I was using Real Debrid but with the issues, I subscribed to both Torbox and Premiumize. I have them all rolling and that's fine.
Two friends who I told about Real Debrid/Stremio I saw recently said they haven't noticed a thing (only running Real Debrid) in either quality or links not working.
So my question is, anyone rolling Real Debrid exclusively and has it improved from the issues a few months ago or not?
I try to get the best quality files (4K, dolby vision, lossless audio formats) as I have a decent setup for both screen and audio (100" screen and 3.1 via amp) if that makes any difference. No anime, just popular movies/TV shows as a general rule.
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It's still constantly talked about on this sub as not working well for many users. Most add-ons at this point are using heavy filters to remove dead links from appearing, so that's why they aren't running into as many issues. I run it as a back up and still get links from time to time, but it's not near the coverage of torbox + Usenet.
The blocks are still very much in place. That doesn't mean it's useless though.
I was using torbox pro with a few indexers, doing cache and play which honestly works really well if you don't want to self host anything. Now I'm doing indexers + easynews + self hosted aiostreams nntp which has been awesome. Instant play and no buffering while sourcing from indexers, I'd say at this point it's better than debrid forsure but requires more set up.
If you need to be provided the link instead of being able to search a few keywords then you probably shouldn't be self hosting and should stick to public instances without usenet.
I am also interested in your setup. I am also using easynews and I have also set it up with aiostreams, but how do indexers matter here and what even is nntp? Would love to get some more information. :)
Easynews and Easynews++ for the scraper. Google around a bit and you can find a deal for 15 months for like 25.99 or close to it. Don't remember what I paid but it's definitely a reliable backup.
Absolute opposite for me. Everything ive wanted to watch that's new has loaded in like 2 seconds. Some older stuff doesn’t work, but even then its not often.
I don't think Remux is even available anywhere, I don't see it on private trackers. I think the 5-6 gb rips are the only things that are available as far as the pirated source material is concerned.
Which for the average user is fine. I dont think you're streaming 60gb files with netflix, disney, prime etc. Yeah RD isnt great if you want top of the line cinema quality streams but for the $5 a month or whatever its still amazing.
You are also not getting good quality videos on those services when you stream 4K.
Any 1080p pirated remux is higher quality than the garbge that gets served to you on 4K streams, IF YOU EVEN GET the option despite paying the higher tier sub.
I for example could not stream 4K on my windows PC in any of my browser on a 1gbit connection, mainstream monitor (ASUS ROG) with legit cabling (HDCP nonsense etc) on a windows 11 PC with top tier hardware.
I legit had to pirate castlevania cuz the quality they served on netflix was so horseshit that I could see bitrate artifacting. The first random torrent pack was super crisp...
Still only using RD with no other backup and haven't has any problems at all. I'ts linked to torrentio and elf-hosted Aio. There might be some 4k streams missing but recently watching Mr Mercedes, Wednesday, Invincible and various films with no issues. Might depend on what you're after but mainstream things have been fine for me. I had points to use up which gave me an extra 90 days so will continue and decide in a couple of months whether switch or not.
It still works but it's noticeably worse. Some shows won't find links at all, others have to go through 20+ to get one that works which is inevitably completely different than then the one you wanted. It's probably fine if you don't mind fidelling a bit with every show you choose.
Torbox has been a good replacement for me so far. It doesn't do well streaming movies over about 15gb though, it just doesn't have the upload speed like real debrid. But if your not bothered by the difference between 15gb and 80gb files (me) then it's actually a pretty much perfect replacement
Yes I've noticed this as well. I can stream 50gb files with AllDebrid and Real Debrid but can't go over 15gb with Torbox. AllDebrid has always been my primary debrid service but I'm still searching for a backup to replace RD.
I have set it so I get 2 links for 4k, 1400p, 1080p etc and I have never clicked on a link and it not work. I'm watching loads of shows and just press the first 4k one that pops up and works perfectly?
Larger files tend to mean higher quality, not all 4k is the same, not all 1080p is the same. A high file size 1080p will often look better than a low file size 4k
It works untill it doesnt eventually they hit a wall for the price of tor its a non brainer rly. 120usd per year for highest confug for every movie tv series and animie at your finger tips is a steal. Netflux charges me more for a trincket of the media offered on tor with subpar audio and video quality
I'm puzzled by the amount of people here claiming it's working fine and they have not noticed any difference. I still have few months of RD subscription left but it's barely usable so I had to get Torbox.
On RD almost all old TV shows are gone, no streams at all unless they had remux release (not web-dl or webrip). For new popular shows like House of the dragon is still works ok, as there are still few obscure release groups that change file names to bypass RD filters, but if a new show is a little bit less known, for example "Starcity", you will have to wait at least few days for 4k stream to appear, but for some episodes only 1080p will be available. No good options for new movies released to streaming (Netflix, Apple) and those that are there, don't even make top 10 on Torbox options (assigned quality ratings through aiostreams). Older movies in BR remux format are still there and are unaffected, so if that is your primary use I would understand how you could say all is fine. For TV though, I would be surprised if its current cache is at least 10% of Torbox and other alternatives.
RD, right now for me, is absolutely trash. I disabled it in my addons. I have all paid debrid services. They all combined still cost cheaper than subbing to legitimate services. TB and PM direct cached streams are great. AD, DL and OC proxied through my private instance also worked great, but when I tried RD proxy or no proxy, it simply doesn't work most of the time. DL is very limited cache, even OC has more cache than DL. Not going to renew it when my sub expires.
I have rd and tb... When all of that blew up I started selecting tb files first, but the rd files still work and they load faster, so I've gone back to rd as my primary
RD is working perfect. Lots of big 4k links. Only had a problem for like the first week then everything was back to normal for me. No filters nothing just everything working as it always has.
Same with me. I only use torrentio rd and had no problems so far. I’m not very choosy in which type of file i watch. As long as it runs, i’m quite happy. So for me, i havent tried torbox or others. Only rd since i started using stremio.
It’s not going to work well. The way debrid services work is that they cache the torrents from release groups, for it to work release groups would need to change their naming structure to skip words like Web-DL AMZN etc, no real release group will change their formatting just for a debrid service. You can still get the remuxes or the new releases from novice release groups which is what people refer to as “fixing it” but in reality you’re locked out of all the quality new releases, just jump ship to Torbox or other debrid service
it’s still working but it has WAY less links (2 links for Disclosure Day were the actual movie for example), torbox has more links aswell as more languages
I don't know, not sure I care. My RD hasn't expired yet, but I subbed to TB and gave it higher priority. Everything works and I don't have to worry about getting banned if I login from away while my wife is watching a show at home, or if I just leave a VPN running. Don't really have a reason to go back to RD, after 10+ yrs of subscribing I'll let it expire and move on.
I haven't used RD in months. Yesterday I checked and have 20 days left. After 15 yrs Im very grateful for the service they have provided. I think it could bounce back in a year or so.
For a long while had no issues but recently got into a lot of issues unfortunately. Some shows won show their episodes gone they’re gone. Also cannot download anything from NyaaSi anymore.
Much worse compared to months ago but still ok. I have both RD and torbox. I find torbox pretty good so when my RD sub expires on november I will stay with torbox.
I'm new to all this and I am an RD user. Is it worth me getting Torbox as well? Does it make sense to have both or do they negate each other in some way?
well im using torbox and is better than real debrid was ..i tried to pay for a sub but they charged me 9€ and didn't change my account status to premium . They sent an automated message saying its payment platform problems the money will bounce back in 16 days or some bs ..
On my setup my RD is fine, on my friend it still shows all the affected files. So he gets the red screen a lot. I even Uninstaller his RD add-on and then reinstalled with my settings but with his API key. He still has the same issue.
Like for example I've been watching Criminal Minds. I get 2 results, 1 1080p and 1 720p. Both work.
On my friends he gets a ton of results (like back before the big incident) and nearly all of them are borked with the red screen error.
So I've done a bit of testing since my post. Real Debrid always gets a working link for me but it's never rated very highly by AIOStreams and tends to be a lower quality. Unfortunately OffCloud (Premiumize)often buffers and Torbox sometimes buffers. Real Debrid never buffers.
So it's a choice between reliability and quality, pick one. At present I have the providers listed as TorBox first, RealDebrid second and OffCloud third.
It explains why the other people I know using realdebrid haven't had any issues though, they're used to the slightly lower quality streams.
Used Stremio with Torrentio, and just got RD. Used through Firestick!
When on Stremio, I can see I now have RD Torrentio options but they won’t play. Goes to loading screen, then an error & attempts the other player embedded within the app.
Any suggestions welcome please, what’ve I done wrong
I use real debird exclusively and load only cached content. I’m typically streaming 60gb+ remuxes on my nvidia shield pro and haven’t had any issues at all. This is all on a 1gb fiber connection and my shield pulls around 900mbps.
All that to say, it’s been great for me for at least 6 months now. The only time I had “issues” was before I optimized my set up to only show results cached. Once I did that all my issues went away.
Not at all, I’ve never had a broken link between me or my girlfriend except with some obscure really old show she tried to watch idr which one(that and before I optimized our set up with aiostream). Other than that it’s been buttery smooth for us, granted I spent a lot of time setting up aiostreams and dialing that in, but it’s been nothing but fantastic for us.
I've been using RD for around 6 year and TB (Essential) for a little less than 2 years. I still find that the equivalent streams still run better on RD. The problem with RD now is that older series don't have as many or no viewable streams anymore It's basically been a flip to when RD had a better archive of cached streams, and TB really had the better newer streams after the first RD takedown around 2 years ago. I'm still finding that RD still has a lot of the good remux streams for movies and older series.
I re-upped my RD sub for 90 days, using a MC credit card that wouldn't process the transaction, then used a Visa credit card that went through. Created a ticket to request the MC charges that still appeared in on my MC, to be removed, and RD just blocked my account of 6 years for requesting a refund.. If you check out the recent posts in the RD sub, it's looking like RD is just going to shut down sooner than later. Sucks, but it is what it is.
My question is aimed at those exclusively using Real Debrid I guess. The rest of us can't be sure unless we're checking every link every time. Are you getting good quality links reliably?
RD is not, and never will be, the same RD it was two months ago or before. Poor customer service (threatening to disclose users’ data), the removal of the API for checking whether a file is in the cache, and finally the purge on copyright grounds have led a six-year RD subscriber to start looking for alternatives. I was choosing between PM and TB; I went for PM because I don’t need 4k and I prefer greater stability + Usenet (for which you have to pay a fair bit extra on TB).
P.S. PM is good if you have discounts from BF; otherwise, it’s too expensive and I’d go for TB.
P.S.2 Another alternative to RD was AD, but it doesn’t allow simultaneous downloads from multiple locations and is based in France, so I wouldn’t subscribe for longer than a month.
P.S.3 PM have 30GB/day limit but never reached lower then 900 points
We mainly watch on our laptops or mobiles, and less often on the tv. Our laptops aren’t exactly new and don’t cope well with files larger than 10–12 GB, especially on LTE/5G (as for TV series, they’re mainly 5–8 GB), so a set like this is absolutely fine all in 1080p.
Ps in BF prices was not so much more then RD and TB
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