How many people here are Private-Tracker only? (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 1 year ago by BitterSweet@discuss.tchncs.de to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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I’m in a couple good PTs and noticed I can get better content there then on public trackers usually, been PT only for almost half a year.

So to primarily PT users, what are your favorite PTs and why?

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[-] tooting_lemmy@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

That's the hard part, getting in. You basically have to beg and jump through hoops to get an invite. I'd rather just pay for Usenet, lol.

[-] cooper@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I joined PHD recently since it's one I could get into without an invite. There is a lot of content, but almost no one is downloading. As a result, I can't build up my ratio so I can download anything. Imo, these places go against the spirit of torrenting and it seems like they can't even function properly when people only download brand new content.

[-] tooting_lemmy@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah to get a good ratio you basically need to get a seedbox which cost money anyway. Might as well just use Usenet. I have one private tracker I use I found the best thing to do is seed large obscure tvpacks. Also porn.

[-] cooper@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I have a server so I'd be happy to long seed, but I can't even get started unfortunately. Too bad.

[-] Jarmer@vlemmy.net 2 points 1 year ago

if you have a seedbox, the easy way to get a good ratio is just to follow whatever release group is popular on the site, and just literally start seeding every single thing they release. Often times on PHD you'll get a free or half download if it's an internal group, and if it's a popular movie or show it'll get loads of downloads. I did this exact thing, and after a little while I had basically infinite ratio and have been using the site for years without even worrying about ratio.

[-] kuraitengai@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

You got a link to a good guide for understanding the ins and outs of Usenet? I torrented a lot in the mid to late 2000s but then stopped. Working on building up my collection again. Was looking into Usenet. Found a couple free indexers and got NZBGet. But nothing would download. Figured out the other day I needed a provider in addition to the indexer.

So like basics… you pay for a provider. Then you get/paid for indexers and link those to the provider, then you can download stuff with NZBGet?

Normally I would have searched for guides like that in Reddit, but yeah….