I use a seedbox to run qBittorrent with Jackett, and have a bunch of sources on there. I know there are other methods, but that works for me and I’m comfortable with it.
Rarbg has been gone for about five months and it’s harder and harder to find 4k TV rips. For current shows, sometimes you can get episodes as they air, but it’s rare to see full seasons.
The tipping point was when I searched for a Netflix show from two weeks ago just now, with zero 4K results.
I’ve always hated private trackers since they’re a pain in the ass, but is that the only option now? Do I need to look at a different method entirely? I’ve been torrenting since that existed, but if I need to do something else, let me know.
I don’t expect to get torrent sites in any responses, but you can do that if you have any 😂
I think it’s about audience. People who care about quality and bitrates and such usually have their couple of private trackers. People who just want to watch things regardless of quality just get whatever
That’s what I’m asking. Until recently, one didn’t need to bother with private trackers unless they wanted, say, a 4K rip of Suspiria from 1977, or some other incredibly specific thing. Private trackers, at least to me, were more trouble than they were worth. Why should I deal with them at all when I can get everything I need without begging for an invite and then annoying myself?
As a result, I have never joined a private tracker, not ever.
But now? I’m not sure. Something does seem to have changed systemically.
4k just might not be worth the data for people.
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This is what it is for me. I’m blind in one eye and wear glasses because I’m near sighted with astigmatism in the other.
It’s really hard for me to tell the difference and most of my library is 1080 or 720 because it mostly looks the same to me. I don’t want to give up the extra storage Ford 4k files.
There are semi private trackers out there that you can get an invite fairly easy, as do open signups pretty often.
You don’t need to think about it too much, as most 4K content usually crosses the trigger for freeleech. That means you are fine as long as you don’t do a Hit ’n Run, which in itself is an asshole thing to do.
I have a fully automated system and don’t even bother checking where I am downloading from, or what my ratios are, all is taken care in the background.
Do you mind if I ask more details about your system?
The whole Arr suite, plus others. I have a 24/7 low power machine running the following on unRAID with containers:
- Radarr
- Sonarr
- Prowlarr
- Overserr
- qBittorrent
- a VPN container
- Recyclarr
- cross-seed
- qbit manage (this is key)
- unpackerr
- autobrr
I have more of course but this is what’s relevant to you.
I also have some custom scripts for patching some things up to my like.
How are you routing containers through the VPN container?
You set the network up as container:vpncontainername
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Nice system. It looks like I could run most of that on my seedbox. Of course, I still need the content 😂
Check out YAMS [dot] MEDIA. YAMS (Yet Another Media Server) is essentially what the other fella is running but super simple. Depending on what system you’re running you could be up and running your own home server in about an hour.
Same tbh
What show are you looking for? I’ll check my trackers and see if I can get you an invite to somewhere that has it. Shoot me a DM.
Usenet. Found so many things that I couldn’t find on public trackers once I got down the concept and was able to set up an arr server with sabnzbd. It does cost some money, but I feel it’s negligible for what you get.
I looked into usenet but i could never get over having to subscribe pay for it. Why bother when torrenting is free. I’m on a couple private trackers and use a few public, but I never pay for access for the trackers or pirated content. Ive donated before to private trackers, and I pay for my seedbox monthly but that’s for a service, it’s not a paywall for access. I also read there are download limits and having to find newsgroups that have the content you want. It all seems more work than its worth and you have to pay for the privilege to do that work for the same exact outcome. 🤷♂️
I think OP needs a decent private tracker that’s pretty easy to keep up with. My main private tracker has a rule, seed 3x or for 3 days to avoid hit an run on any torrent. You can also use earned coins from seeding to pay off hit and runs.
I’d be fine with this. I have the seedbox for seeding. The problem is more about getting invites to a private tracker through some random method that I don’t know 😂
While ‘the paywall for access’ argument can be made for usenet indexers (which just index NZB files, not the releases themselves, with most still allowing up to 5 downloads a day via free membership tiers), in contrast to torrenting, usenet providers cache newsgroup binaries (the actual releases) on the servers of their respective usenet backbone. Because of that, releases that might run out of active seeders on public or even private torrent trackers after a few years are sometimes available for significantly longer on usenet.
Edit: While it’s not an excuse for the usenet indexers, rather the providers, usenet newsgroup binaries are downloaded directly from the servers of providers, and are thus not P2P like bittorrent is.
I get what you’re saying, but personally speaking, that’s not enough of a benefit to start subscribing to a usenet provider and invest time hunting down newsgroups for content access. Its also not worth changing the bottom layer of my arr stack. Not to mention the time I’ve already invested into getting in the couple private trackers I’m in. I already don’t have any issues getting the content I want to watch. I honestly don’t see how its worth it for anyone. Like how often would one need to be searching for obscure content for it to be worth the monthly cost?
Edit, 5 downloads per day for a free membership is downright laughable to me. We’re pirates ffs. This is p2p sharing.
Admittedly, if you’re already using private torrent trackers, you’ll probably find more missing releases by working towards joining higher tier trackers than usenet alone has. Usenet is more worthwhile for people without high enough bandwidth to build the ratio needed to join such trackers.
Ahh this makes more sense to me now. The seedbox service i pay for has great bandwidth, and my personal bandwidth is enough to stream 4k content from it. So i kinda use my seedbox as a proxy instead
Until I created a servarr stack, finding what I needed on Usenet never happened. Using Radarr with prowlarr and sabnzbd, now my missing files are down to maybe a dozen.
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I’ll try it! Feel free to DM me.
Can I try that invite? I’ve been trying to get back on it lately
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I don’t usually torrent, but I just looked at recent eps from Usenet and it looks like the majority is 1080p max. 4k exist, but tend to be from streaming services like Netflix, Hulu, HBO, or AppleTV it seems.
I find NZBFinder to be a decent usenet indexer for free, so maybe take a look on there for the shows you’re wanting and see if they’re even out there. It could be they just aren’t available at all.
Thanks! I used to use Usenet! It’s been quite some time. I think I used to get porn, back when you had to download your porn to watch it 😉
It could be they just aren’t available at all.
Scary thought. If nobody’s doing 4K rips of a brand new hit Netflix show, the scene is not working right now. I’m inclined to think it’s just gone private, but I really don’t know.
Some Netflix shows that are in 4K have not been showing up in private trackers lately
For years I’ve assumed there was some kind of invisible image manipulation that effectively encrypts the Netflix user ID in the video feed itself, so they can use leaked video to pinpoint users that share recordings.
Same type of thing paper printers do, and AI giants are trying to push now.
Plenty of them on Stremio and with the Torrentio addon
For some shows I’ve noticed that it’s not too difficult to get around half of their seasons in 4K, with the 4K releases for the remaining seasons being seemingly nowhere, whether it be on public trackers, private trackers, or usenet. Doesn’t seem to be an issue of shows only being shot in 4K after their first few seasons, as in some cases the 1st and 3rd seasons may have 4K releases without the 2nd season having one, for instance.
I’ve been able to found them in 1337x and TorrentGalaxy
I use both sources daily. 4K TV has notably disappeared from them in the past few months.
Where is the best place for Debrid users to find 4k content since private trackers are a no go for us?
- hdencode org (best public one)
- rlsbb ru
- scene-rls net
Thank you very much!
Private trackers have had everything I’ve ever actually wanted to watch in 4K (assuming it was filmed that way to begin with)
