Wouldn’t be an 80s goth party without Fields of the Nephilim and Sisters of Mercy

Ah right, so it’s not a user-specific thing

Thanks!

Any idea why/for what reason 1337 limits rates?

I didn’t know 1337x rate-limits! Thanks for the info.

Yes, TGX is excellent too

RARBG is sorely missed

Torrentleech is good

You missed the bit where I assumed OP isn’t looking for long-winded series due to having kids

Right, reading through the comments, you say you’ve got a couple of kids. I’m guessing that means you’re a bit older and don’t have that much time to binge-watch long pointless series etc

To pare it down, ignore the comments about Sonarr and Radarr etc, they’re for people who are addicted to downloading as much media as humanly possible, or folks in the US with 1990s internet speed. I’ve tried them and didn’t find much benefit to them.

If you just want to quickly download a film or a series, setup is very simple.

In twenty years of torrenting, I’ve never needed more than a good VPN, a good BitTorrent client, and a good website for magnets. Plus a PC hooked up to the TV with the screen extended.

Torrent client - Use Qbittorrent, for reasons explained later

VPN - As others say, port forwarding is necessary. Use Proton, when you start it up, it gives you a different port number each time. In Qbittorrent, click options then connection, and change the port number to the one Proton gave you. Bit of a fucking about each time but worth it

As for torrenting sites, I rarely need anything more than 1337x.to

BUT, as stated, the search function on QBT is amazing for finding obscure stuff. You need to install Python on your PC first, then there are plenty guides online for installing the search plugins. It sounds complicated but is incredibly easy and stable once installed.

That’s it. That’s all I use and have done for decades. With fibre optic nowadays, a 1.5gb film takes about two minutes to download, you don’t need an entire hard disk full of media, just plan ahead

I’ve got the entire collection of Hyacinth Bucket in Keeping Up Appearances, along with every programme Fred Dibnah ever did

You’re welcome to them to get you started as long as the site wallpaper is fine bone china with hand painted periwinkles

You’re a legend! I googled torrentleech and to my great surprise, Firefox filled in the login info and apparently I already have an account.

I have no fucking clue I signed up about a decade ago but hey ho 😂

Thanks for the pointers!

It probably was broadcast at piss-poor quality, usually 520p

Thanks, I’ll look up TVCUK!

I’ve been torrenting for 20+ years and I’ve heard Usenet mentioned a lot but have never needed to sign up. Do you know if there’s a newsgroup that’s specifically UK based?

Thanks for the suggestion!

Yeah I did wonder about that. The only private one I’m a member of is MAM which was fairly easy to get in to, but wouldn’t have a clue how to sign up for others

I haven’t used anything other than 1337x for years now, it’s very active

Yeah I’ve never had to use anything other than MAM and Mobilism.org and nobody mentioned either

Mobilism has been my first choice for over a decade, then if I can’t find it, MAM and leave the pc on for 72 hours lol

The comments from obvious teenagers on 1337x on pretty much every torrent suggests that a lot of people do this

I tried AirVPN after Mullvad stopped supporting PF, it’s clunky as hell and restricts a fibre connection way too much. They were nice and gave me a full refund though

I once found a torrent of every programme that Fred Dibnah ever made, managed to download it over the course of a month or two. Reupped it when someone on UK Reddit asked where they could find his stuff, and next thing it had 20 seeders or so.

It’s still going strong, and Fred’s memory lives on

Have you thought about Eurocylinders? Basically you can buy any door furniture you want, and fit your lock after. You can now get smart Eurocylinders to fit

I followed this guide cos the others were too confusing! - https://www.myanonamouse.net/userhistory.php?action=viewposts&id=171250

I can’t imagine putting that much effort into downloading

*Uploading, and that’s why you wouldn’t get an invite for a private tracker