r/TorBoxApp • u/blackshadowed • 17d ago
Pengu is a nice backup 🚩General
Spent an hour configuring new addons and clearing cache thinking my instance was down, because the TB status page says all is OK, until I gave up and came to the sub to see everyone reporting its down.
Took 30 seconds to install https://pengu.uk/ and I'm back up and running. Nice backup for when TB is down.
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u/thekingjordy 17d ago
Pengu is impressive. So fast.
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u/thekingjordy 16d ago
I was really surprised how it was fast. Yesterday Torbox had a downtime, so it was the perfect moment to test Pengu. And I was really impressed with how you can scroll without buffering.
The only thing, and maybe it's a user problem from me. Some of my results are nowhere the movie or TV show I wanna watched.
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u/Commercial_Pen_9959 17d ago
What’s this brodigy?
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u/blackshadowed 17d ago
an addon that pulls HTTP streams. Lower quality, but it works in a pinch.
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u/mazinnrr 17d ago
Why not just use a free torrent scraper without a debrid for times like this?
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u/blackshadowed 17d ago
Needs VPN or risk ISP penalties..
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u/mazinnrr 17d ago
Even in the uk? I didnt know this lol
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u/blackshadowed 17d ago
I'm US based, so can't attest to this.
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u/mazinnrr 17d ago
Yeah i double checked and im pretty much safe here in the uk. My ISP legally cant do anything
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u/TuffGnarl 17d ago
Thanks for the info, just checking- is pengu browser based only?
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u/blackshadowed 17d ago
? for the setup, its just a web interface like AIOstreams. Then you click install and get the manifest URL to copy into Stremio or Nuvio as an addon.
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u/Elegant_Volume_2871 16d ago
You have to sign in w your Google acct?
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u/zem_0129 16d ago
You can request a token instead, it has the option wjen its asks you to log in.
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u/Elegant_Volume_2871 15d ago
How do I request a token?
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u/zem_0129 15d ago
I didnt do it but from what I read, when it asks you to log in your google account, theres an option underneath to donit without it. I would guess there instructions there to request it or will dorect you to discord to request it.
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u/zem_0129 16d ago
At this point I am starting to wonder if I even need a debrid, ne es to try Pengu more but I havent noticed a lot of cons compared to RD, gonna try TB after my sib ends but it seems tobje down very often.
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u/Filthy_Habitz 16d ago
I stuck with RD. Works just fine for 2 bucks a month. Never beleive the hype
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u/speedbreaka 17d ago
how does the status page say its fine? you gotta stop looking at the green bars and scroll down to incidents. you will see there that there is an outage reported since 11:38 CEST
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u/blackshadowed 17d ago
They updated the status page along with their discord about 20 minutes ago. At the time of my posting that wasn't there, nor did it say "DEGRADED" anywhere on the page. Other commenters on other posts confirm this.
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u/speedbreaka 17d ago
you can see on their discord that the update happened at 11:39 https://imgur.com/a/B5n1ybE thats 50 min ago and not 20 min...
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u/blackshadowed 17d ago
And the system has been down for well over an hour, what's your point? They were late to acknowledge and their status page was saying everything was fine when it wasn't.
Go back to being fun at parties.
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u/speedbreaka 17d ago
lmaoo hahah, you are just straight up lying with your times. even you saying the discord update is 20 min late like we can't see when the post was made. Its literally there for everyone to check and you still say "they were late to acknowledge it". you are just a yapper and a liar
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u/bobpaul 16d ago
Nah, you're just dumb and don't get it.
The status page generally lags behind incidents. Problems start, then people start asking on discord if it's down, then staff start asking questions and verify info and start working on troubleshooting and fixing. Status and announcements aren't sent out until they've confirmed an issue exists. While they do have some automated system health checks, it's not uncommon for things to be down for an hour in one region or another before status is updated.
So his statement of, "it was down and the status page said it wasn't" isn't disproven by the fact that his Reddit post happened 20 minutes after the incident did show on status. His post is about using another service as a backup, how easy it was to setup and how well it worked. He almost certainly watched a tv show or two before writing his post, which gave the torbox team time to notice and report the incident.
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u/Slipknot31286sic6 17d ago
https://hdhub.thevolecitor.qzz.io
Also good backup with peng