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[–] Doggy4545@lemmy.world 39 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)
[–] 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago

Thanks for the recommendations 👍. Torrentgalaxy seems like the best option for what I need currently.

[–] xtremeownage@lemmyonline.com 16 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] snow_storm55@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's probably too complicated for a lot of people who got used to using torrents or they just don't know what they are missing out.

[–] xtremeownage@lemmyonline.com 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Eh, one they get radarr/sonarr/lidarr setup- it does EVERYTHING for you.

The only downside, you do need a usenet account, which costs a few bucks. But- once you go usenet, you will never go back.

[–] RandomLegend@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 2 years ago (8 children)

"once you go usenet, you will never go back." true.

Been a torrent kiddie since the old days and thought this was the end all be all of online availability of stuff i want.

Friend of me got an unlimited account on fastusenet and let me hook into it. 20€/y for a very nice german & international newsgroup forum with unlimited API access that was made with sonarr / radarr in mind.

I can and don't want to ever go back...it's blazing fast, whenever i find something, i can be certain that it's there and ready for download; Unlike torrents... just bcs u got a magnet doesn't mean there are enough seeders. And then it takes sooooooo long. On usenet i get my 350mbit/s and it can even be unpacked while being downloaded.

That way i can request a movie and watch it in ~20min even if it's a BR-REMUX that is like 80~90GB

I happily pay for that!

[–] xtremeownage@lemmyonline.com 7 points 2 years ago

The only time I ever even consider using torrents, is for an obscure piece of content which I cannot find on usenet.

And even then, I do it all manually. There is too much "bad" content hosted there.

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Usenet is very nice for home use. I used it for years. SSL encrypted, no need to use Bittorrent over VPN. Always max download speed. The parity part was annoying on a HDD but now that I have a Gen5 NVME it is incredibly fast.

I'm back using the same setup on a Seedbox and private trackers. I share access to my media library and I have Ombi setup so my family can add their own things to Sonarr/Radarr. Since it's on a 50Gb connection it can handle bittorrent with no issue so I don't bother paying for Usenet.

[–] JasDawg@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I just started using Usenet in March. I use FrugalUsenet as my Provider and NZBGeek as my Indexer. Anything better I should consider?

[–] xtremeownage@lemmyonline.com 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

My only recommendations- look for usenet providers hosted in the netherlands. They have been the most reliable.

Also, if you use multiple providers (improves reliability), make sure to get providers from different parents.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7d/Usenet_Providers_and_Backbones.svg (I don't know how old that image is)

Lots of the providers are just re-sellers, and will be hit with the same DMCAs equally. By- choosing providers from different "roots", you can mitigate this issue.

[–] xtremeownage@lemmyonline.com 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

@iorale@lemmy.fmhy.ml why the disagreement?

Would love to hear your feedback.

[–] TornadoValley@lemmy.fmhy.ml 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Why’d you tag them? You were able to see who downvoted you?

[–] xtremeownage@lemmyonline.com 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

You were able to see who downvoted you?

Yup. It's all public information, easily accessible.

Nothing on lemmy is really private.

Comes in handy. Especially to determine that ONE USER who downvotes literally every comment i make on some servers...

And- yes- it was @nohbdyuno@sh.itjust.works who as usual, also downvoted this comment.

He/She/They is my dedicated follower I suppose.

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[–] null@zerobytes.monster 16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

https://torrentcore.xyz/

Total files size: 11.16 PB
Today files size: 65.42 TB
Total files count: 96,961,201
Today files count: 624,586
Today added torrents: 28,546

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[–] moralesformiles@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Use Jackett to search many free trackers at once. BTDig is also good, but as just a simple DHT search engine, it won't tell you the health of the torrent.

[–] cccc@aussie.zone 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Jackett or prowlarr. I’ve used both and prowlarr has been easier and more reliable for me.

You can also use qbittorrent’s in-build search.

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[–] Manuel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I use TorrentGalaxy to know about the new releases and RealDebrid + Stremio. I think nothing else is actually needed.

[–] Blxter@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Yea I've been using torrentgalaxy aswell. They seem to have a newish release group called "infinity" I think. There releases are very similar to the HEVC ones RARGB used to do. Still miss there clean layout tho.

Edit: new to me at least.

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[–] Flicsmo@rammy.site 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I've recently started using Rats Search, basically a p2p torrent indexer. I don't want to bother with private trackers so this is pretty much perfect.

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[–] spiritedpause@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Torrent search engines that crawl the DHT seem like they'd be the least likely to be taken down, as they don't host any torrent files or run their own trackers, they simply crawl the torrent DHT directly for magnet links.

Here are my two favorite DHT-based torrent search engines:

[–] hollyberries@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I use TorrentDay and 1337x. For the weird things that aren't on either one, I'll check aiosearch and grab it from whatever has what I'm looking for.

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[–] Sterben@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Anything wrong if I have been using 1337x for my torrents? 🤣

[–] lambda_pi@vlemmy.net 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Not wrong per se but rarbg was probably the best open tracker when it came to well-encoded film/TV releases. Excellent moderation.

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[–] Mr_1077@lemmy.fmhy.ml 8 points 2 years ago

I usually go to 1337x or TorrentLeach. It depends on the release date and type of movie though.

[–] BustedPancake@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Private trackers as I only get remuxes.

[–] 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I used to care about that (when I did recodes and releases), but I haven't been active on that front in years. Do they have just rips? And what trackers?

[–] BustedPancake@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I haven't been active in encoding either in years, I just like to have the highest quality I can possibly find, and REMUX you can't really go wrong with that. Where I download they have full BluRays ISO or the main feature only remuxed in MKV. Trackers I use are mostly IPT, HDBits, TL, TS, and a few others.

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[–] Mando@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Torrentgalaxy and 1377x is are doing fine for me

[–] interesting_bat@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Isn't 1377 is garbage/malware one and 1337x the correct one?

[–] what@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Is the pirate bay not good for this? I was surprised I didn't see them mentioned.

[–] cyanarchy@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 years ago (5 children)

I don't think TPB is strictly recommended for anything anymore, I could be out of the loop on that.

[–] orcrist@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

As a simple matter of fact, many people are still recommending TPB. It gets the job done a lot of the time.

[–] cyanarchy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

I wouldn't deny or argue that. I was under the impression that it just had more pitfalls than other sources these days, which led to it no longer being the go-to source it once was.

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Radarr is awesome.

[–] Kribensis@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago

I gave up on visiting torrent sites. They're all horrible to navigate. I just use the built-in search in qBittorrent (including Jackett).

To figure out what I want to get, I use metacritic.

[–] hyperio@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 years ago

I always go to torrentgalaxy and 1337x

[–] narc0tic_bird@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Private trackers and some public trackers as a fallback. I rarely browse them directly though, mostly using Sonarr and Radarr, and I use Prowlarr for configuring trackers.

[–] 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago

I don't actually have that much free time on my hands, but thanks for the recommendation.

[–] medi0crity@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)
[–] briongloid@aussie.zone 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Good quality for the lower size, which is still important to a lot of non westerners, but they also don't look great on our 70'+ screens.

I've found P2P as viable and have switched to Usenet.

70'! I'd love a 70 foot screen.

[–] 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago

Yeah, I watch movies on a laptop now, so... not really into quality any more.

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