Been using Syncler for a few years and it’s awesome. Lately, there’s a couple shows that aren’t working. Life Below Zero is one I can’t get any streams for. I use Real-Debrid and no links come up. Tried Stremio, Cinema TV and Weyd as well and nothing. Any thoughts?
I assume this is the original series that started back in 2013? I get lots of links on the older seasons, but not a ton yet on the newer season. These episodes just came out in late November, the sources may get better. Still, there were a handful of solid, playable sources. You could also try Orion as an additional chance to get links for the not-so-mainstream shows. If you have an IPTV service with VOD section, you could always request this series if it isn’t available at the moment.
What is Orion? I haven’t heard of that or used it yet.
What Exactly Is Orion?
Orion is an indexer and search engine for torrent, usenet, and hoster links. Orion provides an easy-to-use API which is integrated into a wide range of Kodi addons and mobile apps, allowing you to quickly find links for your favourite movies and TV shows.
Orion is not a debird service, it does not host or distribute any files. Instead, Orion complements debrid services. A streaming addon retrieves links from Orion and then passes it on to a debird service for download. You can also use Orion without a debrid service, by either using a torrent streaming addon like Elementum, using a standalone download manager, or accessing hoster links that can be played directly without a debrid service.
Orion is a community-maintained database with a number of advantages over using local scrapers from your streaming addon. Firstly, scraping is a lot faster, since only a single request has to be made instead of contacting many different websites. Secondly, you have access to links from sites that were taken down or are otherwise blocked by your country or ISP. Thirdly, you have access to links from a number of premium sites that require a separate paid subscription. And lastly, Orion keeps an extensive set of metadata, including the video and audio details, file hashes, and user popularity, which makes picking the best link a lot easier.
I had the free version for a long time but then took the addon off Stremio as I didn’t find any advantages to it. Maybe different with the paid one but with RD in Stremio I couldn’t find any proof that Orion sped anything up at all.
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Sometimes it finds extra sources, but it definitely isn’t a 100% requirement to use. I also never noticed the “quicker search” of sources using the apps/addons I used it with. For the price, I was going to renew it, but when it more than doubled the price because of the Coinbase network fees, I am going to maybe just use the free lol.
So how to I install Orion into Syncler?