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    • 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.worksOP
      4·
      2 years ago

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

      • JiminyCricketz@lemmy.fmhy.ml
        8·
        2 years ago

        I’m pretty sure you’re meant to copy the “Hash” (long string of letters and numbers) and input it into your torrenting software of choice. On qbittorent you do this by clicking the “add torrent link” button in the top left. However I’ve only got a few things to load by doing this, but that might be a me thing.

    • snow_storm55@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      7·
      2 years ago

      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.

      • HTTP_404_NotFound@lemmyonline.com
        71·
        2 years ago

        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 [He/Him]@lemmy.dbzer0.comM
          12·
          2 years ago

          “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!

        • Difficult_Bit_1339@sh.itjust.works
          2·
          2 years ago

          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
      41·
      2 years ago

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

  • moralesformiles@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    13·
    2 years ago

    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·
      2 years ago

      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.

  • spiritedpause@lemmy.world
    11·
    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:

  • Manuel@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    121·
    2 years ago

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

    • Blxter@lemmy.world
      6·
      2 years ago

      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.

      • BurpingBeaver@lemm.ee
        2·
        2 years ago

        It is missing the clean layout, but being able to search specifically for TV Series Packs is really handy

  • hollyberries@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    10·
    2 years ago

    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.

  • Flicsmo@rammy.site
    9·
    2 years ago

    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.

    • 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.worksOP
      2·
      2 years ago

      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·
        2 years ago

        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.

  • what@lemmy.world
    93·
    2 years ago

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

    • cyanarchy@sh.itjust.works
      162·
      2 years ago

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

      • orcrist@lemm.ee
        5·
        2 years ago

        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·
          2 years ago

          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.

          • orcrist@lemm.ee
            2·
            2 years ago

            I haven’t noticed any pitfalls, but some other sites have fancy looking interfaces, and they might organize things in a fashion that you find more convenient. In other words, it’s a question of what features you want and where you can find them.

            • cyanarchy@sh.itjust.works
              21·
              1 year ago

              Perfectly valid. I used to use TPB a lot back in the day but now I find pretty much everything I want on 1337x.

          • Policeshootout@lemmy.ca
            4·
            1 year ago

            About two or so years ago somebody on Reddit was saying it’s basically a honeypot for catching people torrenting. But I have nothing to back this up and possibly my memory isn’t accurate either. I’ve just avoided it since then though.

        • cyanarchy@sh.itjust.works
          1·
          2 years ago

          I’m sorry, I’m not plugged in enough to give you the rundown. Certainly plenty of people still use it without issue but last time I tried, I could only access it through mirrors. I also vaguely recall them only offering magnet links when my setup requires .torrent files for reasons that aren’t worth getting into because I expect they’re weirdly specific to my setup.

  • Kribensis@lemm.ee
    6·
    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.