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?
I have only been use public (for about 20 years), but I have been curious about private trackers for a while. I have a good grasp of the concept, seeding requirements, etc. What would be one or two recommended private trackers to start with? (for TV, movie, music)
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.
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….
Red (music) and MAM (audiobooks) have open interviews and have good invite forums that can get you into other trackers. Both are best in class for their categories. Starting with RED truly is a trial by fire with the hardest ratio economy around but it is definitely the most rewarding. MAM is super friendly and easygoing but it can take a few jumps and some time to make it to the bigger trackers. Getting in a good general tracker like FileList, Torrentleech, or IPT really opens up the amount of content available to you starting out if you can find an invite, just know you generally can’t make it to other trackers from them. That being said general trackers own their own can be enough to satisfy many peoples needs. Good luck with your journey, I’d be happy to help if you have any more questions.
Any general tracker would work. You can check https://opentrackers.org/ to check who currently has open signups. A lot of them have regular open signup periods (TL has signups at least four times per year). Of the general trackers, I know that SceneTime is currently open.
Whichever tracker you choose, read the rules and FAQ carefully to make sure you’re meeting the seeding and activity requirements. The sites are all pretty careful to lay out requirements clearly.
I only torrent TV shows which are quite well covered by public trackers so I don’t have to bother with private trackers. I also feel like private trackers go against the spirit of bittorrent. I also use a seedbox and sftp for privacy from my ISP and so I can seed all the time without using my own bandwidth.
After joining TL, I really only use it and Nyaa for torrents, and Soulseek for music.
The "why"is just that there’s rarely anything I can’t find on TL.
May also want to check out the Tracker communities for tracker specific discussion
Death everywhere
Let’s collectively pick one and just go with it lol
Anime: Nyaa TV/movie: Depending on my preferred quality public or private. If a usually private torrent is on public I will download it there first and then cross-seed
But nyaa is public?
I’d say I’m about 85% private, 15% public. I’m not in any of the top-tier trackers so there are times when I’m looking for something obscure and won’t find it on my few PTs, so off to the publics I go. Last night I found a DVDRip of an 80s show on TPB that I liked better (slightly better color quality) than the single WEBDL on TL. That doesn’t happen often, but it happens.
My favorite tracker is CRT. Cozy, and I love older media.
I tried out TorrentLeech a few years back, but at the time their faq said to use uTorrent and specifically mentioned banning users of QBittorrent, so I fucked off real quick and haven’t really tried again since.
At this point I’m almost exclusively Private only, apart from some anime releases that can be harder to find.
Interested in this topic, as having difficulty locating certain scene releases lately. Outside of public torrents (through the arrs), my usual fallback of xdcc and usenet trials for older stuff is failing me atm.
Now I’m wondering is it worth the extra effort and upkeep once again? Had TL back in '09 but let it get inactive, and darn missed the recent open signups fml.
I would suggest it, you can find scene stuff on trackers like TorrentSeeds which is pretty easy to join. TL is also a good general tracker, I also use it for some content.
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IPTorrents is very good. RARBG was brilliant - even though it was a hybrid. Torrentgalaxy seems to have all the good uploaders at the moment. I am pulling down some very high quality stuff - however, it seems to have gone down tonight. I use qBittorent - any site that bans it is run by fuck wits.
I stopped using public trackers back in 2006, went to private trackers only back then. I still can’t understand why are still so many ppl using public trackers.
I really enjoy the specialized PTs. You are looking for an ebook? MAM’s the way. Music? RED or OPS it is. Easy but great.
How does one find private trackers?
There is a dedicated telegram channel that informs when a Private trackers become open to registration. You can check that channel.
Well, I don’t know where to find that channel, so I think people don’t use private trackers; they don’t know how to find them.
I made a post, here you can find the link: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/348937
I use nyaa occasionally, but otherwise 100% pt
I use private tracker mostly for content from my own country, otherwise it’s public trackers all the way.
I don’t need too obscure things that I am in need of private trackers.
I haven’t used a public tracker since 2005.
