenant-tips-tricks-trakt-debrid/ In Covenant, search for the show or film you're looking for, and click on the episode or film to get a list of sources. Left click on a source to stream it and right click to download.
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Isn't abrowser based on firefox?
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I will have to agree with that. I also try to find lightweight software such as lxde and vlc, etc... but when it came to browsing the best thing I found was icecat (firefox) so I just had to suck it up and use it. It always bothers me when I open up system monitor and it says it is using 500 megabytes of ram with 1 tab open and javascript off. (FYI I have 2 gigabytes of ram so that is a lot.)
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Of course, i use transmission for torrents and also amule (an edk client)
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For me, Movie/TV Shows Streaming = Kodi Downloading = youtube-dl or classic torrent clients. You can also combine youtube-dl with mpv, good solution to avoid websites crapware.
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What about the Abrowser? the default in Trisquel. It seems to me much faster than FF. Yes it has some problems but workarounds exist most of the time.
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> Have you tried Trisquel's default client, Transmission? There is not much to learn.. Have you tried the gold of the gold, aka 'rtorrent'? There is very little to learn but once you do you never go back :)
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>I think the problem with the internet in general is all the hi-def crap that every website tries to ram down your throat Notice I actually have javacript disabled all the time and the only website I allow on my computer is my diaspora pod. Disabling javascript will make your browsing experience much smoother and enjoyable (that is when the website is working without it, many don't). I think you are right as far as 'hi-def crap' but to me a much greater problem is Mozilla and their bloated crap. - It is now 2013.. Mozilla dev n.44: It seems a lot of people trust our open sores browsy.. Even The TorBB relies on us and shares 95% of our code. It actually seems our browsy is the safest bet out there once tweaked with a couple of plugins. So...how about we clean the code and remove some bloat and crap so we make it even more secure, ya know, after all it is year 2013.. All the other Mozilla devs: Guys let's burn this stupid dud and add 5 millions of lines of code to our already bloated browser, after all, the more lines of code the better the software, ain't that right? - Which reminds me of the 'suckless philosophy' --> Many (open source) hackers are proud if they achieve large amounts of code, because they believe the more lines of code they’ve written, the more progress they have made. The more progress they have made, the more skilled they are. This is simply a delusion. Most hackers actually don’t care much about code quality. Thus, if they get something working which seems to solve a problem, they stick with it. If this kind of software development is applied to the same source code throughout its entire life-cycle, we’re left with large amounts of code, a totally screwed code structure, and a flawed system design. This is because of a lack of conceptual clarity and integrity in the development process. Code complexity is the mother of bloated, hard to use, and totally inconsistent software. With complex code, problems are solved in suboptimal ways, valuable resources are endlessly tied up, performance slows to a halt, and vulnerabilities become a commonplace. The only solution is to scrap the entire project and rewrite it from scratch. The bad news: quality rewrites rarely happen, because hackers are proud of large amounts of code. They think they understand the complexity in the code, thus there’s no need to rewrite it. They think of themselves as masterminds, understanding what others can never hope to grasp. To these types, complex software is the ideal. Ingenious ideas are simple. Ingenious software is simple. Simplicity is the heart of the Unix philosophy. The more code lines you have removed, the more progress you have made. As the number of lines of code in your software shrinks, the more skilled you have become and the less your software sucks. Mozilla certainly seems to suffer the above mentioned 'delusion'.. That's my humble opinion anyway. It is a shame, the browser is currently the only software I hate on my computer for I have made it a sort of a mission during the last year to research, learn and use only lightweight and functional software. I have found a decent alternative for everything bloated I used to run in the past; the browser is the only bloat left here. :(
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I tried a US DVD and that seems to play fine on Totem. However, I installed the libdvdcss package and I still seem to be having trouble playing region 2 DVDs. They don't work in Totem and if I try to play them in mpv, it seems to decode some of the CSS keys, but then says 'Failed to recognize file format'. I'll look into it some more later and see if I can figure it out.
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Okay, then what is aMule better for than transmission? and I haven't (but I will) used transmission.
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Thanks Magic Banana. I have another question though: is this still be subject to DVD region restrictions? I have a few UK DVDs (region 2) and they don't seem to be playing using Totem on my US Trisquel laptop.
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Thanks for all the comments, this is an interesting read. Tbh, I think I'll just stick to DVDs for now ;) Which moves on nicely to my next question: what program is best for watching DVDs?
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I'm using Icecat on Trisquel and it seems tolerable, but not exactly speedy. I haven't tried ublock origin (unless it's made it downstream into the Trisquel version of Icecat).
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>What do you use to browse the web? (I use Icecat.) I'm actually very frustrated lately with browsers. I like links2 and dillo for reading text. I used to run seamonkey but the latest versions of it (both the stable one and the nighty nightly builds don't work good for me anymore and it bugs my mind - the issue I experience is the arrow buttons are greyed out and don't work, so I'm not able to go back to the previous page and that makes it a no go for me :'( I also ran Firecocks Bloatzilla for the last couple of months on the faster one of my old laptops and it was slow but acceptable. Lately, as of the 52.3 version of firefox-esr it's unbearably slow. some time ago I decided to purge it completely and use only the TorBB, which for some reason ran faster, smoother (especially the start time - 25 seconds Bloatzilla, 12 seconds TorBB to hit the home page). A couple of days ago TorBB updated to 7.0.5 and since then it is as slow as Firecocks. So, good question.. I am in the process of trying to fix Firefox to make it run decently. Have you experienced a huge slowdown when ublock origin, the latest version of it, is installed? It's a nightmare.. :/
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Hi Alij I'll add amule to my list of learning how to operate; I want a full featured torrent, thanks for sharing!
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have you tried? > http://publicdomainmovies.info/ otherwise i use bittorrents or free movies on archive.org, vimeo or youtube. nothing fancy.
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"Mozilla Bloatafox is for browsing the web" What do you use to browse the web? (I use Icecat.)
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>I haven't seen a movie or tv show in years and I don't miss them. You don't miss much as most of them is pure crap. OP: you mentioned Popcorn Time. I used to love it but then I realized it is as a boated option for streaming torrents as Mozilla Bloatafox is for browsing the web. I love what PopcornTime is based on, its core, that is 'peerflix', it's awesome and it works great. combine it with pirate-get and you got yourself a powerful, complete, lightweight and awesome torrent experience, and all from your terminal :) https://github.com/mafintosh/peerflix https://github.com/vikstrous/pirate-get
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I haven't seen a movie or tv show in years and I don't miss them. The new rules are in place to benefit a few narrow interests, at some point you have to decide when you have had too much intrusive dictates from the kakistocracy. I am amazed at how many activities became available when I gave up on corporate sponsored entertainment. The choice to read/watch/listen to a old story shared from someone's personal book/cd/dvd shelf belong to the individuals.
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> Technically, it isn't against the law, to watch online. DMCA punishes the uploader not the downloader/watcher. Well, but if I'm using something like torrents or Popcorn Time, then I'm going to be seeding the files for other people, so technically that could be illegal, right? I'm not sure if I want to risk getting into hot water over that .. Let's face it, there's not really any legal way to get around DRM, is there? That's the whole point of it ..
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Technically, it isn't against the law, to watch online. DMCA punishes the uploader not the downloader/watcher. MY thoughts on this are simple: do what you got to do, to avoid DRM. Also, those websites are notorius for trying to censor, and spying on their customers... I wouldn't hesitate to avoid them. Look online for html5 websites that have lots of content on it. That's my advice. Options a-c are crap. Again, watch it for free until they get the message that DRM is unacceptable for any reason. They just want to charge people for the same thing over, and over, and over and well you get the idea... also again, they spy like crazy on people. That being said, greasemonkey or violentmonkey + aak-cont and your better off. :)
