Honestly its not a bad option. I did something very similar for a while with Termux, Termux-X11, mpv and xdcc-dl. Basically all I’d need is the pack # from subsplease (xdcc) and it’d run a script that launched the video player. Worked well and you don’t need to fiddle with shitty “1080p” streaming apps or VPNs

I prefer Connect, gave Liftoff a shot but its too cluttered even just this community being technology @ lemmy.world via sh.itjust.works is too long

I think so, haven’t seen talk of it anywhere else!