No, I wont name the specific title. I don’t want to break Rule 4. But I do want to understand why a movie or show can be so hard to find, because maybe that will lead me to understanding how to find things.

I am surprised how hard it is to find some titles. Maybe it’s because the one I’m thinking of is an old title, 60s or 70s era. But it’s extremely popular, even today. It’s been on hopping around streaming services. One would think it would be readily available on the high seas too. I don’t really know how one creates a torrent but I’m assuming anything that can be streamed can be captured. I guess maybe it’s just not as popular as I think?

  • Dr. Wesker@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    29·
    8 months ago

    Maybe it’s not as popular as you think, or wasn’t released on easily ripped mediums and no one has yet put in the effort.

  • cuchilloc@lemmy.worldEnglish
    13·
    8 months ago

    Please DM title, I can try to find it for you and just show you the steps I tried, might be an easier way for you to come up with your own method for the future .

  • GravitySpoiled@lemmy.mlEnglish
    6·
    8 months ago

    Public or private tracker?

    On private trackers we can request stuff and others will have a look if they have it or if they can get it on their trackers.

    Unfortunately it’s difficult to upload stuff on many trackers but it’s easier on quality trackers. The source is even open source so I do not understand why many trackers still have a bad website.

    How long are you searching for? Sometimes it just takes time until someone uploads it. That’s the beauty of servarr. You request it and some day it’ll pop up.

    • Chocrates@lemmy.worldEnglish
      0·
      8 months ago

      Any tips on getting in to a private tracker these days? Don’t they all need invites from friends?

      • GravitySpoiled@lemmy.mlEnglish
        0·
        8 months ago

        You can easily find working trackers by looking into the list of trackers that prowlarr provides. If a tracker isn’t on that list, you don’t want to get into it.

        You search for your language and the desired content and then you open 10 tabs for 10 trackers. Some can be closed directly because there are no open registrstions. For the other 5 you send a text about yourself and your torrent experience and behavior. The content you are looking for, the quality and what you can provide. Your setup, etc. Copy paste the text to those 5 and you’ll get invited to at least 3 of them. You can also just start out with one. It doesn’t need to be your desired or final tracker. It needs time to understand torrenting anyway. Just being on one is a good start. Setting up servarr takes time as well. Use 1337x.to and just look for your first tracker.

        • Chocrates@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          8 months ago

          Thanks i’ll take a look at prowlarr. I am familiar with 1337x and a couple other public trackers, sadly they don’t have the ones I am looking for :(

  • ANIMATEK@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    8 months ago

    Creating torrents is kinda easy, it depends a bit on the tracker, but there are scripts available that will do all the hard work for you as long as you have the files (upload-assistant for example).

    Getting the files is a whole different story. It takes effort and knowledge to get a good mkv.

    PM the show you are looking for if you want me to check for you.

  • MrJameGumb@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    8 months ago

    A lot of older movies are available for free on ad based second tier streaming services. I would think that makes them much lower of a priority for a lot of people. No one’s going to keep a torrent going in the background 24 hours a day for a movie from 1968 that two people a year actually come looking for

    • PirateMike94@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      8 months ago

      Might I introduce you to the Data Hoarder community? Those unsung heroes who keep humanity afloat and ask for nothing in return?

  • paddirn@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    8 months ago

    Books seem to be somewhat harder to come by, movies are a bit easier. For instance, I was just looking for a collected torrent for a certain Choose your own series from my childhood and I couldn’t find anything. I found one-off/individual books or very limited collections, but nothing for the entire series. Very frustrating.