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Crystal Coomer said:
KhInsider, despite being owned by pedophiles, is a good resource for video game music downloading and streaming in a pinch
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Correction... WAS a good resource for video game music, but for a long while now they've been going on a mass purge removing good shit from the catalogue.

I think sometime in the late 10's early 2020's, they removed not only the entire DanceMania section, but also anything Sonic The Hedgehog (excluding fan made games) and Virtua Fighter. They also seem to have a ban list of what is and isn't accepted and will not be shown on their site. Going on the wayback machine doesn't even allow you to download the files that were once hosted, so you're pretty much SOL if you don't want to hunt and pay for rare and v-rare tracks that are also region exclusive shit.
 
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That thread is invalidated by one simple thing - 1337x.to recently got caught endorsing one of their trusted users, who had uploaded an infected BG3:
Comments calling that out on 1337x.to were censored by its jannies, malicious uploader had remained a trusted user for weeks, infected torrent had stayed up for weeks, nobody from 1337x.to administration spoke out about it.

1337x.to is still present on r/piracy's trusted websites list: https://old.reddit.com/r/Piracy/wiki/megathread/all_purpose
 
SpellforceFan said:
That thread is invalidated by one simple thing - 1337x.to recently got caught endorsing one of their trusted users, who had uploaded an infected BG3:
Comments calling that out on 1337x.to were censored by its jannies, malicious uploader had remained a trusted user for weeks, infected torrent had stayed up for weeks, nobody from 1337x.to administration spoke out about it.

1337x.to is still present on r/piracy's trusted websites list: https://old.reddit.com/r/Piracy/wiki/megathread/all_purpose
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Good, they deserve it for downloading a fucking shit game. They should be rational, and download fittrannies stuff anyway. DODI can continue to shill his pajeet credit card scams.
 
SpellforceFan said:
That thread is invalidated by one simple thing - 1337x.to recently got caught endorsing one of their trusted users, who had uploaded an infected BG3:
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Luckily private trackers like TL and FL have too much to lose to do this sort of shit.
Also BG3 is a great game, and I really hate turn based combat. One tranny means nothing in the 200 hrs worth of adventure
 
I feel kinda gay for writing all of the below, but it seems like people are interested in this type of information. Sorry if it seems scattered, please let me know if there are any questions that I can help answer. Users with something to add/correct, please chime in!

Beginner's guide to private torrent websites (trackers):

Torrenting is all about downloading files that other people are uploading. For public torrents (ones that you can find on a google search, or on 1337x, RARBG, YTS, etc) uploading is effectively optional. However, a better world of torrenting exists, that of the private website. These websites have selections that are larger and of better quality than public trackers. In exchange for access to these websites, you must be an active participant in the exchange of files, aka seeding.
The quality of a user's contribution is often reduced to the ratio of uploaded to downloaded content. A ratio greater than 1.0 means that you are a net contributor, a lower ratio means that you take more than you give. However, it is in the interest of content proliferation for users to be able to access the content freely, which ensures that the torrents can live on from many hard drives. Trackers manage this by allowing users to download some torrents for free without adding to the recorded amount of downloaded content.

Our goal: Download content without it being reflected in your download statistics, then use that content to get as much upload credit as possible.

1. Economies
Some trackers value the amount of uploaded data more than anything else, where other trackers prioritize long-term availability and archival at all costs, similar to KiwiFarms. Along with these differing objectives come different metrics for user contribution. Thus, trackers are separated into two categories of economy, the hard economy and soft economy.

1a. Hard economy
Hard economies are the simplest to explain and understand: the only metric that matters is your upload/download ratio. There are few opportunities to "get ahead" and build upload credit without putting your ratio in peril. The user must exercise judgement in selecting which torrents they want to download. In my opinion, these trackers are a ton of effort, unfun, and are staffed by the most uptight jannies imaginable. The prime example of a hard economy is the music tracker RED (redacted.ch). However, the ability to thrive on these trackers indicates user ability, therefore users in hard economies are often participating to build a profile for themselves in the hope of getting invited to more exclusive trackers.

1b. Soft economy
Like Kiwifarms, many trackers prioritize long term archival, not pure "how many GB have you uploaded?" These trackers reward long term seeding through "bonus points," which can be exchanged for rewards such as upload credit, freeleech tokens, invite codes for your friends, etc. Trackers with "soft economies" (see below) heavily promote ratio-through-bonus-points, such as the audiobook tracker MAM (myanonamouse.net), where point purchased upload frequently makes up over 90% of a user's uploaded credit. On that site, a mere 2 gigabytes and 2 weeks worth of effort is more than enough to completely set you up to download anything else you want without any ratio concerns.

2. Methods for building upload credit
2a. Freeleech (FL)
Freeleech torrents do not contribute to your download amount, meaning you can download the content for free. Freeleech torrents can then be seeded, providing a free way of improving your ratio. Torrents can be marked freeleech for a few different reasons: rotating freeleech (e.g. MAM, FL torrents change every 14 days), size-based freeleech (e.g. TorrentLeech, anything > 14 GB is FL), time-based freeleech (e.g. AlphaRatio, anything older than 1 year is FL), or you can use a "freeleech token" (a one-time-use credit) to make any torrent become freeleech.

There are varying degrees of freeleech, such as 25%/50%/75% freeleech, where the downloaded amount is multiplied by whatever partial freeleech factor is active, as you would expect. Freeleech is not to be confused with neutral leech, where neither the downloaded nor uploaded amounts count for your ratio.

2b. Bonus points
As mentioned in the soft economy section, some trackers reward users for making torrents available to other users who seek to download them. This intiative is rewarded via bonus points, which are automatically deposited in the user's account and then exchanged for rewards. Some sites give a flat amount of bonus points for each torrent seeded (MAM). Other sites give more bonus points for seeding larger torrents (AlphaRatio).

3. Which torrents to download/seed?
Most users can download everything they could ever desire without incurring any download, let alone worrying about ratio. For example, only 40 GB of my most recently downloaded 4 TB has counted toward my ratio, yet those same torrents have also allowed me to seed 10 TB. Here's how I think you should approach torrenting.

3a. Download freeleech content that you actually want to enjoy!
The whole point of this is to enjoy free movies/shows/books/games/software. Search for content that you want and filter by freeleech. If it's available, there is no reason to not download it! Keep it seeding in your client for free upload credit and bonus points.

3b. Filler torrents for soft economies
For soft economies with bonus points, download small files (~10 K/MB) and permanently seed them. The amount of bonus points gained greatly outweighs the miniscule amount of download incurred.

3c. Newest freeleech
The best time to seed a torrent is right when it is announced, as many people will also be downloading it, which means there are plenty of people you can seed to. This is called being in "the swarm" and is the most effective way to build upload credit quickly. With a good internet connection (see below) and tools to automate downloading the torrent the moment it is announced (see below again), a user can easily upload 15 TB of freeleech content in a day.

4. Tools
The following items are powerful tools for building upload credit on trackers and are often useful in other additional ways

4a. Seedbox
A seedbox is a rented server which has been optimized for file sharing. High bandwidth connections (400+ MB/s upload) and large storage disks make effective downloading and seeding very easy. A fantastic option for users who live in countries which enforce copyright laws (USA, Germany, UK, etc), as the seedbox IP downloads the torrent, not you. Your IP stays squeaky clean, and the seedbox company doesn't care about letters from the ISP. Content can safely be transferred from the seedbox to your computer, or movies and TV can be streamed directly off the seedbox. My preferred seedbox provider is https://hostingby.design. Normal prices for seedbox services start around $6/month (1 TB of storage, 3 TB upload, unlimited download).

4b. Autobrr
The creation of a new torrent on a tracker is accompanied by an automated announcement on IRC with some basic information, such as content name, file sizes, category, etc. Autobrr is a program which continually monitors the IRC channel of a tracker and parses through the announcement text. Users can set custom filters for torrents of interest. If all criteria are met, Autobrr with automatically add the torrent to your client, making sure that you are one of the first users in the swarm, all but guaranteeing a great opportunity to gain upload credit. Can also be used generally to automatically grab other torrents of interest (e.g., "all PC games less than 10 GB large", "all freeleech movies that are greater than 80 GB" (a surefire way to build tons of upload), "all 4K TV show season packs less than 50 GB and are freeleech", etc).

5. Great beginner trackers
Here are some great options for beginner trackers. Open registration for trackers is typically announced on telegram at https://t.me/s/opensignup

5a. MyAnonaMouse (MAM), myanonamouse.net, audiobook and ebook sharing. Certainly the best place to learn the ropes and get free audiobooks to boot. Has a hidden forum for invites to other trackers which is available after a month of membership. MAM opens its registration every weekend, where an invite is sent after a short interview on IRC (they just verify that you read their rules)
5b. TorrentLeech (TL), torrentleech.org, general tracker (movies, tv, games, etc). Soft economy (anything > 14 GB is freeleech), often has open signups (definitely some for the upcoming holiday season).
5c. AlphaRatio (AR), alpharatio.cc, general tracker (movies, tv, games, etc). Extremely soft economy (for my interests): anything older than 1 year is free, and the newest torrents are free for the first few days that they are announced. Has a powerful invite forum which is available after 6 months. My most used tracker.
5d. FileList (FL), filelist.io, general tracker (movies, tv, games, etc). Comparable to either TorrentLeech or AlphaRatio. A great place to be.
 
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I'm going to have it all (and so can you)!

I've been working out how I want to satisfy my media needs this year, and I've drafted a diet where I can have Usenet and VPN protected bittorrent for slightly less than $5 per month. I've already launched the entire program stack and verified that it works.

I love technical projects. For my own enjoyment, I would like to offer my time and help any kiwis who want to stand up a media server but don't know how. Together we will get you set up with a stack that mirrors mine.

Here's my plan. The prices listed below are from last year's Black Friday sales, which I am using as an estimate for what we'll see in a couple weeks. The actual monthly price might work out to be $5.00 and some pennies.

Usenet indexer: NZBgeek, $9/year
Usenet provider: Eweka, $37/year
VPN: Racknerd (1Gbps connection, 2TB/month), $10/year

Per annum price: $56
Per month price: $4.67

If you replace a single $15/mo subscription service with this, you will save $125 this year.
If you replace two $15/mo subscription services with this, you will save $305 this year.
I have *always* been able to find the movie or show that I was looking for. You will *never* lack anything that is currently on a streaming service.

There is one stipulation to this offer: I can only help set up media servers on *nix computers (Linux, Unix, macOS). I don't know Windows Powershell and am not as confident that I could see you through to the end. Maybe someone else can volunteer to help with Windows! Alternatively, I can help you identify cheap hardware (~$50-70) for a Linux media server and help set that up.

Please post here or PM if you have any questions, and sorry for double posting.

Software stack is Jellyfin, SABnzbd, qBittorrent VPN, Radarr, Sonarr, Bazarr, Jackett, Autobrr, and Wireguard (on the VPS) from Docker images.
Code: 
---
version: "2.1"
services:
  jellyfin:
    image: lscr.io/linuxserver/jellyfin:latest
    container_name: jellyfin
    hostname: jellyfin
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      - TZ=Etc/UTC
    volumes:
      - /home/luso/dox/docker/jellyfin:/config
      - /storage/movies:/data/movies
      - /storage/tv:/data/tv
    devices:
      - /dev/dri:/dev/dri
    ports:
      - 8096:8096
      - 8920:8920
      - 7359:7359/udp
      - 1900:1900/udp
    restart: unless-stopped

  arch-qbittorrentvpn:
        image: binhex/arch-qbittorrentvpn
        container_name: qbit
        hostname: qbit
        volumes:
            - /home/luso/dox/docker/qbit:/config
            - /home/luso/dox/docker/qbit/wireguard/:/config/wireguard/
            - /storage/torrents:/data
            - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
        ports:
            - 6881:6881
            - 6881:6881/udp
            - 8080:8080
            - 8118:8118
        environment:
            - VPN_ENABLED=yes
            - VPN_PROV=hbd
            - VPN_CLIENT=wireguard
            - STRICT_PORT_FORWARD=yes
            - NAME_SERVERS=1.1.1.1
            - LAN_NETWORK=192.168.1.0/24
            - ENABLE_PRIVOXY=yes
            - PUID=0
            - PGID=0
            - WEBUI_PORT=8080
            - UMASK=000
            - DEBUG=false
        sysctls:
            - net.ipv4.conf.all.src_valid_mark=1
        privileged: true
        restart: unless-stopped

  sabnzbd:
    image: lscr.io/linuxserver/sabnzbd:latest
    container_name: sabnzbd
    hostname: sabnzbd
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      - TZ=Etc/UTC
    volumes:
      - /home/luso/dox/docker/sabnzbd:/config
      - /storage/usenet/complete:/downloads
      - /home/luso/usenet/incomplete:/incomplete-downloads
    ports:
      - 7654:8080
    restart: unless-stopped
Code: 
  jackett:
    image: lscr.io/linuxserver/jackett:latest
    container_name: jackett
    hostname: jackett
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      - TZ=Etc/UTC
      - AUTO_UPDATE=true
      - RUN_OPTS=
    volumes:
      - /home/luso/dox/docker/jackett:/config
      - /home/luso/dox/docker/jackett/blackhole:/home/rosejb/blackhole:/downloads
    ports:
      - 9117:9117
    restart: unless-stopped

  radarr:
    image: lscr.io/linuxserver/radarr:latest
    container_name: radarr
    hostname: radarr
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      - TZ=Etc/UTC
    volumes:
      - /home/luso/dox/docker/radarr:/config
      - /storage/movies:/data/localmovies
      - /storage/torrents/movies:/torrent_downloads
      - /storage/usenet/complete:/usenet_downloads
    ports:
      - 7878:7878
    restart: unless-stopped

  sonarr:
    image: lscr.io/linuxserver/sonarr:latest
    container_name: sonarr
    hostname: sonarr
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      - TZ=Etc/UTC
    volumes:
      - /home/luso/dox/docker/sonarr:/config
      - /storage/tv:/data/localshows
      - /storage/torrents/tv:/torrent_downloads
      - /storage/usenet/complete:/usenet_downloads
    ports:
      - 8989:8989
    restart: unless-stopped

  autobrr:
    image: ghcr.io/autobrr/autobrr:latest
    container_name: autobrr
    hostname: autobrr
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      - TZ=Etc/UTC
    volumes:
      - /home/luso/dox/docker/autobrr:/config
    ports:
      - 7474:7474
    restart: unless-stopped

  bazarr:
    image: lscr.io/linuxserver/bazarr:latest
    container_name: bazarr
    hostname: bazarr
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      - TZ=Etc/UTC
    volumes:
      - /home/luso/dox/docker/bazarr:/config
      - /storage/movies:/movies
      - /storage/tv:/tv
    ports:
      - 6767:6767
    restart: unless-stopped

  jellyseerr:
       image: fallenbagel/jellyseerr:latest
       container_name: jellyseerr
       hostname: jellyseerr
       environment:
            - LOG_LEVEL=debug
            - TZ=Etc/UTC
       ports:
            - 5055:5055
       volumes:
            - /home/luso/dox/docker/jellyseerr:/app/config
       restart: unless-stopped
 
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Lusotropicalismo said:
Software stack is Jellyfin, SABnzbd, qBittorrent VPN, Radarr, Sonarr, Bazarr, Jackett, Autobrr, and Wireguard (on the VPS) from Docker images.
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Why jackett over prowlarr? Also do you intend to keep the containers up to date manually rather than with watchtower? Otherwise this is pretty close to what I was running on my home media server(And will be again once china sends me a working low power mobo).
 
yydszmiteg2 said:
Why jackett over prowlarr? Also do you intend to keep the containers up to date manually rather than with watchtower? Otherwise this is pretty close to what I was running on my home media server(And will be again once china sends me a working low power mobo).
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The truthful response is that I've never given either package a try, but they both seem attractive.

Jackett has worked fine for torrents but lacks the ability to access nzb indexers. It seems that Prowlarr is capable of this, so I'll have to give this a try.

I've always found it easy enough to manually update docker images, but I've also never heard of Watchtower, which might be a better solution. I'll also give that a try. Manually updating docker images has allowed me to stay on qBit versions that are whitelisted by private trackers (for example, the recently updated qBit 4.6 is not yet approved for widespread use). Surely Watchtower has an option for managing certain packages manually...

Thanks for the recommendations!

ETA: Yep, I found how to specify certain packages to not be updated automatically in Watchtower.
Code: 
LABEL com.qbit.watchtower.monitor-only="true"
 
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I've been messing about a few indexers- NZB Finder / NZB Geek / NinjaCentral / Drunken Slug and have found the latter to provide the most results when searching. Can anyone recommend one that is 'better' than DS before I drop money on a few years access when the Black Friday deals go live?
 
I saw a good crack of GTA IV but it got busted oh dammit.

Apparently the Rockstar launcher is that much of a bother that people tell me to preferably pirate these games if I plan on a PC instead of a console, I normally buy my games but if I have to I try to see if I can find a copy online, that is how I got Vivisector: Beast Within, Cryostasis: Sleep of reason and American McGee's Alice (All of these cool games, can recomend) since these are no longer being sold anymore.
 
I'm a noob when it comes to private trackers. When RARBG shut down, I saw that TorrentLeech was opening registrations and so I made an account without having much intention of using it in the immediate future; partly because I still don't know enough about what I'm doing and partly just because I haven't wanted to get anything in the last couple months. I have since tried to log in to the site and get the following error:

Error: Your Account is disabled!
Reason:Banned Due to Inactivity after Last Open Registration

Not surprised and I should have expected to not just be able to make an account and do nothing with it indefinitely.

My question is: Have I permanently screwed myself out of being able to use that account, and/or also being able to make another account with a different email if they were to have another open registration period? Hopefully that makes sense.
 
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