I’ve been on 1337x, ABC, torrentquest, eztvx, msearch, and pretty much all of the other sites on the megathread, both for “greatest treasures” (the general purpose section) and the movies & TV section specifically. Yet, the show that my wife and I want to watch is nowhere to be found in any of these. We’re confused why, as it’s not exactly an unpopular show.
Despite it not seeming to exist in a torrent format anywhere, among many other shows, it is forbidden both here and elsewhere to ask for help on finding a specific title. I was just hoping to learn the reasoning why. Is it just because the forum would be flooded with people asking for titles instead of taking the time to dig through the resources? What are people supposed to do when they do dig through the resources then?
Is it just because the forum would be flooded with people asking for titles
This, and it risks the community getting shut down.
If it’s really that hard to find, you could give back to the community by purchasing, ripping, and sharing it.
I had to do that for a local show lost to time. The both seasons DVD was $15 on ebay.
Shouldn’t the instance where piracy community is hosted be in a country where piracy is legal then?
I don’t think piracy is legal anywhere.
We could purchase an oil rig and host the site in international waters. It worked for that one guy in the 80’s.
I guarantee the large corpos would send their death squads after you the nanosecond they find your location. Worst that results is them saying they have no involvement and moving on with zero repercussions, from a legal standpoint.
Yeah that one (off Italy coast) ended up being blown up by authorities. There was a movie about it.
They’ll play us like a goddamn fiddle.
Yeah. Piracy being legal or Piracy not being sanctioned are two entirely different things. Idk about the former, but the latter is the case in many countries.
E.g. downloading and streaming is legal in Switzerland, while it’s illegal in the EU. But it’s not sanctioned, so nobody cares.
Uploading/seeding is illegal in both regions, thus torrenting copyrighted material is illegal. But Switzerland doesn’t really prosecute torrenting, so nobody cares.
What are you trying to find
Copyright. If you say “You can find X at Y” US copyright has gotten so out of control even linking is infringement like hosting, even via magnet link. The megathread is pretty old and doesn’t even have old things that are still useful like the saved google searches, so your point is apt… Have you tried watchsomuch or OG piratebay? Piratebay has more old shit still with seeds than you might think.
If I really couldn’t find something and I was really that desperate, I’d just try to buy it somewhere. Assuming it’s also difficult to buy, I’d be looking at online marketplaces and op shops. If pirates are going to keep hiding behind the “piracy is a service problem” line then at some point they do need to admit that paying for the product is actually the more sensible and straightforward option if they have reached a deadend elsewhere.
If pirates are going to keep hiding behind the “piracy is a service problem” line then at some point they do need to admit that paying for the product is actually the more sensible and straightforward option if they have reached a deadend elsewhere.
Uh, yeah, that’s why “piracy is a service problem” was even a thing in the first place. Music is a great example, because you can get nearly every artist on every streaming service.
This is a widely-known fact often acknowledged by most pirate types.
What is a widely-known fact? From the “uH yEaH” you sound like you’re trying to argue with me but I’m not really sure what your point is. I never said piracy can’t be a service issue, what I said is that people who trot this line out literally every single time to defend their pirating should follow through when piracy becomes more convoluted and time consuming than the legal alternative. Many don’t, the line has become a convenient catch-all cop out that people hide behind so they can pretend acquiring everything for free makes them some kind of morally superior consumer activist. I wasn’t having a go at OP specifically, but the logical conclusion when you get to their point should be to give up and pay or rent through a library or something.
If you use qbittorrent, they have a search function built in so you don’t have to manually search every site. I have found many shows that were impossible to find on sites because they have odd names.
Oh my fucking god, I’ve been using qbit and never went beyond setting up the barebones basic. Thanks a lot for talking about this feature!
For anyone interested, it’s in the View menu -> Search Engine (should be 5th option). It’ll ask to install Python if you don’t have it already.
After that, you should see a new tab on the upper left: Transfers / Search. On the bottom right, click the “Search plugins” to let it download/install some. Presto!
I have literally never thought to try that. 😂 Thanks for sharing this! Next time I’m struggling, I’ll give it a try.
Is qbittorrent written in qt?
It uses qt, yes
I’m a Gnome guy. I might put it on a spare laptop to try it out. I try to avoid contaminating my main system with qt code. 🤣
Bizarre behavior, you know people use Qt and GTK on windows and mac too, right?
Sorry man, you’ll have to sacrifice your wife to the elder gods to find it, there’s nothing else that can be done :(
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Well, go on, don’t tease us, what are you after?
Rule 3: Don’t request or link to specific pirated titles, including DMs
That’s why he’s asking why he’s not allowed to ask.
Check Usenet, or get a friend with a subscription to a Usenet indexer to search for you.
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After I check the usual torrent sites, if I can’t find it on Usenet then I try finding random sketchy streaming sites (just by duckduckgoing title + year + stream) because usually you can youtube-dl them with a little fiddling, then my last resort is a DHT indexer like btdig. That’s more risk with viruses but if you’re paying attention it’s not that hard to avoid, but DHT indexes have lots of ancient stuff so be prepared to wait for seeds if you find it.
Sometimes I also find what I’m looking for on like page 7 of duckduckgo results at archive.org
also searching for “title_name” “magnet” is productive as well, either on ddg/ecosia/yandex (using torrent keyword instead brings results as well, but also sketch looking websites. also magnet links don’t require registration)
Sorry, you’re not going to find The Duck Factory anywhere. Despite being Jim Carrey’s first starring roll, it’s just a formulaic 80s sitcom with limited production value and typical period writing.
When all else fails, there’s YouTube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwVbRQceKdUBQ8cDHlBXMoZvLLYqcLsoy @[email protected]
I prefer archive.org for stuff like that https://archive.org/details/the-duck-factory
Currently watching King of the Hill there. No ads, no accounts or comments, just plain streaming
8 of 13 episodes are out there. Not great quality, but better than nothing.
/r/dhexchange
one of the big benefits of private trackers is that they have request systems and on the good ones requests are getting filled constantly.
Usenet or check your local library.
Get on a few private trackers and make a request
That first part is where I’m stuck lol. I am fine with maintaining a good ratio but have limited bandwidth to pass a big exam or get in with the right crowd socially…
Someone just gave me an invite to torrentleech.org when I asked here. I don’t have enough points yet otherwise I’d have sent you one lol
You’re technically not supposed to invite people you don’t know because you’re responsible for your invitees to some degree.
If it’s hard to find, first i try searching via jackett integration into qbittorrent. if unsuccessful, i go over to xrel.to and search for it there (its a pure information site, don’t ask for downloads there pls). You can verify if there has ever been a release of the specific title, and if, you can see the exact name of the release. if you can’t find it there too, you can be pretty sure that there never was a release, neither p2p nor scene. if it’s newer content, you can try to search later; if its older content, go buy it and upload it yourself (safely!) so the next person doesn’t have the same issue.
Apparently xrel.to doesn’t always have films listed, IMDb does. I couldn’t even find Boefje
if you can’t find it there too, you can be pretty sure that there never was a release, neither p2p nor scene.
This is not really true. I tried a few searches of more obscure movies and they don’t have releases that are available on multiple private trackers.
That being said, if you can’t find a release, the best option is it just to buy a DVD or BlueRay version of it.
yeah, i didn’t want to get into the private tracker stuff, since i never used one before; i described pretty much the ressources you have as a “commoner”. I am aware that there are many specialized sources out there, where a lot more obscure material is available, but most of those take special effort to gain access to.
That being said, if you can’t find a release, the best option is it just to buy a DVD or BlueRay version of it.
And then rip it and upload so that the next person doesn’t have to.
