So I’ve not seen it mentioned before, but if you want to start getting into private trackers, you can check out the private tracker general thread (/ptg/) on the /g/ board of 4chan
4chan is what it is, but there is a lot of good info in just the OP (please read the OP entirely before posting, I beg of you), and that’s how I got into private trackers
PS: you wont get any invite, dont ask for them
I’m only using TorrentLeech, what’s some other good ones? I have a seedbox and procuring an invite or interview isn’t an issue. I don’t really have a problem with TorrentLeech except that sometimes movies or TV shows are uploaded as rar which chokes Sonarr and Radarr until I go and manually fix it.
I recommend unpackerr to deal with those pesky rars.
I’ve been using qBittorrent to run an unrar command (which fails if there isn’t any rar files), it works MOST of the time but it usually extracts the sample first then Sonarr see an MKV and tries to import it, which fails because it doesn’t fit the file size requirements of my quality profile.
I’m using a managed host and they don’t offer unpackerr. I’ll probably end up writing a python script to handle it and all of the weird contingencies. It isn’t really annoying to me, since I can just SSH in and fix it in a few seconds but my family members that add things via Ombi will complain when S01E02 is missing from Season 1.
Ah, I am using docker on a Synology NAS and I could never get qbit to unrar things properly. but unpackerr has been like magic. also I have been favoring TL or IPT which seems to use fewer rars. rars seem so antiquated in the modern era, hard to believe those are still used.
I don’t think you need root access for unpackerr. Check here for instructions for use on a managed seedbox: https://unpackerr.zip/docs/install/seedbox
Ooo, I’ll get it setup this weekend. Thanks a lot! This is probably one of the last annoyances that I have with my setup.
If you check the FAQ in the OP, you’ll get a pretty good list, but the standard for movies would be PassThePopcorn and for TV BroadcastTheNet in my opinion
Everyone seems to have TL but where does one find reliable info about signups?
All of my invites come from people in a gaming community that I’m a part of.
I’d recommend Interviewing for RED as a means to get in to the private tracker scene.
I think MAM is a great start for beginners before RED
That’s fair, but I firmly believe that if you can make it on RED, you can make it anywhere.
that’s true, if you are good in RED you can pretty much can get into other big trackers but idk whether people who just learn what private trackers are can just go through RED interviews (and wait at the lobby for weeks). so that’s the reason why i think MAM is a great start.
That long nowadays? Crazy, I guess you’re right.
I’d say it’s easier to get into OPS, then move on to RED, then get invites from their forums.
It’s virtually the same irc interview so if you don’t have another means of scoring your invite then the two are nearly even in terms of difficulty to join.
I thought people still considered OPS to be a joke…?
Why would people consider that?
They had a very rough start and then a rough go at things for the first year or two. They’re fine now but it was a massive clusterfuck for a while.
It’s virtually the same irc interview so if you don’t have another means of scoring your invite then the two are nearly even in terms of difficulty to join.
It’s virtually the same irc interview so if you don’t have another means of scoring your invite then the two are nearly even in terms of difficulty to join.
I hate private trackers and I think they should be a thing of the past
Why?
Because they’re needlessly elitist and self-congratulating. The whole point of piracy is to spread stuff, not gatekeep it. Enforce quality control, vet those who can upload, put checks and limits, maybe even put rules against hit and runs, but do not close the access to downloading stuff to anyone.
And yet these places succeed in creating true archives because they don’t allow free loaders
People who think like you do so because you don’t appreciate the effort that’s put into creating an environment where torrents don’t die.
From those top sites stuff can then be spread via people making requests at more accessible trackers.
What’s the evidence that they managed that because they were closed?
Keeping torrents alive and allowing free downloads aren’t necessarily related
