Piracy

It's a double-edged sword at this point!

It's a double-edged sword at this point!
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ref4rmed

That's why you use a Debrid service that supports seeding. Torbox supports it.

17 hours ago
SnooStories1591

Torbox works good only in certain areas.

17 hours ago
ref4rmed

Do you know exactly which areas? I have seen multiple people in Europe report that Torbox doesn't work well for them.

17 hours ago
Mo3

? I'm in western EU and Torbox works fine for me. Granted I don't stream 4K remuxes but 1080p works perfectly. I always let everything seed as long as possible after I'm done with it and have a 8+ ratio. It's a wonderful system

The servers are in South Africa as far as I could see from the peer list, I guess thats the price of peace of mind. But aside of latency that shouldn't matter too much and latency doesn't matter for streaming either. The only possible issue would be inter-continental peering? Haven't had any issues personally. I've seen my torrents seed at 600Mbit/s+ so they're definitely also not overprovisioned

16 hours ago
coolnomad

Yes Torbox is shi* even here in Vietnam

17 hours ago
Espumma

Thank you for censoring the scary word. Don't want this sub to be demonetized!

11 hours ago
JoeDawson8

Merde!

10 hours ago
Shadow3xpp

I use torbox, most of the time 4k, and has been an excellent service and probably the best web UI for this type of services

14 hours ago
hahanoitsu
☠️ ᴅᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴇɴ ᴛᴇʟʟ ɴᴏ ᴛᴀʟᴇꜱ

sg here. stream 80gb high bitrate files no problem. had a bit of stuttering in india but normal non remux 4k played flawlessly.

my Internet in sg is 6gbps, India was 1gbps iirc.

15 hours ago
Pranavm3112

Where did you get 1gbps in india? Also most isps are a bitch and have FUP ;(

10 hours ago
hahanoitsu
☠️ ᴅᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴇɴ ᴛᴇʟʟ ɴᴏ ᴛᴀʟᴇꜱ

ehhh 3.3tb per month i think is fup. definitely not enough for me but more than enough for relatives.

6 hours ago
-n8r

Im in us east and i get like 40 50 MBps. My internet speed is the bottleneck

17 hours ago
AstralSerenity

Great in the US now!

14 hours ago
CoderStone

That's why you just setup a home torrenting server with Jellyfin and use that instead of yet another streaming service. Stremio inherently is just a streaming service as well.

12 hours ago
mindstop7

It only seeds for 24 hrs in their base plan..

11 hours ago
ref4rmed

I pay for the pro plan, which gives a month.

11 hours ago
mindstop7

Even then if a torrent is already cached and you try to download the same torrent, it won't seed right?

11 hours ago
ref4rmed

Yeah unfortunately. You have to wait for the torrent to not be cached to seed (which sucks, as there could be no seeders once the torrent becomes uncached).

11 hours ago
DrManMilk

I've been using all debrid that doesn't seem to seed. I'd prefer to be part of the solution. Torbox works with stremio?

13 hours ago
ref4rmed

Yes, Torbox works with Stremio, and the main addons (Torrentio, Mediafusion, Comet, etc.) support Torbox.

13 hours ago
GetawayDreamer87

does Real Debrid seed? cant seem to find anything on their site

5 hours ago
ref4rmed

Real Debrid does not seed at all.

5 hours ago
GetawayDreamer87

dang

5 hours ago
Mercy--Main

No, that's why i right click on stremio and torrent while watching.

3 hours ago
CrustyJuggIerz

Tormenting is no where near dead. Can find pretty much any show or movie and get it within an hour or 2 worst case. Need to use better trackers.

16 hours ago
FlamingoAltruistic89

"tormenting"

I also love tormenting people

16 hours ago
XandaPanda42

I love tormenting the bastards who think I'm gonna pay $18 each for netflix, disney, hbo, binge, amazon (wouldn't buy it for 15c though), britbox, and more.

Just raised my seed ratio limit to 15 lol

15 hours ago
RunnerLuke357

Limit? I have a torrent with over 40 ratio and plenty above 20. Lots of the time on private trackers there are some things that just won't get downloaded so I have to seed on other torrents that do get downloaded. That being said, I don't leave my machine on 24/7 so it's not like I am burning bandwidth on upload all of the time.

14 hours ago
XandaPanda42

Got nearly 1.8TB of stuff on a 2TB computer. Need to cycle some stuff out so I can still use it for other things. Not lugging around 5 hard drives lol.

Already keeping two copies of some things because I like my library to be in AV1 format, but if something doesn't have many seeders, I up the limit usually.

If it's a particularly good copy (full closed captions, chapter markers, second audio stream with commentary) of something I like, I remove the limit or force resume once the limit's reached.

As for bandwidth, it's not an issue anymore. I added a hotkey that runs a script that sets QB to a reduced speed. To be honest, I don't really need the bandwidth.

14 hours ago
Polaroid1793

Tormenting is at all time high. Also torrenting is not in bad shape

16 hours ago
skat3rDad420blaze

Can confirm I am Very Tormented these days

16 hours ago
Adityamn

Yeah I saw

15 hours ago
abyssDweller1700

As long as developing countries exist, so will torrenting.

15 hours ago
ScrungulusBungulus

thank you USA for keeping torrenting alive 🙏🏻

8 hours ago
ZaphodG

Yep. Storage space is now cheap. I have a 4 terabyte Crucial X9 USB SSD showing up today that costs $184.99. The 8 terabyte ones now exist but the price hasn’t dropped yet. A 20 terabyte USB HDD is $229. I have two 4 terabyte USB SSDs attached to my Sony OLED panel. I keep everything backed up on a big HDD using robocopy. I use Kodi on my panel.

15 hours ago
Ok_Top_2319

last year i bought a refurbished 12 TB Seagate refurbished HHD for 180$, and, I only use it for storaging shit. and works fine, despite the slow wait start (like, when i open the folder i need to wait like 20 seconds to unfreeze) everything works fine. I've even have a pletora of games there, like Street fighter 6 and some competitive ones, and works fine.

I don't think i'll find a deal like that again

6 hours ago
-name-user-

which trackers

16 hours ago
Nadeoki

any medium quality private tracker will be better than any Public tracker that is out there.

10 hours ago
ChatriGPT

Noob question but how do I find a private tracker?

7 hours ago
QuantumUtility

r/Trackers

Torrentleech (TL) and IPTorrents (IPT) are big ones you can enter by simply paying. For Torrentleech just buy a seedbox offer for a month and IPtorrents just make a donation.

You can also keep an eye on r/OpenSignups to see if anything pops up.

If you are really serious about it then you’d have to interview into MAM or RED which are books and music trackers respectively. After contributing there for a few months you can apply for other trackers.

Never buy invites unless they come from an official source like for IPT and TL. You’ll be either scammed or banned.

And you will likely need a device that can seed for 24/7.

4 hours ago
HotterSauc3s

I find private trackers to be exhausting.

I've had three different trackers kick me off for inactivity because I stopped downloading or uploading and then not want to reactivate my account unless I go through all the hoops to get invites again.

Then maintaining your ratio can feel like a chore instead of just having files up to seed you gotta make sure they're the popular ones to seed and it always feels like a pyramid scheme of seeding but you need to seed in order to download but you gotta download in order to seed meanwhile there are people with like a 500000 : 1 ratio.

4 hours ago
120mmbarrage

As long as the torrent is active, it shouldn't matter if your torrent ratio isn't 1million to 1. Just having it running is fine in many cases. Those people use professional seedboxes built for seeding to get those crazy ratios.

3 hours ago
Straight_Law2237

Yeah, streaming sites can be considered more dead than torrenting as you can find dead media that's nowhere on the streaming

8 hours ago
explosiv_skull

Yeah I was gonna say this feels like a public tracker problem. That said, private trackers are becoming increasingly onerous to get in on.

13 hours ago
HotterSauc3s

I've been kicked off of a few private trackers after I went inactive where I couldn't bother to keep downloading/seeding or couldn't seed for whatever reason.

And then when I want to get back in they want all the hoop jumping and restarting your ratio and it just feels like a chore where you have to bootstrap yourself up for several months before you can get anything done.

4 hours ago
Nadeoki

not really just takes a bit of effort and reading..

10 hours ago
immortalAva

I believe the bigger issue seems to be if you dont download it soon after release, there’s a chance it’ll disappear with no one seeding. I’ve def occasionally struggled to find old torrents

1 hour ago
InclinationCompass

Been torrenting for decades now and it's still my preferred method, as I seek remux 4k rips

45 minutes ago
Creative-Job7462

How can I contribute and seed?

I use stremio, torrentio and real debrid.

I've got no clue how this stuff works, I just watched a YouTube tutorial about a year ago.

When I watch movies, i think I can see the number of people seeding? It looks like:

👤6

I googled how I can be one of those people, I don't mind leaving my PC on and my internet is fast, but I didn't find a tutorial on how to seed so I gave up.

If anyone knows how to contribute, lemme know.

16 hours ago
BoJackHorseMan53

Use a real torrent client on your computer like qBittorrent.

16 hours ago
kerbaroast

*AND* make sure that your internet connection is not CGANTed like me :(

14 hours ago
eggyrulz

CGANT? I dont torrent so im not sure what this means (i only use DD servers)

12 hours ago
zollandd

Your Internet Service Provider gives you a modem and an IP address so that people know how to connect to you. Your home router (Eero for example) uses Network Address Translation so that hundreds of devices on your network can be used and all be connectable from that that one IP. 

CGNAT basically means your ISP has installed a NAT router upstream of your modem. It's like they put an Eero in front of your Eero but you don't have any control over it. You don't get a public static IP and this makes it harder for people to find you. 

12 hours ago
eggyrulz

Huh, interesting. How would I check to see if im CGNAT or not?

11 hours ago
kerbaroast

For windows use tracert and for linux use traceroute . Just do this

tracert[or traceroute] google.com

If you are unfortunate enough, you will see private IPs in the first 2 hops like me

Private IP ranges

1     1 ms    <1 ms    <1 ms  192.168.50.1
2     6 ms     4 ms     4 ms  10.20.94.1

If you are not, then you should not see any private/reserved IP in the hop number 2

Thats the easiest way to find if you have CGNAT or not. Basically your connection is put inside a private subnet once and we call it NATTing .

Its still possible to seed while being NATTed .

All you have to do is open a port. Majority of the world does it that way if you are planning to seed from your computer.

However if you have one additional private subnet which means - private subnet inside a private subnet , then there is no way for you to open your ports. In that case, you have 2 options. Either use VPN which allows port forwarding, or rent a server.

12 hours ago
CoderStone

CGNAT. And if so, just use a tunneled VPN

12 hours ago
kerbaroast

You mean a VPN which allows port forwarding ?

11 hours ago
CoderStone

Yup. I personally use torguard, but don't get their dedicated cloud VPN, just get anonymous pro on black friday or something.

10 hours ago
BlazingSpaceGhost

Nothing you can do about it if it is. My ISP is CGNAT so no self hosting from my house without tailscale. My torrents seem to seed fine though. Although I mostly use Usenet and only torrent if needed.

9 hours ago
iamleobn

Torrent works fine even under CGNAT nowadays, μTP allows for hole punching by using non-CGNAT peers as intermediaries to establish a connection to peers under CGNAT.

8 hours ago
Lonely_Jaguar_4879

Works on a mac?

15 hours ago
BoJackHorseMan53

Yes

15 hours ago
Unexpected117

Use Transmission if on mac

7 hours ago
Physmatik

As an old-school user I don't understand all these words. Why can't you just download a file by torrent and watch with VLC?

10 hours ago
Creative-Job7462

I like the simple user interface.

I want something like Netflix but without supporting Netflix.

Stremio has a nice user interface, you don't need to download this or find that and all the other headaches. Everything is in one place, I think it's as convenient as Netflix, Amazon etc. I've also changed a setting in stremio so the movies open in VLC instead of the built-in video player.

8 hours ago
AppropriateTouching

Seriously, use a private torrenting site or usenet, get file, watch on vlc or stream to another device any number of ways.

9 hours ago
Otakeb

I set up and tried real debrid and stremio after already having a massive Plex media server and massive seed ratio, and I really just don't get the appeal. You are paying money to a somewhat opaque, quasi-legal organization and still don't own any of the media you are consuming while degrading the quality of the torrent seed network?

Just set up a media server for free and make it a hobby.

8 hours ago
AppropriateTouching

Thank you! Could not have put it better myself. Haven't built a dedicated media server yet since my PC suits my use case just fine. A ton of additional storage and built it for higher end gaming so it can handle streaming just fine. Seems like a fun project though, wish I could justify the cost.

6 hours ago
justacheesyguy

I don’t have the time, energy, or desire to start a new hobby. I just want to sit down at the end of the day and watch a couple of episodes of a tv show before passing out and doing it again tomorrow. Stremio is, by a huge margin, the simplest way to make that happen.

5 hours ago
Nonaym

Ya it's the same reason why people pay for all these streaming services and why Netflix popped off in the first place, convenience. Using stremio and real debrid is way cheaper and more content. Just slightly less convenient on setup compared to something like Netflix.

2 hours ago
NoNoPineapplePizza

Get a cheap seedbox, once you upload it will do all the work for you, you don't even need to have your PC on and it will be seeding 24/7!

Try not to seed new popular movies, those already have more than enough people uploading, try and focus on the rare stuff with not many seeders.

It's a bonus if you're seeding something you like that isn't very easy to get. Just leave it running and anyone else who needs it will be able to find it.

11 hours ago
Nojus1221

I have a pi with 128gb, not huge but it's something. It's just running pihole right now do might as well

11 hours ago
Mercy--Main

Right click it, copy link, and paste it on your browser. It will open your torrent client and you can download and seed.

3 hours ago
Fourier_Transfem

seeding for life, I will die before I delete a torrent

If I enjoyed it others deserve to as well and so I shall seed for them

13 hours ago
Mercy--Main

I mean, I only have 4TB. Can't seed everything!

3 hours ago
MailNew9348

only if this reddit sub seeds like what they always say on this sub.

only if reddit debrid users download the file on debrid server and seed it like what they always say on this sub.

only if.

16 hours ago
Diamondgrn

I seed all my shit to a 10 ratio, unless I deem it culturally important in which case I just let it ride.

The thing is, some people just wanna download stuff and that's never gonna change. We just need enough people to seed stuff they wanna make available.

16 hours ago
Hamza9575

There is also torrenting efficiency of content. For example 40gb of series if someones downloads at like 4k max quality they will watch once then it is useless. Meanwhile 40gb of a fallout 4 game gives hundreds of hours of entertainment. So games are far better at giving entertainment for the torrent data they use. Thats why i exclusively seed 12tb of only games.

15 hours ago
jingjang1

I'm an honest pirate and go for 1:1 ratio whatever tracker I use inkl public ones.

I've been around a long time, back in the day it was standard to seed and pay back to the community.

15 hours ago
Soliloquy789

Leave the world a better place than you found it, 2:1.

3 hours ago
Nekratal99

I don't know. A movie comes out I can always get 1080p, 2160, 4k, atmos sound, imax and whatever the f else with a sht ton of seeds. Games and applications the same. Unless it's some old obscure sht, I never had a problem finding torrents with seeds.

13 hours ago
Same_Ad_9284

New movies will always be like this, its more of an issue with older movies/tv shows, even just a couple of years old

8 hours ago
InclinationCompass

Been trying to download Batman 1989 4k remux for a few months now. Stuck at 96%. It's definitely not obscure.

43 minutes ago
Funkierdj

That's why I use usenet

16 hours ago
Professional_Chair13

Usenet + torrents seems to cover all the bases for me. Radar and Sonarr still do all of my heavy lifting for me.

14 hours ago
CoderStone

Same. NZBGeek + Eweka for me, then private torrenting trackers as a backup.

12 hours ago
letmewriteyouup

Got a beginner's guide to start with?

13 hours ago
Funkierdj

https://reddit.com/r/usenet/w/index

11 hours ago
ikashanrat
☠️ ᴅᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴇɴ ᴛᴇʟʟ ɴᴏ ᴛᴀʟᴇꜱ

Even As a debrid user, i still maintain a 5tb seedpool so…

15 hours ago
sendmeyourprivatekey

Bullshit, my private tracker works fine. Torrenting is king

16 hours ago
TheAmazing_OMEGA

Still stuck in public hell here, gobbless

13 hours ago
styx971

private trackers are great , the only downsize is trying to keep a higher ratio when you grab older things that ppl are in less demand for , one of the things i have going for almost a month now thats only a couple months old is only at 0.18 for my ratio for an~8gb set of videos. granted the show is a bit niche but even things that aren't tend to have this issue at times if it isn't something just airing or a new release

11 hours ago
Ciaran_Zagami

When you tell a beginner they NEED a server and have to seed everything 24/7 365 no wonder they prefer other methods

12 hours ago
Matatan_Tactical

Gotta use a private tracker where they don't allow hit and runs. I'll never torrent from public sites again.

15 hours ago
BlankiesWoW

You'd be surprised at how many have no idea PT's even exist

15 hours ago
Farmeraap

You'd be surprised how many hoops require jumping through before a private tracker lets you in this day and age.

15 hours ago
BlankiesWoW

you can get into like 6 PT's by renting a seedbox for a month for like $10

or go to r/opensignups, every other day some PT has signups enabled.

seedpool has them open like 90% of the time

15 hours ago
Poop_Scooper_Supreme

I got into all my private usenets via reddit invites. Just took some time monitoring the subreddit. Made the switch 2-3 years ago. I don't even remember how I got into my private tracker. 10+ years ago now.

14 hours ago
Golden--

Torrents aren't even dead. I never have any issues.

14 hours ago
arf20__

I use a private tracker, torrentleech, and I dont need any other! Theres everything. And you seed like the good boy you are :3

10 hours ago
Silent_Sparrow02
Pastafarian

If you pay for Debrid you might as well not pirate at all. And I will die on this hill.

7 hours ago
BikeOne1950

Problem is people don't want to adapt

16 hours ago
Local_Band299

Bruh I exclusively download full 2k and 4K BD Rips. I've never had an issue, because it seems like the people who download those are media hoarders. I also use specific websites that tailor to what I need.

16 hours ago
styx971

yeah i'm old fashion i don't use that shit n i seed my stuff since the pc is on 24/7 anyway ,.. only time they're off is when i watch something on my partner's pc on the couch and i don't wanna fiddle with the jellyfin login cause of the vpn so i turn it off for a bit

11 hours ago
Trifula

What? There is nearly no content I can't download via the usual torrenting services. Movies? YTS because I don't really care about quality. Anime? Nyaa and bakabt sourced via seadex list. Tv shows? Various sites, mostly rarbg. I am also member of iptorrents and torrentleech.

So yeah... No idea what that person is talking about, lol. Except for the rare anime that released in 2005 by one specific fansub group, I have seeds en masse.

10 hours ago
Fine-Bread5734

Why stream when you can fucking own it... the amount you spend on your subscriptions is enough for a large HDD.

10 hours ago
VehaMeursault

No clue that he is talking about; I haven’t had a problem for literally decades.

6 hours ago
Alen_117

I don't understand anything in this comment section, can someone explain in simple terms? 😅

16 hours ago
eusouobatmanbr

If you are downloading a torrent, you depend of seeds, people that already downloaded the file and are sharing it with you. When you finish the download, you can leave the torret program open to share your file with other people that still downloading it.

The problem with stremio is that it does not share the file with others, it just leaches from it.

So, everyone is downloading but nobody is sharing. The result? Slow downloads or dead torrents (nobody has the file to share anymore).

15 hours ago
Alen_117

I see, than you

15 hours ago
EcoEng

As a casual Stremio user, is there any way to help?

13 hours ago
LlamaRzr

Don't use stremio but just torrent and seed within torrent client.

13 hours ago
CyclicalFlow

Is there any way for someone who doesn't have storage space to do this? I've heard of seedboxes, but I'm not really sure how they work or where to start with one.

12 hours ago
that_90s_guy

I get what you're saying, but the entire point of Stremio is not having to deal with torrents or torrent client and making it easy to use.

I really wish we came up with a better option than Stremio that allowed to share back content, or maybe even integrate a seed box into it that works out of the box for paying users which in exchange get a better experience

6 hours ago
MetallicaT_86

Usenet is the way.

15 hours ago
PM_ME_STEAM__KEYS_

My arr suite prefers usenet downloads but I keep all my torrents seeding for what I do have.

15 hours ago
Every_Ad_3090

This is why I like IPT, you have to be invited. And you have to share what you downloaded. If you don’t. You are kicked. It’s like a bunch of old heads got Together and said. Listen. Fuck this. You have to share or GTFO. I get everything fast and I have to share for a minimum of two weeks.

15 hours ago
misplaced_Floridaman

Yea I would like that to if I was part of it or any other private trackers. I just recently returned to torrenting after stopping for over a decade and was sad to find out my old demonoid login was useless lol.

8 hours ago
mrbigbrown4

Eh - IPT is good (content wise) but you can buy invites right on the sign up page.

43 minutes ago
corpionS

Why I love private torrent sites, all the downloads are very fast!

12 hours ago
Nadeoki

Or you just join a Private Tracker and forget about all these issues :/

10 hours ago
i468DX2-66

Pirates never shared their gold.

8 hours ago
worditsbird

I mean we're stremio users ever gonna seed anyway? Probably not

16 hours ago
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16 hours ago
JB231102

I don't use Stremio, every single time I've tried to I get buffering. I can't stand ads or buffering.

Long live open source bit-torrent clients :)

15 hours ago
steve6174

There are no ads tho, and by default the actual buffer (how much to download before it starts playing) is really small, so if you try to watch something in high resolution (i.e. 1080p) that buffer might be just 1-2 seconds and that's why you get constant buffering. You just need to change to performance profile.

12 hours ago
Radaistarion

Yeah same

I just download and seed

13 hours ago
Mccobsta
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There's a lot of old stuff that isn't seeded very well unfortunately

10 hours ago
ImagineSquirrel

It's so annoying to find shit now, rargb is dead. Torrent Galaxy is dead, the best places to find shit is on 1377x and it sucks for searching.

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15 hours ago
LlamaRzr

Private trackers. You can't use debrids there.

Now, you can blame RD and stuff like stremio for fallin' of public trackers. Beacuse people don't want to seed content - or rather... they don't want to permaseed.

13 hours ago
suspicioususer99

ext is a nice aggregator (aggregates from multiple website and has its own uploads too)

12 hours ago
madeWithAi

That's why you use private trackers with arr stack and plex/jf on a cheap home server

14 hours ago
madeWithAi

People keep bringing up that debris users don't so this, and yes, it's correct, but these are for sure in the minority, pirates don't like to pay.

14 hours ago
SnooAdvice5820

Wdym? Do debrid services seed?

9 hours ago
madeWithAi

No, but it only takes 1 leech to cache it to debrids drives and then everyone acces that one. In the grand schemes of things, one hit and run leecher is nothing.

8 hours ago
g76lv6813s86x9778kk

Sure, but that one hit and run leecher could effectively prevent thousands of would-be seeders. I get that since it's paid it's probably not that common, but still. It's not necessary just "1 leecher" when someone sets up a debrid service.

8 hours ago
AdultGronk
⚔️ ɢɪᴠᴇ ɴᴏ Qᴜᴀʀᴛᴇʀ

I'm done serving selfish Stremio users, I'm glad I moved to Private Trackers where my bandwidth is actually respected (not abused) and people seed back the torrents that they downloaded from me.

My comment on those who want to get started with Private Trackers - https://www.reddit.com/r/Piracy/s/TXJpUNJnjZ

16 hours ago
jingjang1

I have a hard time finding and getting invited to any private trackers, I think many of us are in the same boat.

15 hours ago
s3cret_agent_007

I joined TorrentLeech and SeedPool during open invite times.

I've had great experience with both, but now exclusively use SP due to the perks of being an early member.

15 hours ago
AdultGronk
⚔️ ɢɪᴠᴇ ɴᴏ Qᴜᴀʀᴛᴇʀ

Keep an eye out for r/OpenSignups and r/OpenedSignups, recently a pretty good tracker called Hd-torrents opened its registrations for users. Beginner level trackers open their registrations pretty often which you can just sign up and join without any hassle.

After joining a private tracker through open registrations, read their rules and wiki, and if you have any doubts regarding anything, try asking it in their IRC (most private trackers have one) or in r/trackers.

Once you've been in a private tracker for around a month and are familiar with how they work, then attend the interview for MyAnonaMouse (fully text based on IRC), it's super easy, they just ask you simple question about how torrents work and the rules mentioned on their site. The queue times aren't bad, I had to queue for less than an hour to get an interview.

MyAnonaMouse is a pretty good starting point, you can join multiple decent trackers from it's invite forums. You should also try getting an Interview for REDacted (RED), their interview is a bit more tricky as they are centred around Music, but thankfully they list all the information on their site, read it a few times and queue in for the interview. The queue times on RED are a bit worse, you may have to queue for days without disconnecting to get an interview or you could be lucky and get an interview in just a few hours after a netsplit.

Ranking up on MAM is super easy but it's not as easy on RED, expectedly, you could join pretty much any top tier cabal tracker by ranking up on RED but not so many from MAM, it's still worth joining both as they're both great trackers even without their invite forums.

15 hours ago
jingjang1

Thank you for a such thought out response!

Been ages since i used any IRC client, its gonna be fun :D

14 hours ago
MrHaxx1

my bandwidth is respected

lmao touch grass 

16 hours ago
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16 hours ago
BoJackHorseMan53

Limit upload speeds bro

16 hours ago
TomClancy2

bro u chose to share the files in the first place 😭😭

15 hours ago
pr0crast1nater

Yeah. Even Torrentleech is more than good enough.

3 hours ago
SirLeos

Can you explain to me (someone with moderate knowledge of computers) how is it safe to seed a torrent when other people have access to the file? I'm honestly asking because I'm not too smart in regards with cyber security or file sharing.

14 hours ago
Acceptable-Fudge-816

You're sending them a file, just like an attachment on a mail, they do not have access to your hard drive. It's more dangerous actually to download a torrent, since you don't know what can be in those files.

That said, your peers do get to know your IP address and open a direct connection with it, so if there is an exploit on the torrent client you're using you could get malware through there. This is the same as when using your browser to open a website, except that browsers have much better security audits (though also bigger attack surface area) and usually servers/websites you connect to are managed by companies, not random dudes, so it's unlikely they even try to infect your system.

So in general, nothing is completely safe. Seeding is not more dangerous than just downloading, but torrenting in general is more dangerous than just browsing. Both however are infinitely safer than downloading and running executable files from unknown sources (e.g. video games).

So, make backups, encrypt sensible files and run potentially dangerous stuff on sandboxes if possible.

13 hours ago
jbrunsonfan

You know gang, I’ve been up and down this piracy mega thread and ever since WSM got taken down I really can’t find shit on the torrent site links that are there?

13 hours ago
TheVasa999

Stremio starts seeding once you are downloaded. i dont see the problem

13 hours ago
suspicioususer99

There's debrid service like debrid-link which can seed for 20 days / upto 15 ratio with private trackers. Pretty good

12 hours ago
V3semir

This is only an issue on public trackers. Getting into TL (for example) is insanely easy, and they have most of the stuff anyone would ever want. 

11 hours ago
DreamArez

I think it’s a semi bad take. Realistically, RD+Stremio merely adopted people that either weren’t going to torrent and therefore not seed or torrented very little and likely weren’t going to contribute much to the seed pool anyway. Sure there’ll be overlap in groups, but the worst effect will naturally be greater accessibility means less people willing to take the harder route which gives back to the community.

However, I will say that as times change I’d much rather the weaker links stay safe by using a Debrid service than potentially getting themselves in trouble. Some people just aren’t capable enough to maintain privacy.

11 hours ago
jawknee530i

I have torrented something like 3000 movies over the last two years. Torrenting is far from dead. These people just have no idea what they are doing.

11 hours ago
Skyjack5678

A better question is what's being downloaded. 39gb is too small for a mainstream game and too big for most movie formats. It's either some obscure game or software or an older version that shouldn't be the one you downloaded

10 hours ago
_kraftdinner

Is there a way to set up seeding while using real debrid and Stremio? I’m down to seed I just don’t know how to do it. I know how to seed while I’m downloading on like qbittorrent but not using Stremio and I don’t wanna be a leech!! Thanks fellow pirates! 💕

9 hours ago
AppropriateTouching

Meanwhile on usenet.

9 hours ago
FlamingoFabulous9695

What??! I can easily download a whole movie in less than a minute from big trackers that have many torrents with thousands of seeders.

8 hours ago
Darian_Lee_Foxx

Laughs in private tracker

7 hours ago
Aetohatir

Just usw private trackers and dont give a shit about streamio freeloaders.

6 hours ago
mikamajstor

Is it possible to seed with stremio? I use it for convenience, but would be more than happy to let it use my pc to seed for others

6 hours ago
LordSparks

Can't say I've had the same issue.

5 hours ago
Moule14

Torrenting is working great here. You just need the right site/community.

1 hour ago
3xploitr

Private trackers is where it is at after RARBG

16 hours ago
-Krotik-

if you use real debrid then it does not affect torrenting

16 hours ago
SunkPirate

it does, realdebride wont seed

14 hours ago
-Krotik-

well it affects it but in a different way, not in a way that is hit n run but they download it once and after that everybody get the files from them and that lowers the amount of peers overall I guess

11 hours ago
QED1920

I am still not clear on when and how stremio is also seeding... I use it, but would still like to contribute

16 hours ago
mvchek

I'm not gonna pay for any streaming services but I'm more than happy to pay for real debrid

15 hours ago
TheEliteGamer121

whats stremio

14 hours ago
LandCold7323
🏴‍☠️ ʟᴀɴᴅʟᴜʙʙᴇʀ

I don't get it why are they blaming stremio?

16 hours ago
MrHaxx1

Stremio, when used with torrents, will only download the torrent and not seed.

That's entirely unrelated to Stremio + RD, which was what was suggested. 

16 hours ago
VividAddendum9311

It does seed the data you have in your cache. Most debrids on the other hand do overall negatively impact BitTorrent sources since they do not seed and just centralize the content. Arguably less of a hit then people just hitrunning, but definitely in the long term BitTorrent usage is massively down.

15 hours ago
Hamza9575

Debrids are very ueful in areas with extreme internet control, where torrent data is blocked by every point in those counries. So p2p sharing cant use torrents as a system. Download servers like debrid work best there.

15 hours ago
banelegazy

Does subscribing to Real Debrid worth it now as I have seen articles saying they are going to crack down on pirating and due to some French film lawsuits

16 hours ago
garry_the_commie

This is why I don't use Streamio and just keep seeding everything until I need to free up space on the drives.

15 hours ago
ghost_desu

this seems like a skill issue, everything I've ever wanted to download has had plenty of seeders

12 hours ago
SalvadorZombie

Personally I have no reason to torrent because I use Firefox & uBO so I can use the multitude of websites with every movie/show ever without worrying about ads or malware.

Even the majority of people who go to those sites raw are still enjoying all of their content without having to torrent it.

11 hours ago
TheSonic311

Is torrenting dead?

I've been finding more and more seeders than ever in recent years

11 hours ago
Marill-viking

I use Qbit, plex and Arrs. I watch every single TV show and movie I want with very little complication. The only thing I ever have trouble finding are things like drop out and tri guys

11 hours ago
ILoveTolkiensWorks

I don’t get the point of stremio for non-normies. You’re pirating because you want to own the media anyways, why just stream it?

10 hours ago
Pcriz

Yeah but what are they downloading? The Alf Kwanza Special?

9 hours ago
Your_Father_33
Seeder

wait what I feel so bad 😭 is there any way to seed while using stremio or sm shi

8 hours ago
N8ThaGr8

Real debrid sucks now anyway. Stremio was always shit but now everything in this tweet sucks lol.

8 hours ago
silentbob1301

im sorry, has this person never heard of the pirate bay?

6 hours ago
Severe_Knowledge_546

well I try to seed files for as long as i can.

5 hours ago
Ruraraid

I haven't torrented a TV show or movie in probably a decade. You can usually find at least 5 decent streaming sites for everything so long as you're not picky about watching in only 1080p.

4 hours ago
one23sleep

I always keep a downloaded file for at least 6 mos before it is eventually archived. 👍

4 hours ago
RevenueProfessional1

I could seed the files, if my storage was massive 😥

3 hours ago
TsunamiCatCakes

I dont know much about RD but i think there is a way to seed in RD too

3 hours ago
Omashu_Cabbages

For people who use this streaming service, what is the client name that appears in P2P clients? I’ve never been able to tell the difference between regular P2P users and those that use streamio + real-debrid.

The only funky clients I see are like “TorrentStorm, WW, etc.”

2 hours ago
Kumidt615

if you can just watch it, why download? at least for tv and movies

24 minutes ago
InteractionBasic5809

Torrenting isn’t dead, I just think a lot of people (especially younger people) use websites that host the files instead of torrenting or even downloading them. It’s more niche

7 minutes ago