On my Windows PC, I still use utorrent 2.2.1
Stop it
soulseek, fopnu, emule, dc++. For old/rare content, emule is the best.
Wow, I haven't used the old school P2P programs in over a decade. I honestly didn't think they existed anymore for some reason.
They’re going hard still
for windows I recommend community version (November 2021). For Mac, aMule 2.3.3 (February 2021) and for GNU/Linux, mldonkey 3.1.7 (July 2020)
Any specific server you recommend? And is there anything on windows like mldonkey where you can search call the servers at once?
You could use the server list and IP filter from emule security.
Public domain stuff can often be found on YouTube.
ive been experimenting with I2P with tracker2.postman.i2p
Is i2p just a privacy guard to torrent over? Or does it actually help one find content as well?
its an anonymizing tool like tor, but i2p supports bittorrent while tor does not. theirs also .i2p site like tor .onion sites. also i2p is peer to peer while tor is volunteer run with the tor project managing the network.
usenet for bulk current media, occasionally torrents for niche stuff, but now that rarbg is gone I'm going to have to find a new tracker. I use a seedbox for most torrent activity these days as well, too risky with ISPs clamping down.
Once upon a time I used DC++ for things, but that was more than a decade ago and the last time I tried it all the severs seems to be in eastern eu countries and very shady. If anyone knows a good DC++ server I'd love to hear more.
How does one even use usenet today? Sorry for the dumb question. I just don't know where to start
I'd recommend to use a raspberry pi for an automated Usenet setup.
You'll need
Once set up, it's very comfortable and hassle free, it can grab new media from your fav lists, download when released and upgrade your files as soon as available, fully automated.
You are visiting a fake one then, rarbg is gone for good.
Real one is: https://rarbg.to/
If you open the website, it's written right there. ::: spoiler For the lazy people.
Hello guys,
We would like to inform you that we have decided to shut down our site. The past 2 years have been very difficult for us - some of the people in our team died due to covid complications, others still suffer the side effects of it - not being able to work at all. Some are also fighting the war in Europe - ON BOTH SIDES. Also, the power price increase in data centers in Europe hit us pretty hard. Inflation makes our daily expenses impossible to bare.
Therefore we can no longer run this site without massive expenses that we can no longer cover out of pocket. After an unanimous vote we've decided that we can no longer do it.
We are sorry :(
Bye :::
there are a few very out of date copies of the site afaik, but rarbg.to went down as of 1st this month i think?
Ya, the original site is gone. There are mirrors cropping up based on a db dump of some kind, but the old site is gone.
BitTorrent is alive and well lol, and some of the top tier private sites opened their doors this past year which has been a nice change.
BitTorrent, ed2k/kad, Usenet, IPFS
libgen has IPFS. z-library also has an IPFS mirror. Basically it is no different from other networks, you obtain the identifier, add it to the client, and wait. You can also retrieve the content via web gateways. It may take a few F5 but it will work as long as there is one seeder in the open sea.
I've torrented for years, but i'm trying to diversify. Soulseek works perfectly except my VPN makes it hard for people to download from me, and i'm currently trying to get eMule community version to work but it's giving me a few bugs. So haven't had the best results so far
I still miss Audiogalaxy and Songbird. The latter in particular helped me find so much awesome music. Nothing I've seen since comes close.
PTP and BTN are good for movies and TV. BHD and BLU can fill in the gaps. I don’t think it’s worth it to pirate music or software.
Software could have trojans. But why not music?
Is PTP alive? My account got disabled due to inactivity after going straight for a few years, and the last time I went back to try and revive it, it looked like the entire site had died. I’d be happy to learn it’s still around and I would try to reactivate my account again!
Used to use waffles and what.cd for the hard to obtain stuff. Both were very good for music and movies.
I recently started using All Debrid but been using RPnet for years with no issues then look for the links in Forums or get the torrent links from different sites and upload the links to RPnet for them to get the content and when they're ready for me to download I just get from their site.
I’ve given up on p2p. Too much risk and threatening letters from my ISP.
I made the switch to Usenet and private NZB trackers years ago and it has been great. Sometimes it may take a while to locate more obscure stuff, but eventually things show up. Even obscure made for tv movies from the early 1980s.
Usenet isn't bad but for the same price I just ended up paying for a seedbox which is in a country that doesn't care about a DMCA notice, is on a 50Gb connection and a beefy Linux server so it handles bittorrent easily and also serves the media via Jellyfin.
I do everything self-hosted with an unraid box and a decently sized array for my needs. Runs Plex, Radarr, Sonarr, and SABnzb along with a bunch of other stuff. Works perfect for my needs. It just hums along and costs me like $10/month USD
How much storage/bandwidth do you get for $10/mo? I'm getting 8TB storage, 20TB bandwidth and unmetered Jellyfin for ~$35. It's a managed host but I can handle an unmanaged host if it's cheaper.
I only have a 9tb array which is currently enough for my needs. I have uncapped municipal internet and fully saturate my 500mpbs down connection , consistently pulling 43.5mpbs download. I use atomic file linking so there is no unpacking of the file. It lives on a SSD cache drive until a “mover” copies the file to the array overnight. Unraid and docker containers work pretty damn well
thanks for using Leebra!
go to feed...
P2P is great because when I’m using qBittorrent I can see all the suckers who are still using utorrent lol
save