idlenonsense ,

A good IPTV service is worth it’s weight in gold. Yes, it’s paid, but thousands of live channels and some providers offer on demand video. The service dwarfs whatever price you pay. Run all of it through Tivimate.

BeezKnuts ,
@BeezKnuts@lemmy.world avatar

What I really want to know is what you guys use for getting torrents for entire seasons of shows, or even the entire show at once. I’m not new to piracy, I’m just new to talking about it with people.

mojo ,

the classic, ThePirateBay

Pixlbabble ,

Don’t forget to use a vpn on the bay, that’s how I got a stupid letter from my isp. ngl the email sounded like “use a vpn next time you dummy” I forgot to turn it on that day.

what ,

rarbg :(

redmouse ,
@redmouse@lemmy.world avatar

1337x or TorrentGalaxy

BeezKnuts ,
@BeezKnuts@lemmy.world avatar

I can’t believe I didn’t know about 1337x. That’s so awesome, I’m deadass downloading the entirety of futurama right now. It’s gonna take 4 hours but hey, that’s not a problem for “about to fall asleep BeezKnuts”

Shere_Khan OP ,

We use the *arr suite of software. Search up Sonarr, Radarr and Prowlarr, that will get you started on the right path

undefined ,

Sonarr? If you want to have a full suite of tools and have an extra computer to use, swizzin has sonarr and many other great tools.

version_unsorted ,

I think a lot of people use radaar and sonaar. Generally speaking I just add s01 or s02 to my search terms. Sorry if that isn’t hitting on what you were asking.

idlenonsense ,

Private trackers.

gkpy ,

flexget, more ghetto than sonarr but works just fine

kazerniel ,
@kazerniel@lemmy.world avatar

Not that advanced, but two things I found useful:

  • If you’re in a country that blocks torrent websites but not trackers (eg. UK), visit the sites via Tor browser.
  • Rutracker.org and Rutracker.ru are surprisingly not blocked in the UK and have lots of good software. They’re BBCode-style forums, so fairly obvious how to navigate/search them even if you don’t speak Russian. If you want to read the description or comments of a specific torrent, pop the page into google translate.
Yolotan ,

OSMC (a Kodi OS) on a Raspberry Pi 4 with Seren Addon + a Real-Debrid or Premiumize.me account is the absolut shit.

undefined ,

Idk why you got downvoted. I wouldn’t call that advanced. But, we could all be happy with that setup too :)

Aetherion ,
@Aetherion@feddit.de avatar

I really want to thank you for this post, it opens up some long hidden secrets and gems inside the piracy world <3

I want to add something to this thread for my advanced pirates: irc xdcc chats for directly downloading content use sunxdcc.com to search for the content you are lookin for! (though, it’s very manual)

secretchimp ,

I legitimately forgot about this option - XDCC searches are a real boon

BlahajEnjoyer ,

IPv6 torrenting for the most part goes unchecked by the companies who send threat letters to your ISP. I have a US seedbox which doesn’t have IPv4 and it’s been working great with a lot of public torrents

Puffymumpkins ,

Good to know, but I also know I’m too lazy to keep ahead of the corpo squad long-term. VPN for me!

BlahajEnjoyer ,

VPN seems like a bigger hassle for me, I change one parameter to off in /etc/network/interfaces and it works great.

Alkider ,

If you have a large steam library, the rin forum has some tools to help backup a good chunk of those games. Usually you can’t run a steam game without the steam client, but steamless and goldberg can make them run without needing the client.

roon ,
@roon@lemmy.ml avatar

Won’t you lose out on achievements and stuff if you run it without the client? 🤔

Shere_Khan OP ,

Yes, but there are work arounds if you really want achievements

Alkider ,

With just goldberg yeah. There’s another program, i don’t recall it’s name at the moment, that keeps track of acheivements.

Janis ,

piracy is a latter.

at the bottom there is the person getting a pirated ware physically from someone who copied it.

then steps later there is rapidshare or whatever filehosters still exist.

more steps up are public torrents and trackers.

then there is forums that use a variety of sharing technologies like (private) torrent or hosters.

nzb is next.

then there is irc - which at best is linked to some of the outer ring ftp servers.

ftp servers run by currygroups is next. and they leech from

the core of scene ftp servers.

sure i missed exotic outlets of the piracy latter like ondemandpiracystreaming, ssd-by-snailmail and so on… we all agree vpn is key. i think irc always has worked better than torrent ever and being easier to access thab nzbs.

SuperSmashDan ,

Do you mind sharing some more information about irc?

Janis ,

well for starters you could just go xdcc.eu,search some shit, fire up hexchat, obey channel rules (e.g you have to register your username) and xdcc request the file. next up you might want to do you own irc bot maybe selfhosted on a Pi or as a service and teach that bot what to get you on a regular basis like tv shows. then never use xdcc.eu ever again and run your searches through said bot. maybe get lost in the whole topic and have a telegram bot run on the irc bot Pi to update you on latest downloads and so on… you can have an irc client on your phone and then tell your bot what to request and download.

undefined ,

Sure, the magic of torrents is that it’s hard to truly take down. If 100 people are seeding something, good luck getting them all to stop. The next best option is to stop sites from hosting the torrent files that help you connect with seeders. But, now we have DHT that is like torrent sites automatically being peer to peer. Shits unstoppable.

But, ftp has great benefits as well for sure. Not to downplay that.

thedaly ,

if you can

Everyone can.

I got in via an interview for what.cd, way back in the day. The interview process is still a viable way in for those willing to put a bit of time in.

NathanUp ,
@NathanUp@lemmy.ml avatar

Easiest way to get started at the moment (imo) is to go through the interview to get into MAM, get VIP status, then use the invite threads in the forum to access other trackers.

Now maintaining your ratio however… I’m having a hard time at Orpheus, with a seedbox.

Zpiritual ,

Orpheus is tough in the beginning. It’s important to essentially only use freeleech tokens since a download rarely manage to get above a ratio of one.

cOlz ,

i thought they were dead? whats the irc channel?

beeboopbeep ,

I run everything with saltbox (cloudbox fork) it’s ansible, it’s automated, and I hardly have issues. I host from home but have a 10gb uplink.

Being consistent and seeding is what makes everything work. So my best advice is seed! (Private trackers are a no brainer). Using a few and backups. I have replaced all the streaming services with a self service portal and all I need to do is updates and every few year upgrade the hardware.

I have and do purchase lots of movies and entertainment. But I’m tired of services deleting shit.

thedaly ,

I host from home but have a 10gb uplink.

Fuck outta here (as i cry in american)

Swizzin is definitely the most prominent solution for selfhosting a seedbox. I highly recommend it.

beeboopbeep ,

I am American!!! Swizzin is much easier then my ansible answer.

Fiber is getting bigger and I’m in a small city. Only had cable and dsl and I could see downtown San Francisco…

thedaly ,

Oh man, now I’m even more jealous.

I really like ansible and have played around with using it to deploy a seedbox. I still want to get it working, but I’ve given up on doing it all purely through ansible. At this point, I’m thinking the best route is using ansible to deploy swizzin with an environment file and unattended install

HectorBarbossa99 ,

Also what’s the safest/cheapest/possible free(?) VPN you can use to torrent? Thinking about doing that as Direct Download, while nice and more safe, can definitely be time consuming

Shere_Khan OP ,

There isint. This is your moment, do you take the plunge and buy a vpn, sign your soul to a pirates life?

HectorBarbossa99 ,

soul signing it is matey. Yarr

donslaught ,

100 years before the mast!

diskmaster23 ,

Mullvad is great

TenSlot85 ,

I’d rather pay for a decent Usenet backbone and use exclusively SSL downloads than rely on a VPN with torrents.

You don’t want a free VPN. I’d cough up for Mullvad if I was going that route.

tabularasa ,

I couldn’t agree more. Usenet all the way.

myself ,

Mullvad got rid of port-forwarding so it’s not good for torrenting anymore. IVPN, which is where the Mullvad refugees fled to, just got rid of it as well. I think AirVPN is the next option people are flocking to, but who knows when they’ll do that next.

I’ve also seen stuff about torrenting over I2P which shouldn’t have this limitation, but I’m not sure how usable it is right this moment.

TechnoBabble ,

Why do I need port-forwarding for torrents?

Torrenting happily on Mullvad right now.

heef ,

I did a quick bit of research and port forwarding allows for faster connections to peers, meaning you get faster downloads and should reach seed ratios quicker too. Apparently you need port forwarding for private trackers too.

myself ,

For peers to connect to each other, at least one of the two connecting needs to be port-forwarded, so if everyone were on Mullvad, now no one would be able to reach each other. Right now you can still torrent on Mullvad, but only with (non-Mullvad) users who use port-forwarding.

Hazzul ,

Which one do you personally prefer? I used to use easynews and some giganews back in the day but dunno how the latest and greatest is these days.

TenSlot85 ,

It’s been a couple years since I set it up so I couldn’t tell you what’s the best deal these days.

I use Newsdemon’s 2tb/mo plan (Black Friday deal, it’s almost free it was so cheap) and a Blocknews block for completion. I don’t have any issues with downloads being incomplete but YMMV.

Nzbgeek indexer (lifetime sub), Sabnzbd downloader, and the full *arr suite for automation, and an Emby server running on my NAS.

Hazzul ,

Thanks for all the neatly packed info. Seems like I nailed with the indexer but will check the rest out. Cheers.

TenSlot85 ,

I just looked at the current offerings from Newsdemon and the deals are not nearly as sweet as the plan I’m on. I suspect that your best bet for a long-term subscription would be to wait until Black Friday, but there are plenty of providers with cheap blocks or monthly plans to play around with.

groats_survivor ,

I’m more interested in paying for a VPN that isn’t a subscription. Are there any good options?

popemichael ,
@popemichael@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

Mullvad VPN

You prepay for it using digital currency, it’s superfast, you can use it on all of your devices, you’re spoiled for choice on how to use it, and there’s a ton of options for location.

Without a doubt it’s the best pay VPN that I’ve ever used

TechnoBabble ,

I switched to Mullvad after PIA got bought by that spyware company.

They’re great.

luffyuk ,

VPN is one of the few “services” I’m happy to pay a subscription for. Because it’s actually a service with ongoing costs.

Holzkohlen ,

Not sure what you want here. A VPN which you can cancel each month? I just pay the Mullvad people some money in advance and get x months of VPN for it. Is that a subscription?

Electric_leprechaun ,

I got a lifetime subscription to keepsolid VPN a few years ago £12 for up to 5 devices, figured if I got a year out of it then that’s my money back, still going great now for me. Occasionally they do these lifetime subscription options for bargain price on stacksocial which is where I got mine. Worth keeping an eye out. There are better featured ones out there but all I want is something to funnel my Torrents and indexers through and this works fine on 150mb broadband I have with no speed drop.

www.hotukdeals.com/share-deal-from-app/3844217

Cyberwitch_7493 ,
@Cyberwitch_7493@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Rise Up VPN seems to work pretty well and is based on OpenVPN. It crashes less than my qbittorrent client so I’ve had minimal issues with it.

pbjamm ,
@pbjamm@beehaw.org avatar

Proton VPN has been good to me so far.

Emu ,
@Emu@lemmy.ml avatar

Why would you need a free VPN? They are so cheap, and the safety and security and features that comes with a paid subscription is more than worth the very small yearly cost.

Greenbubbleb0y ,

Protonvpn claim they have a few VPN. Honestly one of the easiest ways to torrent imo is to get a real Debrid subscription let them torrent them download the file through them without a VPN.

coolfission ,

Windscribe. It’s free but has a 10gb cap per month. I’ve used it plenty of times to torrent movies and they don’t do logging.

lukini ,
@lukini@beehaw.org avatar

Get into private trackers if you can and then you won’t have to worry much about any of this.

SkepticElliptic ,

NO

kajko ,

Your username makes me think you go around in elliptic orbits just to say NO at things due to your skepticism. :)

vardogor ,
@vardogor@mander.xyz avatar

i’ve been pirating things for ~15 years and still don’t understand private trackers

TechnoBabble ,

I can find just about anything I want through public trackers or DDL sites, so I haven’t bothered to look into them.

vardogor ,
@vardogor@mander.xyz avatar

yeah pretty much. but the 5-10% I never found would be nice to look for again

NathanUp ,
@NathanUp@lemmy.ml avatar

What’s the confusion? They’re just like public ones, but pristinely organized, extremely well seeded, and you’re less likely to get a letter from your ISP for torrenting with them.

stebo02 ,
@stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

and you’re less likely to get a letter from your ISP for torrenting with them.

isn’t that why we’re using vpn?

NathanUp ,
@NathanUp@lemmy.ml avatar

Yea, but you don’t need one with a private tracker.

stebo02 ,
@stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

cool thank you

vardogor ,
@vardogor@mander.xyz avatar

the getting into them part haha

NathanUp ,
@NathanUp@lemmy.ml avatar

Ah, you just need to pass an interview for many, which involves doing some reading and waiting in an irc channel

RobotToaster ,

Same, being elitist about who you share japanese cartoons or whatever with just seems weird.

HectorBarbossa99 ,

is it possible to easily setup a way for your jellyfin server to be used outside of your house? For instance, if I wanted to let my grandfather use it with the rokus from his house, or if I wanted to leave the server at my house and still use it from college, could this be done fairly easily without too much trouble?

Or would this be an issue legal wise or difficult to code/network somehow?

Shere_Khan OP ,

Its not impossible, but plex is way easier and does the same thing.

HectorBarbossa99 ,

IIRC, some things with plex are free, but is that feature specifically? or is it a paid extra?

Revan343 ,

Remote access is free

FippleStone ,

But it still requires a static IP to access it reliably, right?

Mugmoor ,
@Mugmoor@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

No. Im behind CGNAT and can access my Plex fine.

HectorBarbossa99 ,

awesome, I will definitely just use plex then. Thanks!

HectorBarbossa99 ,

awesome, thanks for letting me know. I’m definitely just going to try to use plex then. While I’m decent with hardware and a little with software, I don’t know networking from adam’s cat and I don’t want to open up my family’s network to issues. Thanks for letting me know!

Glocktopus ,

Not a networking guy, but from what I read the included port forwarding features (any port forwarding really) can open up vulnerabilities if you’re not knowledgeable with network security. The safer way to do things is through a vpn. I set up a WireGuard vpn on a raspberry pi and it has been good enough for me. This might not allow you to use it on a Roku though.

Hamster ,

Nginx proxy manager or wireguard.

Sethayy ,

Or tailscale for a more friendly software running off wireguard

ErwinLottemann ,

Or headscale for a selfhostable version. Or just plain wireguard, there are GUIs for it, but it’s also pretty easy to configure without one.

bertmacho ,

Its easy with Jellyfin and the config will tell you if its set up right. You can either go directly to the Jellyfin port or thru a reverse proxy but either way you’re exposing ports. I ran mine behind docker so I could easily keep everything up to date.

HectorBarbossa99 ,

why is exposing ports a bad thing? would it open me up for legal trouble or just make it to where some rando can watch whatever I have on the jellyfin? or does it make it where some rando can access any device I have connected to my network?

x4740N ,

Open ports open you up to being an easy target to attack

It’s best to just have one open port for VPN and security harden that port along with port 80, and port 443 that are required for internet

NathanUp ,
@NathanUp@lemmy.ml avatar

I’d sooner rent a VPS than open up ports needlessly on my home network. Yunohost makes it simple to get a Jellyfin instance up and running.

bertmacho ,

All IMO of course but I think you’d only be on the hook legally for using Jellyfin if you sold access to your server. A private server would never hit the radar in a million years. The bad thing about exposing ports is you’re giving access to a service and therefore you’re relying on the Jellyfin authentication system to be secure. If there are flaws then, at best, someone could watch your content (and possibly delete it depending on your JF config) and at worst they could escalate privileges to get access to the hosting server and do whatever they want on your network. Like I said, I ran it on docker behind traefik (as the reverse proxy) and had no concerns doing so. I would much rather have the slight extra hassle of Jellyfin over Plex because I didn’t want the Plex middle-man sat between me and the person consuming the content. Jellyfin is a direct connection and there’s an app on Roku so it met all my needs.

coffeeguy ,

Tailscale

It’s free for a limited number of personal devices. Add the jellyfin server to your tailscale network and it will receive a local ip. Add you grandfather’s roku (or possibly router) to that same tailscale. You’ll then be able to enter the Tailscale ip address of your jellyfin into the roku app to get access.

I don’t have a roku, but use tailscale to access several home services while I’m out including a jellyfin instance. It is incredibly easy to setup and use, particularly if you are limited by complex router situations.

scromblilation , (edited )

It’s possible, but without knowing how familiar you are with networking, it’s difficult.

I’m assuming your Jellyfin server is on your home network. If this is the case, it might not be worth it because you have a data cap.

Your home’s isp probably designated your connection a dynamic IP (changes every time your modem is rebooted and also periodically). You should be able to reach Jellyfin through this IP right now if your router is forwarding http requests to your Jellyfin server. For example, if Jellyfin is watching port 8080 for http requests you would need to set your router to port forward all requests on 8080 to the Jellyfin host

Since you have a dynamic ip this would not be a “set it and forget it” solution. There are ways around this, you’d need to research buying a domain name from a registrar (I’ve used porkbun) and setting up a ddns client that updates your ip with the registrar when it changes. I haven’t been able to figure this out yet (I just tinker with computers I don’t know what I am doing. I also have capped internet so I’m not interested in hosting my Jellyfin outside my home).

Also, setting up https is a good idea and is easier if you have a domain ( but you can do it without, I hear.)

Good luck

Edit: the other suggestions about setting up your network as a vpn and connecting that way is probably much easier. I went the domain route for some other stuff I was doing.

bennz1 ,

Yes it’s a legal issue

Wireguard would be the ideal choice instead of old school vpn

Could also use tailscale as it’s easier to set up

beachcamp ,

I’m sure you could, biggest issues are exposing yourself to security threats. Most home networks are pretty secure due to the fact that in general using any router locks down your network pretty hard. So to access jellyfin remotely you would need to poke holes in your security.

Second issue is network bandwidth/throughput limitations. But if you are happy with your speeds then it’s just a matter of keeping your server up and running, especially if you are away from home for any length of time.

Personally I would really suggest a seed box of some description. It will really change your piracy life. I could never go back. And typically you can run plex/jellyfin/emby and serve to anyone you like without all the networking or maintenance or really security issues.

undefined ,

What you are looking for is a VPN or to port forward Jellyfin. Not to be confused with a Commercial VPN. You want him to Virtually connect to your Private Network. Personally, I don’t trust port forwarding Jellyfin directly. So, I setup a wireguard VPN and port forwarded that. Then, connect remotely through the VPN to the local Jellyfin. Idk about Roku though. I cannot say wether they have a good wireguard app.

ellesper ,

If you really want to build an awesome Plex/Jellyfin library, start using Usenet instead of torrents.

unabatedshagie ,
@unabatedshagie@lemmy.world avatar

I’ve personally found that usenet isn’t that good unless you’re trying to grab things immediately. I find trying to grab older stuff really hit or miss, mostly miss.

matthewc ,

Use two providers on different networks. They can fill in the gaps for each other.

momentary ,

Right, get a block account with another provider on a different backbone and you should be good to go!

Mugmoor ,
@Mugmoor@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Most indexers have a request form for content. Ive used the one on NZBGeek numeous times and gotten what I wanted within a day or two.

sfcl33t ,

Idk man, Usenet was solid for me for years but now everything is DMCAd in a flash.

ellesper ,

Interesting. I guess I’ve just been lucky enough to find all the content I look for.

HectorBarbossa99 ,

what is usenet just a DDL site?

ImpossibleRubiksCube ,

Usenet isn’t a site, it’s a network. Wiki it, you’ll need a provider for it but most of them are quite affordable.

obinice ,
@obinice@lemmy.world avatar

Affordable? I’m not here to pay people for things, that’s for sure 😅

ImpossibleRubiksCube ,

Do as though wilt! That said, a Usenet service is like $10 a month, and a lot of them will let you purchase a month at a time.

Auli ,

Huh, a couple years ago everything was being DMCAd haven’t come accross that issue in awhile, at least me personally.

thedaly ,

Please tell me what I can get on usenet that isn’t on PTP, BTN, or RED.

I would bet that 99/100 releases are uploaded to private trackers before usenet.

Hammerbrain ,

I’d like to know this as well. Haven’t used Usenet for over 10 years. PTP, BTN, and Red are all I need. Seed box and Plex. I’m into indie/obscure films also, so what would Usenet offer that they don’t?

Coniferous ,

You should look into Karagarga

Mugmoor ,
@Mugmoor@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

It isn’t availability that makes me prefer Usenet, but its speed and security features.

thedaly ,

The download speed on any popular release will max out even the fastest connections. I assume the retention for less popular content is a lot better on trackers, but I don’t have enough experience with usenet to say that for sure.

security features

What features?

Mugmoor ,
@Mugmoor@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Usenet connections can be encrypted. No need for a VPN or any other obfuscation.

thedaly ,

Torrents can be encrypted as well, and there isn’t a need for a VPN unless you use public trackers, which I don’t recommend.

What is the monthly fee for Usenet? I’m more in favor of decentralized systems with the use of seedboxes to speed up distribution, but I’m not against usenet either.

thisusernameistaken ,

What is the monthly fee for Usenet?

About 5 bucks a month or a little less if you pay by the year.

TornadoValley ,

If you have cabal and able to maintain ratio (yeah BTN is ratio less) you don’t need Usenet

But thats such a small proportion of people. Usenet is what I recommend to entry level people who want top tier access but aren’t will to spend time/effort/networking but will spend money m

beppi ,

Anyone got good options for ebooks? Currently got calibre setup but only sourcing my books from libgen. Tried using jackett + readarr but the indexers didnt seem great… is it worth paying for indexers? Which ones?

bashtro ,

ebooks, and manga! advice would be appreciated

businessfish ,
@businessfish@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

I recommend tachiyomi for manga / graphic novels for mobile, which is where i read most manga. you can get series from a lot of different sites, add custom sources, and locally download. it rules

JC1 ,

I saw this the other day, might be helpful! lemmy.world/post/835536

fixmycode ,
@fixmycode@feddit.cl avatar

Follow up question: does anyone have a good source for ebooks in Spanish? currently using lectulandia

Ducks ,
@Ducks@ducks.dev avatar

althub.co.za has been a decent indexer for ebooks for me. But ebooks are just not as readily available on usenets. And new books are rarely available upon release. I’ll manually download from libgen and import to readarr in those cases.

mugman ,
@mugman@lemmy.world avatar

I personally use zlibrary singlelogin.re

PolarisFx ,

myanonamouse.net

EBook tracker, read their rules then hop on irc for an interview. You can use jackett/prowlarr with MaM to automate Readarr

lemming741 ,

I got into MAM pretty easily. Readarr doesn’t support text and audio with a single instance, so I abandoned that for audiobookshelf. People rave about calibre but it wasn’t my cup of tea.

Grntrenchman ,

So… I feel ancient just mentioning this, but for literally 20 years now on undernet has been a solid source for books.

Use something like hexchat, get in the room, search your book, profit. Just got some stuff a few days ago.

Edit: actually, followed JC1’s link in their comment, and it’s a whole guide about how to get set up.

ellesper ,

myanonamouse is by far the best private tracker for books, and getting an invite was super easy.

MusketeerX ,

Anna’s Archive?

annas-archive.org

I only found out about it on here recently and I’ve been able to find a couple of quite obscure titles on there.

Including one that had never been released as an ebook Seems someone has scanned it.

preussischblau ,
@preussischblau@lemmy.ca avatar

annas-archive.org

diskmaster23 ,

LibGen?

ikidd ,
@ikidd@lemmy.world avatar

Evanbuss/Openbooks docker

lemmy.world/comment/758777

couragethebravedog ,

Myanonamouse is the best tracker for books, audio or digital.

KazuchijouNo ,

Z-library is my personal pick, It’s currently on the darkweb, however, you can access it through tor, or with a web browser that uses tor (like Brave). Once you’re in you can generate a personal clearnet link. You can even set up your own telegram bot.

Leilys ,

Bit tired to format, but these should help. Start here:

  1. sh.itjust.works/post/583550
  2. links.hackliberty.org/post/4006
version_unsorted ,

Zlib via tor is fantastic

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