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Stremio streams not working with Surfshark + TorBox alternative? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 1 month ago by rageagainstthemachine@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Ahoy, fellow pirates. I'm having 2 issues:

1. "No streams found" on Stremio when SurfShark is turned on.

Call me crazy, but this basically defeats the purpose of SurfShark. They work when I turn it off. Even turning off "CleanWeb" on SurfShark doesn't do it.

Any ideas why?

2. TorBox doesn't let me pay.

This is a weird one. It seems TorBox isn't very privacy-friendly. I did the one-day trial, and then wanted to pay. But they prevented me from paying altogether. Their support doesn't say why, but they want me to disable my browser extensions, turn off my VPN, etc. Makes no sense to me, but I'm tired of trying. And I'm sure if I create a new account with them, the same thing will happen.

Who should I use instead of TorBox?

My priority is getting set up on Stremio and/or Nuvio.tv, but I was also hoping that my debrid service would integrate nicely with CinemaHQ.

I was looking at put.io, but on CHQ there are only the following services:

  • Premiumize
  • TorBox
  • AllDebrid (I heard this is having issues recently?)
  • EasyNews
  • Trakt
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[–] Zedstrian@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

If you're using Torrentio, then it's probably not SurfShark at fault, but rather that Torrentio blocks access if it thinks you're using a VPN.

In terms of paying for Torbox, Real-Debrid also blocks most payments from VPNs, so I'm not sure if any of the other Debrid services are better in that regard.

[–] rageagainstthemachine@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

So a Torrentio alternative is necessary is what I'm understanding?

I went with Premiumize instead and no issues. Very straightforward.

[–] Zedstrian@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 weeks ago

It's likely that some SurfShark IPs would work if you switch servers enough times, though Jackettio doesn't block VPNs and could be used as an alternative to Torrentio.

If you don't mind a $10 a year added cost to your Stremio setup, Debridio is essentially a drop-in replacement for Torrentio that doesn't block VPNs and doesn't stop working under high load (something that happened to Torrentio over the winter holidays).

Personally, I use Debridio, Jackettio, and Torrentio together for added reliability.