Real Debrid

Posted by Raj

I’m very new to all this and trying to learn and understand how Jellyfin works, but I’m wondering if we can do something with Real-Debrid? I bought a Hostinger plan and it only has 100 GB, while one movie is 50 GB. I’m not sure how it works, but could Real-Debrid put movies on Jellyfin without actually downloading them?

3 replies

tomspark wrote:

Great question — and you've spotted the real issue yourself: 100 GB won't hold a normal movie library when one film can be 50 GB. Real-Debrid can let you watch things without permanently storing the whole file, so in theory yes — but it's not something SparkBox sets up for you. It needs extra tools on top (a "mount" that makes Real-Debrid's library look like a folder Jellyfin can read), and honestly it's an advanced, fiddly DIY job, not a click in the dashboard. SparkBox is built around downloading to your own storage, so on a 100 GB box you'll hit the ceiling fast. If you want a proper library, more storage — a NAS, or a box with a bigger disk — is the cleaner path. The Real-Debrid route is doable, but it's a project you'd wire up yourself.

Raj wrote:

Could SparkBox have like DUMB? https://dumbarr.com/

tomspark wrote:

Good find — DUMB is exactly the kind of tool people use for this: it bridges Real-Debrid into a Jellyfin setup so you can stream without storing the files yourself. The catch is it's a separate, fairly advanced project. SparkBox doesn't bundle it, and SparkBox is actually built the opposite way — downloading to your own storage — so today the debrid route is a DIY add-on, not a dashboard toggle. Folding debrid in down the road is possible but not something I'm promising right now. For the immediate storage squeeze, a bigger disk (or a NAS) is the simpler fix.