My guy/gal, MAM is one of the easiest places to get a good ratio because it mainly based on getting point from seeding. Actual upload is gonna be pretty low. Just download a bunch of ebooks is you are low on space and just seed. Literally download like 100 ebooks (probably less than 50MB total in space and you'd get like 50-80 points an hour and then you can easily build up ratio by buying upload credits. Lets say you are seeding enough to net you 100 points and hour, if you seed a full day that's 2400 points and you can buy quite a bit of upload credit for that. If you download more free leech stuff then even more points. I love MAM and its incredibly easy to build ratio this way

My home-base is a private forum (DDL). I think of it as a place where people gather the best media from around the internet. We may not get it first but it eventually makes its way there. There are also many exclusive uploads (mostly encodes) but people do some fantastic work with upscales of movies and/or TV series. The user base is also part of the many private trackers the world has to offer. I am part of like 2 private trackers and they are phenomenal as well. I also use public trackers extensively as well as there is actually a lot of stuff out there. I will always try and seed for public trackers but I definitely don't go as long as I would for private ones (just cause I don't want to get dinged) (Yeah I could use a VPN but too lazy, even though I am in a place that don't give many fucks about media piracy). I prefer DDL because I don't have to maintain ratio, but I do understand that with private trackers there can be some more longevity (but isn't really guaranteed). There are also other private trackers of the index variety that aren't built around ratio which can be nice.

There can be a lot of rules with private trackers, and yes some of them are really annoying, not gonna lie. The rules are there for a reason, for the most part. For some it's about building a community, while for others it's about making sure stuff survives for as long as possible. There are so many tools for a fellow seafarer to have and private trackers are just one of them and they serve a purpose. I am of the belief that all information should be available to everyone forever, but the world don't work like that and the long dick of the law can really fuck you life up. I think a valuable lesson from private trackers is that it makes one not just be a leech and makes one give back. There is nothing wrong with leeching, but I always like to think that piracy is about sharing the wealth. (not trying to moralize piracy, to each their own)

But as you said, public trackers have A LOT of stuff. So much media can be found on them. Private trackers help if you want the best of the best with regards to certain media or for hard to find stuff. Each have their place and it all about using the tools available to you

With Alldebrid? I mean the premium link generator still works well and fine. It's just the cyberlocker aspect of it with regards to torrents that is messed up, since they used Uptobox. Still a bummer tho.

https://x.com/Uptobox_com/status/1704510079125295167?s=20 According to Uptobox's tweet none of the data lost, but I would take that with a grain of salt. Thus, I don't know how its gonna affect things at Alldebrid and all those cached torrents

Yeah I think so, RD is fine though, not the same servers. I only brought it up just cause I uses both services. Not that they are tied in any way.

Here is some basic info https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirated_movie_release_types

As someone has said it pretty much goes [Title][Year][Resolution][Source][Codec(s)-Video/Audio][GroupName]

Title and Year: self explanatory

[Resolution]: 1080p, 2160p, HD, UHD, etc

[Source] Bluray, Webrip, Web-DL, Streaming-Provider, Cam, etc...

[Codec]: This can be a lot but kinda depends on what the uploader wants to mention/bring attention to

         Video: x264 (AVC) or h264, x265(HEVC) or h265, AV1,  x266 (VVC), etc...

         May also include stuff like : 8bit (SDR), 10bit (HDR),  DV (Dolby), Hybrid

         Audio: # of channels (5.1, 7.1)

                     Codecs:  Will tell you if the audio is lossless vs lossy

                     Examples DTS:X, TrueHD Atmos, DTS-HD MA, TrueHD, LPCM, FLAC [lossless] vs. DTS-HD HR, E-AC3, DTS-ES, DTS, AC3 [lossy]]

Group Name: Name of group or person that made the file.

Finally there is the container file which nowadays is MKV (Matroska Video file) but you can run into MP4. There are older formats but you don't see them very often so I wont really mention them.

This is a quick run down but there is plenty of info out there that goes more into detail and you can just google questions like: what is lossless vs lossy?

Hope this helps

I'll look into this. I appreciate it. Probably down the road ill set up True NAS or set up some sort of thing with ZFS but have to kinda get more acquainted with all the programs and stuff associated with their use.

Thanks. I will look into this. I think I have youtube-DLG installed and forgot about it. I've hear this is super good and useful i just feel like it may be over my head lol Gonna try and install and become more familiar with it

Anna's Archive & Z-Lib. You can search by language. I cant speak on how big/good its German catalogue is though.

I use All and Real. Real has been very useful because of its larger user base, thus ensuring that many more things are cached and maintained. Also streaming is very easy with other things like Kodi and its addons. AllDebrid also has many of the same things cached as real. Ive had many instanced where things were on All and not on Real. I also think things download faster on All than on Real (but this is just from my experience).

I usually download stuff through Nyaa to get .cbz files of full volumes. Of the few times I have had to get a series myself I have used Houdoku. It's similar to tachiyomi on desktop. I usually rip from Mangadex but have had to manually name folder files to eventually zip into cbz files. This may not be that helpful but just thought it plug in Houdoku to see if it helps with what you need

Edit: Lol I didn't really read your post well. Yeah, personally, I dont know of any automated solutions, sorry.

I think I used this one. I have a few I downloaded from links on reddit around the time RARBG went down and people were trying to find backups

https://old.reddit.com/r/Piracy/comments/13yknky/tutorial_keeping_rarbg_alive_how_to_access/

I have like 20TB+ worth of external drives right now that hold all my shit (movies, tv shows, audiobooks, anime, manga, roms, etc.) I want to buy a 4+bay NAS and eventually set it up for streaming. However, right now I just have a an excel file that is organized but each drive and what is contained in each one. I just connect my drive to my Xbox series X and just play it with Kodi. I do have Fen (and I think the Promise) connected to RD. I know I can stream practically stream anything but I really do like having the actual files (I may be a digital hoarder).