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> I then download the actual content either from FTP or HTTPS. If its a movie, I just download the single .mp4 file from the portal itself (and skip the subtitle/cover files) with HTTPS straight from Chrome, or even stream it directly through VLC!

Since you mentioned you're using Whatbox in another comment, why not simply use Plex to catalog and stream the files?

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Because I haven't heard about it before this comment? I am taking a look now, it looks interesting.

I usually like to download the whole files anyway and keep them on my external big drive to make sure I have them when a movie stops being popular and becomes harder to find on torrents.

Also, I have an external projector that can play movies from a USB and having the full file available for me to copy onto the USB in few minutes is very useful for my use case.

If you want to use Plex you will need something to run the player on (the library and server would live in your seedbox).

Years ago people used to build PCs for that (HTPCs). These days you can get 4K HDR with the Plex player running on a smart TV or one of those set-top-boxes (Nvidia Shield TV, Apple TV, etc). It's like your own private Netflix.

Check out emby instead. It's open source and you won't get locked out of your own media if your internet connection is down

Emby is no longer open source. Checkout the (much improved fork) jellyfin.

or better, jellyfin.org

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