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Why not use a seedbox? Download torrent to the seedbox and then ftp home. This way you get the upload from a server which if you're on a private tracker (which
by that_guy_iain 3y ago
Why not use a seedbox? Download torrent to the seedbox and then ftp home. This way you get the upload from a server which if you're on a private tracker (which you should be) you'll get good upload speeds, easy to hit the default seed requirements, and you'll get full download speed when you want to use it locally.
- nocoiner 3y agoI recognize this is probably similar to asking about how to get into fight club, but any tips on how to find a private tracker? I assume it involves becoming part of a community, but I don’t even know where to start looking for the communities!
- that_guy_iain 3y agoBeen so long since I've even been in the community that I don't know any of the smaller forums but check out https://filesharingtalk.com/content/ https://filesharingtalk.com/content/. Get known for being active and if there is still an IRC pop by there. The key once you're past the standard ones like TL, is to not be that hungry for invites, the less hungry you are the more places you get to. Maybe check out https://thepiratesociety.org/ https://thepiratesociety.org/ which used to be a solid community 10 years ago but I dunno how it is nowadays. Or you can just buy one. https://www.ebay.com/itm/143939358334 https://www.ebay.com/itm/143939358334 for example is $2 and is the private (semi public - all the benefits of private but easy to get). It's the one I use. Buying invites can lead to getting banned but if you're just chilling out on TL then you'll be fine. A tip for private trackers. Only download new things and freeleech until you build up a buffer (You've uploaded more than you've downloaded)
- gioo 3y agoBuying an invite for TL is not a smart idea, they have regular open signups. You put all your accounts at risk for little gain.
- that_guy_iain 3y agoThis is why I gave the cavet that it's only worth doing if you're just going to use TL. If you're not into the whole tracker ladder thing then buying TL is kinda a safe bet, it's semi public. TL just care about money, I wouldn't be shocked to find out that TL has been sold a few times. Previously, when I was really into torrenting I climbed the ladder really well, I was in the forum sections where staff would share the details of banned users. They mostly cared about cheaters, unless it was a small site trying to be exclusive. I knew people who would go to tracker staff and out people for trading and selling and nothing would happen. But overall if you want to get into the torrent community buying and trading isn't worth it. But if you just want a single solid torrent site and are willing to pay TL is the one to do it with.
- katbyte 3y agowhats is the best way to get access to the better sites? i've been on IPT for years with great ratio but no idea where to even begin to look for getting into top tier ones
- that_guy_iain 3y agoThe advice gioo gave about going to RED and going through the interviews is a solid way to get started in that community. IPT is solid from my memory so there won't be many that are better as a general torrent site. But for niche obivously there are tons. But since you're already in a torrent community, Check out the IPT forums back in my day they had recruitment threads in the forums. Hang out on their chat and be friendly, don't ask for invites just be friendly after a while people will start offering invites especially if you say you aren't there yet.
- gioo 3y agoIPT is a fine tracker but because of their scummy behaviour [1] you are very unlikely to climb the tracker ladder from there. You can try following that_guy_iain's advice under for sure, but if you feel stuck go for RED 100% (regardless of your feelings about collecting music). Remember that user invites carry the risk that if someone in your invite tree breaks a golden rule (trading/selling invites) you will be banned too. Always prefer official recruitement. [1] https://postimg.cc/hJMd5TJF https://postimg.cc/hJMd5TJF
- e12e 3y ago> Or you can just buy one. There's currently a promotion running: https://www.torrentleech.org/user/account/promoreg https://www.torrentleech.org/user/account/promoreg
- that_guy_iain 3y agoPersonally, I would suggest this. Use the seedbox for the first month downloading new freeleech torrents and build up a few TB buffer and use it worry free for years.
- dtx1 3y agoIf you had a way to contact you on your profile, things might be arranged
- defamed 3y agoSorry to bother you so late but I am interested as well!
- cute_boi 3y agoi am also interested :)
- cbsks 3y agoI am also interested…
- that_guy_iain 3y agoCheck your inbox.
- defamed 3y agoI am curious as well. Apologies for the lateness.
- przems 3y agoI am extremely interested too, could you help me out?
- ewenjo 3y agoInterested if still available :)
- 6ak74rfy 3y agoI am highly interested in getting started in this - please reach out!
- xnyanta 3y agoBrowse the /ptg/ (private tracker general) thread on 4chan's /g/ board
- gioo 3y agoThe common advice is to start out on RED (Redacted) by doing the interview, and climbing the pyramid from there. Use official recruitement to join other trackers, and with some patience you'll eventually have everything you need.
- Roark66 3y agoCan I ask, what do people download via those private trackers? I never had problems finding anything I wanted using public tpb proxies etc.
- fruitreunion1 3y agoWell, depending on your tastes some stuff can be hard to find especially if you want lossless copies. Other nice features are the user collages, comments, and great organisation which are pros over something similar like Soulseek.
- theshrike79 3y agoReliable source for movies and TV-Shows - even rare ones. And zero chance of being picked up by copyright watchdogs who download the whole swarm's IP addresses and send legal notices to each one fishing for ISPs that will give their user's data without a warrant.
- symlinkk 3y ago“Zero chance” is bullshit, they could easily join a private tracker and look for IPs, they just don’t currently because private trackers are not widely known.
- theshrike79 3y agoClose (enough) to zero then. Most good private trackers have an invite system, you can't just join one on a whim and get access. Their process is profitable enough just by scanning the well known ones so they don't need to bother with trying to get access to private trackers.
- Gareth321 3y agoThis doesn't answer your question directly but it might help anyway. Usenet is an excellent (paid) alternative to climbing the private tracker ladder. All traffic is secure and effectively anonymous. Download is lightning fast. If you're on the right backbone there is an ocean of content. It's only missing very old, obscure stuff. It's MUCH easier than climbing that ladder and worrying about ratios.
- wkat4242 3y agoStuff is also taken down within about a day. This is really the problem with usenet. I actually find it much better for ancient stuff because my provider has 10 years retention and the DMCA takedowns only started a few years ago.
- katbyte 3y agothere are a few subreddits that people offer invites/ask for them otherwise many have open signups randomly throughout the year the better ones are harder and often expect proof of previous seeding, like i've been in IPT for years with 7TB/2TB ratio but still not managed to find an invite to some of the more renowned ones.
- Hamuko 3y agoI don't really desire the added complexity of having my files somewhere else.
- that_guy_iain 3y agoSeems same level of complexity to me as adding a VPN into the mix.
- Hamuko 3y agoNot really. With a VPN, the only change is that the networking between A and B now go through a tunnel with no changes to A or B. But if you get a seedbox, A is completely removed from the picture and you just have a connection between B and C.
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- emeril 3y agodude, at least for tv/movies, just use ultra.cc (cheapest plan) and kodi can connect to it via https so no need for vpn and you don't even need to to download anything - super easy you can even pay more if you really need plex
- theshrike79 3y agoThe level of complexity is running a rsync cron job every X minutes to check if you have new files to transfer back home. It's not exactly rocket surgery.
- Hamuko 3y agoSo it's more complex and slower.
- theshrike79 3y agoI can wait for the extra 60 seconds it takes for my cronjob to check new files :D
- justsomehnguy 3y agoYou don't even need to ftp it, you can run the client at home and it would connect to the seedbox through the swarm (or you can manually add a peer if needed)
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 3y agoTell me more please.
- justsomehnguy 3y ago? You add the torrent to the seedbox torrent client and your (eg) home torrent client. They are both become part of the swarm for that torrent, through the tracker or DHT, so eventually they would know about each other. If your seedbox dowload the chunk then you home client can connect to the seedbox client and download that chunk, just as a regular participant of the swarm, no need to do anything. Because the seedbox has a direct connectivity then if there is a seed without a direct connectivity - it can connect to your seedbox (again, discovered through DHT or tracker) and give out all the needed chunks. A bit slower than having a direct connectivity at you home, but most of the time it doesn't matter.
- Hamuko 3y agoI'm having a hard time understanding the point of this setup.
- justsomehnguy 3y agoSeedbox has a real IP (or port forward, though that doesn't matter here) so seed and peers behind the NAT can coonect to it and transfer torrent data. Your home torrent client therefore can connect to it and receive the torrent data even if it can't connect to the seed directly.
- npteljes 3y agoThis misses a major point of the seedbox: that you don't have to run torrent on your residential connection.
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- bscphil 3y agoCost. If you've already got an old, cheap server lying around, then having an 8 TB box at home is very cheap. Say, $15 a month for Mullvad + power usage. Reputable seedboxes seem to be in the range of ~$60 a month for 8TB of storage. Obviously, if you want to scale beyond that, it's as simple as adding another 8 TB drive to your box at home, whereas a cloud seedbox would nearly double in price.
- thaumaturgy 3y ago> Why not use a seedbox? Mostly because I haven't been able to find a seedbox service I trust as much as mullvad. It's impossible to tell which ones will flip to copyright authorities as soon as a little bit of pressure is applied.