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I do the same, very similar setup actually, but I still wind up using torrents when someone wants older stuff. Unfortunately you get mixed results in terms of

I do the same, very similar setup actually, but I still wind up using torrents when someone wants older stuff. Unfortunately you get mixed results in terms of how things are labeled on public trackers and I haven't had a private tracker account since what.cd died. I'll have to try out a few of these torrent search tools and see how it works out, but most private trackers didn't want to just take cash and seemed to want you to jump through hoops instead, so unless I can buy accounts via other means I'll probably just stick to public.

ValentineC 10y ago
> I'll have to try out a few of these torrent search tools and see how it works out, but most private trackers didn't want to just take cash and seemed to want you to jump through hoops instead, so unless I can buy accounts via other means I'll probably just stick to public. I think most private trackers are trying to avoid developing a reputation like that of IPTorrents [1], which is notorious for allowing people to "donate" for accounts. Most private trackers also explicitly forbid members from selling invites for money, and, more recently, giving them to strangers. [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/trackers/comments/4xta11/so_lets_talk_about_iptorrents/ https://www.reddit.com/r/trackers/comments/4xta11/so_lets_ta...
- problems 10y ago
  Yeah, looks like IPT and ultrahdclub might be worth a purchase though.
  - rapfaria 10y ago
    That is until they disable your account, and offer to enable it for another $30. Visit /r/trackers and there's probably a thread about IPT.
Veratyr 10y ago
> most private trackers didn't want to just take cash and seemed to want you to jump through hoops instead The higher end trackers are communities and they typically want people who'll fit in. One way to do this (and the one that's employed) is to only let people in if they're vouched for by someone who's already proved themself (get an invite from an existing member) or if they've proved themself on another tracker (get an invite from the tracker itself through the invite forum on another). Lowering the barrier to entry by letting people simply buy their way in results in the tracker as a whole being degraded. This can be seen through the recent replacements for What.CD. One of the new trackers chose to heavily limit membership and focus on a small group of prolific uploaders that had proven themselves somehow while the other chose to have pretty much open signups. The pickier tracker, despite far more stringent entry requirements and a tiny fraction of the user count, currently has the larger catalogue and higher ratio of FLAC. Also, my limited experience with pay-to-enter trackers has been that they're pretty much on par with public trackers. Perhaps even lower quality, definitely not close to the What.CDs of the world.
- problems 10y ago
  Yeah, this is why I went the usenet route mostly, people aren't whining about community in the usenet world. They just take cash and get it done. There's not a good indexer that doesn't take cash. I'm just looking for more 2160p really, but so far no trackers I've found, public or private have satisfied that. Usenet has actually given the best result so far.
  - Veratyr 10y ago
    > people aren't whining about community in the usenet world Unfortunately, community is what leads to content. There's an insane amount of stuff that's available on private torrent trackers that hasn't ever touched Usenet and the kinds of people with access to it aren't the kinds of people to put it on Usenet.

ValentineC 10y ago

> I'll have to try out a few of these torrent search tools and see how it works out, but most private trackers didn't want to just take cash and seemed to want you to jump through hoops instead, so unless I can buy accounts via other means I'll probably just stick to public. I think most private trackers are trying to avoid developing a reputation like that of IPTorrents [1], which is notorious for allowing people to "donate" for accounts. Most private trackers also explicitly forbid members from selling invites for money, and, more recently, giving them to strangers. [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/trackers/comments/4xta11/so_lets_talk_about_iptorrents/ https://www.reddit.com/r/trackers/comments/4xta11/so_lets_ta...

problems 10y ago
Yeah, looks like IPT and ultrahdclub might be worth a purchase though.
- rapfaria 10y ago
  That is until they disable your account, and offer to enable it for another $30. Visit /r/trackers and there's probably a thread about IPT.

Veratyr 10y ago

> most private trackers didn't want to just take cash and seemed to want you to jump through hoops instead The higher end trackers are communities and they typically want people who'll fit in. One way to do this (and the one that's employed) is to only let people in if they're vouched for by someone who's already proved themself (get an invite from an existing member) or if they've proved themself on another tracker (get an invite from the tracker itself through the invite forum on another). Lowering the barrier to entry by letting people simply buy their way in results in the tracker as a whole being degraded. This can be seen through the recent replacements for What.CD. One of the new trackers chose to heavily limit membership and focus on a small group of prolific uploaders that had proven themselves somehow while the other chose to have pretty much open signups. The pickier tracker, despite far more stringent entry requirements and a tiny fraction of the user count, currently has the larger catalogue and higher ratio of FLAC. Also, my limited experience with pay-to-enter trackers has been that they're pretty much on par with public trackers. Perhaps even lower quality, definitely not close to the What.CDs of the world.

problems 10y ago
Yeah, this is why I went the usenet route mostly, people aren't whining about community in the usenet world. They just take cash and get it done. There's not a good indexer that doesn't take cash. I'm just looking for more 2160p really, but so far no trackers I've found, public or private have satisfied that. Usenet has actually given the best result so far.
- Veratyr 10y ago
  > people aren't whining about community in the usenet world Unfortunately, community is what leads to content. There's an insane amount of stuff that's available on private torrent trackers that hasn't ever touched Usenet and the kinds of people with access to it aren't the kinds of people to put it on Usenet.