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 😂

  • Kribensis@lemm.eeOPEnglish
    28·
    1 year ago

    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.

      • LilB0kChoy@lemm.eeEnglish
        4·
        1 year ago

        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.

    • ANIMATEK@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      1 year ago

      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.

        • ANIMATEK@lemmy.worldEnglish
          18·
          1 year ago

          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.

        • spacecowboy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          3·
          1 year ago

          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.

    • matey@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      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.