#also with rarbg

[itsza]

hard disk is officially fucked

[crazysnakey]

Hi! Thank you for your response, I have another question regarding seeding. I tried to look it up, but I'm still not sure what it is and how it works and what you meant by the 100 percent. I don't want to mess up and be a leech, so I was wondering if you could explain that a bit more in depth (maybe with pictures of the process). Thank you again!

Of course! and yeah, it can be a bit complicated to understand sometimes because of all the terms and unspoken stuff, so I'll just explain it here so its easier to understand for you and anyone else who may be confused.

A seed is someone who has downloaded 100% of a torrent's files and has it on their computer while their torrent client application is open, which allows the files to actively "seed" - meaning, be shared with others to download it from as well. this is very very important and necessary for torrenting, because when you're downloading the files in a torrent you're not downloading from the torrent itself or the website or a server somewhere else - you're downloading from other people who already have the file 100% downloaded and are actively seeding, sharing it across the network for anyone with an incomplete torrent of those files they still need to download.

Torrenting relies on something called a P2P network - meaning "peer-to-peer" - people who have 100% of a file share it out in "pieces" for others to download from, slowly downloading and putting it together until its complete on your computer. Think of it like a digital puzzle - you open a puzzle online and you know what the final picture looks like - but you don't have any of the individual pieces to put them together. People from across the world who have the complete puzzle open share it piece-by-piece that they have to you, and your torrent client automatically pieces it together. When you get all the pieces, you have the complete puzzle picture (files), and then since you have a complete puzzle, you can be the one to start sharing out pieces to others who need it.

seeds are people who already have 100% (complete puzzle) and are sharing the file (puzzle pieces) across the torrent P2P network, and peers are people downloading the files (puzzle pieces) from seeds to reach 100% and get the files (complete puzzle). a peer who downloads the complete file and gets 100% becomes a seed and so on so forth. So basically you go from needing the puzzle pieces from others (downloading) to being the one sharing out pieces to those who need it after you (seeding).

If there is no one seeding a 100% downloaded torrent and its files, NO ONE can get the complete files - which is why it's extremely important to seed. A torrent with 0 seeds (no one seeding 100%) is called "dead" because no one will ever be able to download the complete files again unless someone with 100% comes back online. If no one has the whole puzzle complete with all the pieces, how can anyone afterwards complete it, if there's nowhere to receive the complete set of pieces from?

These are all files I have 100% downloaded - the default setting on a torrenter (you may need to check yours to configure it) is that once you finish downloading, it automatically begins seeding the torrents out to others, letting them download from me. When downloading they're highlighted in green, and seeding is highlighted in blue. Now, torrents that say seeding and aren't highlighted in blue aren't actively seeding - rather it means that it is complete 100%, but they're looking for people to connect to to seed to. Highlighted in blue means they're currently connected to someone who's downloading and receiving pieces from me - those are actively seeding.

I'll explain the meaning of things here in the photo above - the number inside the parentheses indicate how many people are overall present in that area - so for the torrent at the top of my list, there are 9 people in total seeding it, and 118 peers in total downloading it. The number outside the parentheses for seeds and peers indicate how many I'm currently connected to - I'm not connected to any seeds, because I already have 100% on all my files and don't need to download. On the other hand, for the two highlighted in blue, there's a 1 outside the peer parentheses - meaning I'm connected to a peer for those two, someone who's downloading from me at the moment. You can be connected to multiple seeds or peers at once for downloading or seeding - the more you're connected to, the more data will be downloaded/uploaded and the faster it'll go.

In fact, if you have a torrent that's actively downloading or seeding, if you select it and click "Peers", you can see who you're connected to, what torrent client they're using, how much you've uploaded to them/how much they've downloaded from you, how far their progress on the torrent is, and more. This is for a 2 GB sized file I have - here it says I've uploaded about 1 GB (50%) to someone, while their progress is almost 75% - meaning, they're downloading from both me and another seed who's filling in that other 25% - since we both have the complete files, the peer can take from both of us at once to finish faster, rather than only one of us. They get different puzzle pieces from both of us to finish the puzzle faster.

A leech is someone who downloads up to 100%, and then either removes the torrent from the client without deleting the downloaded files or closes the client so it can't seed, so other people can't download it from them. They're called a leech because they take from the overall network without giving anything back. They can accelerate "deaths" of torrents because at some point after all the seeding, a seed may go offline depending on the peers who downloaded from them to continue, but if the peers don't seed back it's just an overall loss and eventually there may be no one seeding the complete version, because all the seeds are gone or leeched off and all that's left are peers on a stalled torrent because they can't connect to a seed with 100%.

Don't do that. Don't be like that. When you download 100%, keep the files on your computer, keep the torrenter open with the torrent files loaded in it and automatically ready to seed with others who need it - that's how you be a seed and not a leech.

The ratio on the far right shows how much of a file you've seeded out to others in relation to the size of the file itself - so how much it's been downloaded from you by others. If I downloaded a 2 GB file and my ratio is 1.00, that means I seeded back out 2 GB - basically 1 complete version of the torrent, enough for one person. If I had a 10.00 ratio on that 2 GB file it would mean I seeded enough for 10 peers (so 20 GB overall), so 10 people were able to download the files from me and become seeds. A 0.00 ratio means no one's downloaded from me yet.

You'll notice that the more total seeds a torrent has, the less of a seeding ratio I have - because there were many other seeds for peers to download from - while files with fewer seeds usually have a larger ratio because since there aren't many seeds, it's inevitable that people are more likely to connect to and download from me.

To sum it up, the life cycle of a torrent:

Person creates torrent with files, uploads and seeds it

Others download from the creator, becoming seeds so that even if the creator goes offline the files can still be downloaded from them

The cycle keeps going with people downloading and seeding to each other to keep the torrent and files alive, hopefully indefinitely

(Only sometimes) If all seeds go offline, no one can download and then seed since there's no way to get 100% of the files unless a seed who already has the complete files comes back online

Pretty simple. Even if a torrent has only 1 seed and a bunch of peers downloading from them, as long as that seed stays online and gives it enough time, the peers will download to 100%, become seeds themselves (unless they leech, angry face here) and then begin giving back to others to download and lessen the strain on the overall network and that one poor seeder who was keeping it alive all by themselves for a while.

Holy shit, this was a real mouthful, way more than I expected. At the very least, I really hope this helped after all the explaining. Hopefully you won't have too much trouble reading and understanding it, I tried to simplify it with pictures and metaphors to help, but remember don't hesitate to ask if there's something you want to be sure about. Godspeed! *insert thumbs up here*

[canmom]

"don't post links to pirate sites" as a security through obscurity strategy seems... weak. if a pirate site is so obscure that almost nobody can find it, it's also essentially pointless.

but yes, if a pirate site is common knowledge, the feds will be working on destroying it. so the idea is i assume to achieve an intermediate level of obscurity, where you have to have a certain amount of talent for asking the right people or searching the right things to find it. but... whatever capacity for research you are asking people to have on that front, the feds are equally capable of it, and they have a whole lot more time on their hands for tracking down pirate sites! security through obscurity is a losing game for piracy. the perfect sweet spot where people can find your pirate resource but the feds cannot is something of a mirage.

if not that, than what?

the current piracy system involves a few different tiers of accessibility, and various components that are more or less decentralised.

torrents are the most resilient tech because to stamp out a torrent (with DHT enabled) you have to suppress every seed. so, you have big public torrent trackers like TPB; these are well known and rely on hopping domains and redundancy for security. the ratio of seeds to leeches tends to be low, but the number of users is large enough that there will be at least a few seeds out there for most stuff. torrent clients have gotten a lot better at seeding strategies that take into account your seed ratio and what's currently available in the swarm, so if you just leave everything on seed and open your torrent client fairly often (use a VPN though lol), you don't really need to think about it.

then you have private trackers; these operate on an invite basis. the problem with this is that when the pool of users is so small, the odds of a given seed being online are also small. to prevent torrents dying, they gamify it: you get points for seeding and if you don't have enough points you can't download anything until you seed more. to help people get back in the game there will be 'freeleech' events. being active on a private tracker takes a bit of work.

and of course you have to get in in the first place, which tends to require a proven track record of seeding on other private trackers, and some kind of interview with the operators. getting involved in private trackers is a much bigger ask, you have to figure out where to get your foot in the door, and work your way up to the more insular trackers. it's like a mini subculture. it's valuable, but not scalable.

at the top level of inaccessibility is the warez scene. this is a whole subject that i'm not even gonna get into, go read wikipedia. historically this is where the files actually come from, before getting distributed on public trackers, usenet etc. but good luck getting in there lmao, they are understandably quite paranoid.

of course, for stuff to get on pirate sites you need somebody to go the effort of ripping and encoding it. this is where a major point of failure exists. when RarBG went down recently, the biggest loss was not the existing archive of torrent links, which can be backed up - it was that they were very active at converting scene releases into torrents with a decent balance of file size and quality, which then filter out into the various public trackers. that is much harder to replace! but what killed RarBG wasn't even suppression by authorities - according to their statement, it was a bunch of the admins getting covid or dying or fighting in the Russia-Ukraine war, which made the whole operation impossible to continue. so despite the thousands of people who download RarBG torrents, this single point of failure was overstressed and broke.

as far as the ethics of spreading links to pirate sites go... if it's something like a mega drive, yeah, the chances of a takedown are pretty high if it gets noticed! no question. but those things are by nature short-lived; if you want to use that for archival you're building on sand. there's also databases like emuparadise, but there was no saving that through obscurity, it just took Nintendo a minute to bring the case.

in this kind of centralised case, the clock is ticking from day 1. what we want is to maximise the number of people who are able to save copies while it's up, and then some of those people can put it up again somewhere else and keep the authorities playing whack-a-mole. (for a small collection of files, a sensible measure would be to make a torrent and a mega drive side by side, so that people can download the mega drive and then add the torrent to their client to seed if it gets nuked.)

as for torrent sites, the thing is that torrents rely for effectiveness on a swarm that is either very large or very responsible about seeding. if it's a public tracker, it has to be well known or it's pointless. instead of security through obscurity, the form of security for these sites is try to make the resource itself hard to take down - operating the tracker/archive in countries that don't have copyright treaties, maintaining mirrors, and of course distributing as many seeds as possible so the torrent can stay alive even if the site goes down.

the major problem with a dead torrent site is discoverability. if it's harder to find the torrent, fewer people will download it, the existing seeds will gradually go offline, and of course you can't download a torrent that you don't know exists. and while you could imagine a system of broadcasting metadata about a torrent (title, encoding etc.) in a DHT-like way but that would be so vulnerable to fakes and spam. maybe some kind of cryptographically signed 'this torrent is good' declaration is possible? I know certain torrent clients tout discovery features, but honestly I don't know how well they work. I'm sure there are projects that are way ahead of the game than me on this question.

but yeah anyway trying to browbeat people into not sharing links to pirate media is 1. futile, by the time you see it the cat is out of the bag 2. not a sustainable strategy for security. if you wanna lecture people, 'use a VPN and seed your torrents' is evergreen ;p

[techmediabooks]

Alternatives to RARBG for Free

Best Sites Like RARBG to Search and Download Torrents with these best RARBG Alternatives currently available on the web.

RARBG is a popular torrent site or torrent provider that was founded in 2008. It provides its millions of users with a massive collection of torrent links and magnetic links from various genres such as movies, TV shows, games, e-books, and much more. Due to legal issues, the site was shut down in December 2008 (the same year it was founded). Allegations included a violation of entertainment laws.

And the site was taken down for a week due to BREIN's legal pressure (an association that is responsible for the protection of the rights of the Entertainment industry Netherland). Many alternatives have emerged since then via the internet. There are numerous options available. So, to save you the trouble of searching for them individually, we decided to put together a list of the Best RARBG Torrent Alternatives for your convenience.

Alternatives to RARBG Torrent

Here are the Best Free RARBG Torrent Alternatives to satisfy your desire for Torrent Files.

1. The Pirate Bay

When it comes to torrent search engine alternatives, the world-famous Pirate Bay is always at the top of the list. This torrent behemoth serves millions of users across a variety of genres, including movies, TV shows, games, registered software, e-books, and much more. Among its many strengths are its massive torrent file library and regularly updated index. The speed is adequate.

2. 1337x

1337x is one of the most rapidly growing torrent search engines in recent history. 1337x is the most versatile torrent provider due to its beautiful UI, massive library, and availability of adult content on the platform. The speed is incredible. Many users consider this to be their primary source of torrent links for their favourite movies and television shows. Furthermore, there are numerous torrent links for cartoons, games, software, and other items.

3. LimeTorrents

Nothing beats Lime torrents as a trustworthy and verified torrent provider. It is the most trusted source of torrent files, serving millions of people worldwide. Its main highlights are an extensive collection of torrent files on various genres such as movies, anime, games, and software. Except for one major disadvantage (for many), there are no links to adult content on this platform.

4. Yify Torrents

The most recommended torrent search engine for movies and TV shows is YTS or Yify (both are the same). The platform has the largest collection of torrent files related to movies and television shows. The content on this page is constantly updated and is available in 3D and high-definition quality. As an added bonus, many new releases take place here. So, if you enjoy Hollywood blockbusters and spicy American TV shows, Yify is worth a look.

5. Torrents.io

Torrents.io is a conglomeration of popular torrent websites. This platform gathers torrent files from a variety of torrent sites, such as The Pirate Bay, 1337x, LimeTorrents, and many others. The user interface is visually appealing. The tempo is quick. The torrent service provider also provides a wide range of genres, including movies, cartoons, games, and Porn. In a nutshell, everything is centralised.

6. Extra torrent

Extra torrent includes features such as a user interface and a library index for the user. This platform is one of the internet's most well-known independent torrent providers. It has a large collection of torrent files and allows users to upload their own without any technical difficulties. Regrettably, the website has been removed from the internet by legal authorities.

7. Zooqle.com

Zooqle.com, which sounds similar to Google, is a non-profit internet indexing service used by millions of people around the world. The website includes both torrent files and magnetic links to please users. It also employs the BitTorrent protocol, which enables seamless peer-to-peer file sharing. The only disadvantage is the user interface. It falls short of expectations and occasionally annoys users with intrusive advertisements.

8. Library Origins

LibGen (Library Genesis) is the only dedicated ebook torrent provider available online. It has a massive library that includes thousands of articles, ebooks, and limited edition releases. Readers can look through any ebook they want here. The user interface is fantastic, and the speed is adequate. The website was also embroiled in a controversy over a database that still contained paywalled articles and some academic content. But it went through it flawlessly and is now serving millions of people worldwide.

9. Kat.to

Kat.to, also known as KickassTorrent, is the world's most popular and controversial torrent search engine that is still in operation. It has a massive library of torrent files in a variety of genres, including movies, TV shows, software, games, and e-books.

10. TorrentReactor

Torrent Reactor ranks tenth on the list, thanks to its massive torrent file library. It is also one of the most trusted torrent providers. The website provides a massive collection of torrent files in categories such as movies, TV shows, cartoons, games, software, and much more. The search engine falls under the category of latest torrent providers, with a regularly updated index and the option of popular and latest torrents. To your surprise, authorities have taken down the website.

11. ISOHunt

The first legal torrent provider on this list is ISOHunt. It enables the user to legally download torrent files. The website has a large collection of torrents from various genres such as movies, TV shows, cartoons, new releases, and much more. However, the user interface is a shambles. However, speed is advantageous. Everything else is the same as it is with other torrent providers.

12. BitSnoop

BitSnoop, a new and distinct name in the category of torrent search engines, estimates serving 24 million torrent files to its users. The website is proud to have one of the internet's largest torrent file databases. The user interface is adequate. The speed is also acceptable. Without a doubt, BitSnoop will soon be among the most popular torrent providers.

So those are some of the best RARBG torrent alternatives. Please let us know in the comments section if you found this useful. That would be fantastic to hear.

[galaxywarp]

ive misplaced your torrenting guide and the site i used to use for all my torrents (rarbg. to) is gone, what other sites would you recommend besides that one if i want to reliably find things with subs?

RIP RARBG IM HONESTLY DEVASTATED 😭

Here’s a link to my torrenting guide that includes a long comprehensive list of a bunch of different websites that I’ve been reliably using for years!!

It’s slightly out of date (zlib and rarbg are still listed) but I think it still holds up pretty well and hopefully can point you in the right direction!

Also, for subtitles specifically, check out the websites: opensubtitles, subscene, and addic7ed

You can search for and download subtitle files on these sites, and then add these files to a folder containing your movie/show. So long as both files are given the same name, your video player should show the subtitles as an available option to toggle on or off within the settings while you’re watching :)

Lemme know if there’s anything else I can help with ! 🏴‍☠️

[hellboys]

what website do you use now that rargb is down? :/

i use a lot of other sites, however here are a couple of my faves:

1337x.to is my main go to after rarbg (you'll need an ad blocker), rutor.info is also great but its a russian site, and of course the goat thepiratesbay 🫡

[madelyncilne]

hi! may i ask where you dl films and shows from? i'm new to the entire gif making thing and seeing as most dl sites are retiring, i'd like to be able to find and dl things myself. thank you in advance! <3

i mainly use eztv, magnetdl, rarbg (this one is finicky) and 1337x (not as frequently because of how hard it is for me to navigate personally) or a few twitter sources that are still active!! (logolesspro, logolessdesires, etc.) also there's a few discord servers that post actively – or that are inactive, but the community in there are pretty helpful in sourcing things! :) i hope this helps, and good luck with your giffing journey! <3

[foxpunk]

companies, governments, and ISPs have been tracking pirated content/sites/programs since the peak days of irc and niche password locked forums and other more private/niche/small/quiet means of sharing pirated content. i promise you that they already know about whatever torrent or direct download or streaming site, or program or emulator that you're thinking of. if you could find it, a company's marketing and legal teams sure can. and if it's so private even seasoned pirates cannot find it, then it defeats the purpose AND the company with way more resources than you can still probably find it. come on now.

my point is, posting about piracy sites and programs simply existing is Not gonna get them taken down. trust me, they already know they exist. the reason multiple have been taken down in the past few years and caused a huge ruckus is because of two main factors:

firstly, people are pirating now more than ever. this was inevitable because of covid and shit economic reasons mainly. this isn't a bad thing on it's own and it rules actually. everyone should pirate. however, companies' greed is also higher now more than ever. this was inevitable because capitalism has always had a finite lifespan with a predictably bad ending. to the point, companies want to treat pirating as "sales lost" to an increasing degree. believe it or not this did not used to be as much of a thing. it was more useful for them to treat pirating as a way to gauge interest and potential sales in their product. companies still do this...on top of now actively trying to shut down pirating sites. because the economy is different, and now people can't just buy the thing once they have the money, because they're never gonna get that money living paycheck to paycheck. so company greed and the economy are the main factors here. this point is (largely if not mostly) why sites like archive are at risk.

secondly, people are posting about specific products you can get from these sites and programs. and not just any people: the creators of the sites and programs?! this is one of the most reckless things you could do cause it gives legal teams the exact excuse they need to finally shut something down. because, see! they aren't just hosting files, and they aren't just OUR files, they're also doing it ON PURPOSE!! sites and emulators have the flimsy excuse of "well we aren't the ones putting your stuff here, we're just an innocent little file sharing service" and "well i'm not the one making a rom of your game i just made a cool little thing that could run any rom file for pure and educational purposes." but as soon as that paper thin excuse gets torn it is no holds barred. this point is (mostly) why emulators like yuzu and media accumulators like tachiyomi got taken down (and why they can be remade so long as they keep mention of specific IP out of their goddamn mouths).

there's other factors of course and i guess you could argue that cumulative posting about like. zlib or rarbg or dolphin put them at more risk, but it is negligible compared to the two points above so long as tens of thousands of people weren't posting about using those things for a single specific product.

TL;DR: posting about a piracy site/program isn't gonna get you or them in any more trouble or alert the authorities (they have been alerted. for decades.) or whatever. just don't mention anything specific and you're fine (even then this is mostly an issue if the creator/host does it). and if you don't want to mention names but still want to share a link, point new people in the direction of r/piracy.

[theone]

I don’t have Disney plus so I’m good on that! Also, how can you pirate the eras tour movie?

Good to hear! I usually use the torrent sites rarbg and torrent galaxy, but idk if they're available wherever you live, you should look that up. Usually, as soon as some new movie/show hits a streaming platform, someone uploads a torrent of it. There's lists of good torrent sites going around tumblr often too. As for a download program, i recommend bittorrent. You might also want to look into a vpn depending on the copyright laws in your country tho.

[trashcora]

Hi, I really love your andor gifset from September 28 2022 (idk if I can post a link so... but it's from the first episode) and I was wondering if you could maybe give me some tips on how to make it so clear and vibrant even when the picture is big? I have just started gif-making a few days ago and I definitely want to aspire to make such great gifs.

Hi there!!!! Firstly tysmmm 🥺 i really had a fun time making those big gif andor episode sets i think they all turned out great!

I did make a tutorial a while back mostly focusing on how I sharpen my gifs. My steps mostly the same as they were here except I now export gifs using "adaptive & diffusion"

The Andor gifsets you called out I did use 4K SDR videos. But I don't always think 4K is necessary (especially where r we gunna get them now rip rarbg), 1080p is always preferred and if you're d*wnl*ding / t*rr*nting i would recommend trying to pick the larger file size, for example choosing a movie thats 5GB over 1.5GB.

In my last tutorial I didn't really go into how I colour my gifs but that's where the biggest changes come into place. I don't use a set preset/psd, I colour each gifset uniquely but I do have the same order of steps generally. My order of adjustment layers tends to be: Levels, Curves, Selective Colour, Vibrancy. I also frequently use Channel Mixer and Hue/Saturation when needed. Below the cut I'll share my "starting" settings for some of the adjustments layers but these often change as the gif needs.

I hope this is somewhat helpful!! I think with practice and more gifing you'll find your own style and process. I look back at gifs I made a year ago and think oooof haha what was I doing back then. constant improvements & always finding new tricks♥️ I would also recommend following some gif resources blogs like @usergif or @pscentral they often post really helpful tutorials & tricks to help make your gifmaking the best it can be!

Levels - I tend to start with the default "Increase Contrast 1" or "Increase Contrast 2" depending on how dark the intial scene is. When making aditional adjustments I focus on the end sliders - the dark & light, and barely ever touch the midtones adjustment, if i do use it I go very subtly so 1.05 or 0.95. Our goal in the end is to make the darkest parts of the gif black & the lightest parts almost white.

Curves - imo curves makes the biggest adjustment for the gif colouring. shes my best friend! So again I focus on the dark/light eye droppers. I start with the white eyedropper and select something white or the lightest part of the gif, then go to the black eye dropper selecting a very dark portion of the gif. Then in the middle section I adjust the curves line (white line) to meet the needs of the gif for proper contrast / brightness. If needed Ill open the RGB drop down (red arrow) and adjust specific colours. I use the Blue the most as i often see alot of yellow tint in movies (which i hate lol) so ill bring the top end of the blue line closer to the centre of the grid to reduce the yellowness. Sometimes ill make a second curves layer, set the preset to "linear contrast" then adjust the sliders as needed, this often gives additional contrast & brightness.

Selective Colour - my second best friend! this is where you can make little adjustments to the hues of the gif, then fine tweak the darkness/brightness in the gif. So below i have my "starting points" in the white, natural & black colours. Often the white ends up being a much lower number (-40 or less) and in the neutrals area i can fine tune the overall hue of the gif - reduce the yellows or increase the reds etc. This tool is alot of playing around with and just seeing what looks good!

Vibrance - this is normally the last layer ill add. I barely change the settings I tend to go with 20-30 Vibrance and then 2-5 on Saturation. Just gives add extra vibrancy and colour pop. Saturation stays a bit on the lower side as often bringing it makes peoples skin tone too orange/red/yellow etc. But if I want over saturation increase on particular colours I'll make those adjustments with a Hue/Saturation layer.

[troublewithangels]

not this dvd company that have put a lot of interesting old obscure british tv shows to disc going bankrupt. and rarbg also shutting down. what has society come to

[catinfroghat]

"I want to watch this but it's not available on the streaming platform I use :(" "where can I watch this omg" "maybe I'll buy an X subscription after all" I'm begging you learn how to torrent...

Actually more specific instructions BC it's 2023 no one should be paying for TV anymore

1) Download vuze bittorrent client (They have an android app as well as windows so you can torrent movies/music etc on your phone if you want)

2) Type in a pirating site of your choice into a search engine followed by the word "proxy" e.g. limetorrents, rarbg, pirate (You'll find a favourite the more you use them)

3) Once you find a link that works save it and you can keep using it as long as it doesn't get taken down. I've been using the same one for months

4) Type in the movie/TV show/video game etc. you want to download and find one with a good number of seeds (This is the number of people who will share the file with you making the download faster) you can check for additional information such as subtitles and language etc.

5) Open the torrent link in your bittorrent client (e.g. vuze) and watch it download. Congrats you are now a pirate!

6) Cancel all your unnecessary subscriptions... You are free at last...

ALSO: it's important to have a good adblocker extension and an antivirus installed because there can sometimes be fishy links (Although in my experience the risk is greatly exaggerated even on sites like piratebay)

It's also recommended to use a VPN because sometimes pirating sites won't work if you don't have one active. Many antiviruses have free VPNs as standard that you can switch on whilst you sail the seas and switch off automatically once the data allowance is reached.

[soldierboys]

If you don't mind me asking, what do you use to make your gifs? I've been messing around with making some of my own and am starting to feel confident enough to post them, but I feel like my quality could be so much better.

i dont mind it at all!

for the actual gifs i’m currently using photoshop cc 2019, but i’ve used cc 2020, cs6, really you just need the timeline option.

for the screencaps i’m using potplayer

and i download my stuff with qbittorrent. i usually look for them in rarbg (for new releases) or kickass

now this is important: try to choose your episodes/movies in the 1080p x264 version. i also find the AMZN rip and Bluray versions are the better versions out there. sometimes it’s not really possible because the files can be HUGE, but that’s what makes your gifs look good!

[crazysnakey]

hi! I just saw your reblog on the rarbg post with the magnet links, and I'm kinda new to this and I was wondering if you could explain what I would copy and paste from that mass of text the links lead me to, as well as what torrent downloader you'd recommend. Thank you if you can help!

yeah, no problem! so the links I put, as labeled, are either for movies or tv shows depending on what you want to download, and they're all sorted alphabetically (with numbers only on the very top!)

A magnet link is basically a link tracing each torrent's metadata which has the links to the files you want to download from that specific torrent, and when you load it up it'll connect to other people (seeds/peers) with that file to download from.

Each link for a torrent begins with magnet:?xt=urn:btih: followed by its info hash code made of random numbers and letters (each torrent file has a different randomized hash - it's what helps set them apart) and then the file's name (eg the movie in this case) and it's quality (720p, 1080p, etc. and H264 or x265, etc.) - you can find the specific torrent with a link bc it has that torrent's unique hash code, and so it traces the files connected to that code.

So for example, I'll download the torrent for Dune 2021 here, starting from the part that begins with magnet:

I select and copy the magnet link for Dune 2021 - in this case I'm going for the 1080p and H264 one - now remember, the better (higher) the resolution, the larger the file will be - and also, for the H264 and x265, those are video compression codecs - x265 compresses better than H264, meaning it takes up less storage overall, but uses more processing power and can have some compatibility issues compared to H264 which it will need a special application/program for depending on your software.

So I paste the link into my torrenter - all torrent software usually has something like "upload torrent file" and "paste torrent magnet link" icons - in my case I'm using qbittorent, here's a screenshot of the icon for link paste and how it looks:

You can put multiple links at a time as long as each is in its own line after (no two links in the same line) - then just click download and the torrenter will begin tracing from the torrent hash to load its associated metadata and files for you to download from other peers. This might take from a few seconds to several minutes to load, but just give it time if it does take a while. Or close and open it another time if it's taking too long.

Now this is very important - when you finish retrieving the metadata from the link I know you're just itching to click the "Ok" button and start downloading, but right before that see the button that says "save as .torrent file"? I want you to click that and save the torrent file to your computer (anywhere's fine, but you should save it in the same place you download the torrent files to - in my case, I save it to my downloads (lol))

You should save the torrent file so that it has all the file metadata so that a) you don't have to recopy and paste the magnet link to redownload the metadata all over again, b) have the metadata saved for access at any time - if you want to redownload the files, share it with another person more easily, etc, and c) so you can automatically re-seed its files afterwards if you want (i'll explain this in a second)

After that you can click "ok" and download the torrent normally, which again might take time depending on how many seeds there are and the strength of either end of the internet connection.

If you manage to fully download everything from a torrent and reach 100% please don't be a leech and remove the torrent from your downloader, instead keep it open so you can seed it back out to other people who want to download it afterwards. This is how we keep the whole torrent web alive!!! And if you do have to remove it later, for storage or whatever reason, I would recommend you keep the files and torrent file saved somewhere else like an external disk so that when you have space again, you can move the files back and re-seed it to others by reopening it with the torrent file (if you open a torrent file for something you already have on your computer, it'll check and see you already have it and automatically start seeding!)

Also, if you want to save the page of magnet links, you can right-click on it and have it saved as a text file offline in case anything happens to the web link - I've already done that just to make sure I can keep it off-hand even if something happens to it online (if the link goes offline for whatever reason and you don't have it saved, you can message me and i'll send you the text files with all the magnet links)

As for torrent downloaders, I personally use qbittorrent downloaded to my disk/applications - in my case it's been pretty reliable downloading and seeding wise, out of all the torrenters I've used so far - I would recommend that.

Oh this turned out to be a lot longer than I expected lol, well I hope it was helpful at least tho! If you have any more questions don't hesitate to message me~! And good luck!

[daenerys-targaryen]

was just mourning soap2days passing and then remembered that rarbg is also gone. damn.

[corvid-ae]

where do you watch the classic who audio commentaries?

the commentaries are available on pretty much any dvd copy of the episodes. personally I like to collect the bluray boxsets so I watch a lot of them on there, but I’ve also got standard dvds as well as a few torrent files I was fortunately able to find that had the commentary track as well. I think they have been taken down since though :(

If you want to listen to them try getting your hands on a dvd copy, otherwise you might have some luck with torrent sites like rarbg. I know it’s got some classic who episodes. Hope this helps! :)