I wouldn't say downloading games is Inherently unsafe you just need to be careful and download from reputable groups. It is also possible especially craft in movie files such as .mkv to be malicious, also don't forget that the ads in some torrent sites are malicious.

https://www.broadcom.com/support/security-center/attacksignatures/detail?asid=24357

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 4 points 6 days ago

https://rutracker.org/ works well

[–] Chewy7324@discuss.tchncs.de 49 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

1337x.to works well too. If you use a website translator, like Firefox Translate, rutracker is great too.

Otherwise, private torrent sites (e.g. TorrentLeech) are the best addition to Usenet.

Keeping ratio is pretty easy if you set up Cross-Seed. It finds torrents matching your local files (e.g. Usenet downloads) and adds them to your torrent client without using additional space or downloading them again.

[–] Psythik@lemm.ee 1 points 6 days ago

What benefits does Usenet have over Debrid? I've been meaning to try it for years, but after finding out about Debrid services, I don't see the point when I can have a 1Gbps direct download to any torrent I want, without having to rely on seeds.

[–] Vendetta9076@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

How would I go about setting up cross seed

[–] Chewy7324@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 1 week ago

https://www.cross-seed.org/

It takes a bit of time and careful reading until it's set up.

For matching existing data you need to set up dataDirs and partial matchMode. Ideally your local files are organized (e.g. TRaSH guide) to improve cross-seeds ability to find matches. If you need help there's a Discord linked on their website.

[–] nrab@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Honestly I just got a few fresh free-leech torrents a while back, seeded them for a week, and built up enough surplus to not have to worry about ratio for the foreseeable future

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[–] pdqcp@lemmy.dbzer0.com 40 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Qbittorrent + search plugins is the way to go:

https://github.com/qbittorrent/search-plugins/wiki/Unofficial-search-plugins

[–] Psythik@lemm.ee -1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Or Real-Debrid instead of Qbittorrent if you don't mind paying ~$3/mo USD for the convenience of 1Gbps download speeds and no seeders to rely on.

[–] vic@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

What do you use to search RD with?

[–] Psythik@lemm.ee 2 points 5 days ago

1337x.to

[–] Psythik@lemm.ee 27 points 1 week ago (2 children)

1337x.to has treated me well for the past few years. I love the active comment sections. It's just like TPB was in the early days.

[–] pneumatron@sh.itjust.works 6 points 6 days ago

This is the one for me too. And I'm sure I don't need to tell y'all, but ad blockers!!! Use them!!!

[–] NostraDavid@programming.dev 1 points 6 days ago

If your ISP is blocking this website, set a DNS in windows to 1.1.1.1 (Cloudflare), 8.8.8.8/8.8.4.4 (Google), 9.9.9.9 (Quad9), https://www.dns0.eu/, or DNS4EU.

Yes, blocking certain sites is done in the Netherlands, due to Stichting BREIN using/abusing our legal system. Nobody likes them, but it is what it is.

PS: I'm using rargb, since it hasn't been blocked (yet - BREIN has to sue per website being blocked).

[–] ArsonButCute@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I usually just get my torrents from archive.org... Am I pirating wrong?

[–] weirdo_from_space@sh.itjust.works 25 points 1 week ago

If you get what you want without getting viruses into your computer, no.

[–] rodneyck@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 1 week ago

How about all of them in one?

AIO Search

[–] MEtrINeS@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 week ago

You can use any torrent client with search included. For example: qbittorrent, frostwire, etc...

Anyway check FREEMEDIAHECKYEAH! https://fmhy.net/videopiracyguide#torrent-sites

[–] zaisty@szmer.info 11 points 1 week ago

torrent.one.pl have a list of public torrent sites. Updates are just in case. Maybe useful.

[–] GeekFTW@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 week ago

Only thing I specifically used TG for was comics, as that's the site GetComics had their comic packs on, but since they went down they seem to just be self-hosting their torrent files. Anything else I download I usually run through Prowlarr and search a dozen or two public trackers at a time lol.

[–] iltoroargento@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Fuck a duck. This is always how I find out about shit like this. Damnit. I was all ready and have time now to do my yearly summer download spree...

I guess 1337x?

Edit: Added the soundbyte that expresses my frustration:(

[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 1 week ago

I started getting most of my definitely public domain stuff from TorrentLeech when TG started having issues. Keep an eye out for an open signup. The rest comes from RuTracker, 1337x and The Pirate Bay.

[–] floo@retrolemmy.com 9 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Torrent Galaxy went down? My *arr stack runs around 25 different trackers. I don’t keep track of them all.

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[–] Ankkuli@lemdro.id 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)

What services people use to get informed what new movies and shows have come online? TorrentGalaxy had great listings.

[–] arararagi@ani.social 1 points 6 days ago

Good point, I actually don't know any sites like that for live action and movies, only anime ones like anichart.

[–] SEND_BUTTPLUG_PICS@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Sonarr and Radarr can do this for you. If you have a movie or show that you are interested in that hasn't released yet you can add it to the list and the program will automatically grab it from your preferred torrent site and download it for you as soon as the file is available.

It's really nice when I forget that I added something and then six months later I see that it's been downloaded automatically and is ready to watch.

[–] Ankkuli@lemdro.id 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Here’s the problem though, I don’t even know what I should be looking for. I liked to be surprised whatever new came up. Also I liked that there was a new bluray rip of an old movie I wanted to watch but had forgotten about.

In other words I don’t have a full list of everything I’m expecting to watch one day. It was so easy to just open up TG once a day and browse the posters they had up and decide then and there if whatever looks interesting.

[–] burgerchurgarr@lemmus.org 2 points 5 days ago

I think you’re looking for overseerr/jellyseerr which does exactly that. Radarr/sonarr also have recommendations but it’s not as sophisticated

[–] EddoWagt@feddit.nl 4 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Man I really need to get into sonarr and radarr

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[–] weirdo_from_space@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I mainly use LimeTorrent and 1337x, I get 99% percent of my stuff from those two sites. Another one worth mentioning is DigitalCore Club. It's a private tracker, but it has open signups quite frequently. It doesn't actually have a ton of content on it, however it has a pretty good requests section. So if you can't find something anywhere you can try to ask for it there.

[–] TacoBoss32@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 days ago

DigitalCore Private trackers are a waste of time and money, piracy is about saving money and private trackers will nag you about not spending enough money and not using enough of your bandwidth and 99% of them don't have anything better than public trackers.

[–] Mylk@lemmy.wtf 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What i really miss is the hot picks and new section (even from rarbg). If someone has an idea for that i'm listening.

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[–] Vanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.pub 5 points 1 week ago

Tbp

it's a honeypot

Use one of the clones/proxies, and if you're doing what you should be, they'll have no idea who the fuck you are anyway.

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