I love not being bombarded by ads thanks to pihole and adblockers. I don’t have cable TV either. But without browsing netlifx/Hulu/etc. how do you actually find stuff to watch and discover worthwhile shows and movies to rent from my library?

    • Blxter
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      10 months ago

      Does showly oss scrobble watched Information for free. I was going to use trakt.tv awhile ago but am not paying a subscription just for that feature so I use another site? Is is showly just a way to view the data feed by trakt.

      Edit: Should clarify scrobble watched data from Plex in my case.

      • Display Name
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        210 months ago

        I don’t know if plex can scrobble but showly uses trakt and jellyfin + trakt works

    • themadcodger
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      I didn’t know about showly and gave it a try, syncing it to trak.tv. What does this get me that I don’t get through trakt.tv by itself? What am I missing?

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        I use showly to add movies to my watchlist with two taps. I can hide items on showly, rate a movie quickly and comment on it quickly. I can sort movies. It provides a nice overview, imo. if trakt is enough, don’t use showly.

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          210 months ago

          Yeah, I was doing pretty much all that with trakt already, but wasn’t sure if I was missing anything. I do like the ability to hide shows though.

  • originalucifer
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    110 months ago

    im not tapped into commercials/the zeitgeist either… i tend to look at the ‘new’ sections of the 'rent sites.

    if others are going through the effort, it might be worth takin a look.

    • @[email protected]
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      210 months ago

      I pretty much do the same. I’ll check the recently added and see if something stands out to me, especially when it’s time for new TV seasons to start.

      I use Lemmy and ad-blocked YouTube to hear about new things through the communities and channels that cover my interests.

      Setting up all these lists, etc isn’t for me - I don’t always know what I’m going to enjoy so seeing everything being added to the Emby share I’m on is fun.

  • @supesA
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    710 months ago

    I use the discover feature on Jellyseer. It makes my life so much easier to see what’s out there now.

    • @[email protected]
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      110 months ago

      This. Plus, when I’m watching something I like, I’ll usually look up actors in it and see what else they’ve done.

  • Coriza
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    110 months ago

    Back in the day I used to follow this site for entertainment news, but now mostly from YouTube. O like to watch a lot of trailers so there is always a lot on my feed. I also like vídeo lists like “Top sci-fi movies from the 90s” . Cinefix is a really good channel with that type of content.

  • @[email protected]
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    510 months ago

    I bought the app nzb360 it has popular, trending new shows and most anticipated sections for TV shows. And something similar for movies.

    • @[email protected]
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      210 months ago

      Love this app so much. Sonarr, radarr, BitTorrent, etc all accessible in nzb360

      I never buy apps, but this one was worth it

  • @[email protected]
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    110 months ago

    I get quite a few reccomend actions from the sci-fi/fantasy rss feeds I’m subscribed to. I also get some from suggestions on lemmy.

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      710 months ago

      My usual method - see what’s trending on 1337X, then go to IMDB and see what is under “more like this”

      And yeah, once you start rating stuff, some of the recommendations are pretty accurate

  • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️
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    Other, real people talking about it on sites like this. Finding groups with similar tastes as myself and seeing what they’re talking about. I also just read descriptions while I’m scrolling on the service or whatever and if it sounds good, I might check it out.