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 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.
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.
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.
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.
I have a server so I’d be happy to long seed, but I can’t even get started unfortunately. Too bad.
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.
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.
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
I use nyaa occasionally, but otherwise 100% pt
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.
They allow QBittorrent. https://wiki.torrentleech.org/doku.php/about_clients?s[]=clients
The following clients are banned from Torrentleech
Thunderbolt (a.k.a Xunlei) FOLX download manager Freebox BitTorrent BiglyBT Some versions of μTorrent (mainly older than the 2.2.0 version for Windows) Bitcomet
We also do not permit beta clients, or clients which have been forked from major clients and/or altered in some way.
This was back in 2020. I distinctly remember a direct mention of QBT and some vague threats of “use it at your own risk, if we see something we don’t like we’ll ban you immediately.” Left real bad taste in my mouth.
What about tixati?
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.
At this point I’m almost exclusively Private only, apart from some anime releases that can be harder to find.
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’ve been on iptorrents for over a decade. Ibknow they’ve had plenty of controversy but it’s just worked for me. More recently I have been majority Usenet to find nzbs instead of torrents.
I use two private trackers, all other torrents I funnel through real debrid so I get ddl speeds, also have usenet setup
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 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 mostly use Usenet, but a few private trackers with niche interests like cathode-ray.tube too. I try my best to avoid public trackers though.
I haven’t used a public tracker since 2005.
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.
