you should pirate shit
you should download files. it's fun, free, and better for the world than streaming services. "but it's hard" this is a guide. i promise you don't need to be a computerhead. i believe in you.
why should i pirate shit?
- streaming services suck. in every industry, they make their money by financially ruining the people who make the art they profit off of. their algorithms, instead of helping you "discover new art", funnel you into what they want you to watch/listen/play. they're janky & inconsistent & are all missing things. fuck em.
- having your collection of files rules. remember how dads would get excited about their cd or dvd collections? they were right. that shit rules. trust me: knowing your collection represents your tastes, and you're in control of what's in it feels sick as hell.
- it's free! spend your 10 bucks a month buying music from a broke artist on bandcamp instead. easy.
- using media library server software, you can stream your own files to your tv/phone/etc, like streaming services.
- pirate streaming sites also exist but tbh they also suck and I'm not trying to sit through "try not to cum" ads to watch a show in questionable quality with no subtitle options.
read on to Learn....
Every great pirate uses Arrs!
Humorous title aside, when you start to have a bunch of trackers it can be kind of annoying to:
- browse available movies/tv shows
- download it
- make sure it gets indexed (not as big of an issue nowadays)
Enter the Arrs (aka *arrs or Starrs)! These are a variety of programs designed to help you (yes you!) automate searching, downloading, and properly laying out files from trackers (bittorrent) and usenet!! all for free (wow! what a savings!)
BLUF: Here’s the place to start: https://trash-guides.info/Hardlinks/How-to-setup-for/
Finally, you can setup an Overseerr instance that allows you to browse movies/tv shows in a slick UI and tell your waiting cadre of Arrs what you want! Browse just like the streaming services!!
Read More to find out how you can get these great features!
but nys i don’t want to set anything more up!
ok! then prioritize these names!!
High Quality (Movie) Release Groups
BBQ BMF c0kE Chotab CRiSC CtrlHD D-Z0N3 Dariush decibeL DON EA EbP EDPH Geek HiDt HiSD iFT LolHD NCmt NTb PTer QOQ SA89 sbR TayTO TDD TnP VietHD ZQ
then avoid these names!! they are bad at what they do!! i disagree with the decisions they make!!
Low Quality Release Groups
24xHD 41RGB 4K4U AROMA AZAZE BARC0DE BRiNK BdC C4K CDDHD CHAOS CHD CHX CREATiVE24 CTFOH CiNE CrEwSaDe DDR DNL DepraveD EPiC EVO EuReKA FGT FRDS FZHD FaNGDiNG0 GHD GHOSTS GPTHD GalaxyRG HANDJOB HDS HDT HDTime HDWinG HiQVE JFF KIRA KiNGDOM L0SERNIGHT LAMA Leffe LiGaS Liber8 MTeam MeGusta MySiLU NERO NhaNc3 NoGroup OFT PATOMiEL PRODJi PSA PTNK Pahe Pahe (Pahe.ph, Pahe.in) PiRaTeS RARBG RDN RU4HD RiffTrax SANTi STUTTERSHIT SWTYBLZ TBS TEKNO3D TG TIKO Tigole VIDEOHOLE VISIONPLUSHDR WAF WiKi XLF YIFY YTS Zero00 Zeus aXXo beAst d3g iNTENSO iPlanet jennaortega mHD mSD nHD nSD nhanc3 nikt0 tarunk9c x0r
how to!
This is the section where I would describe how to setup the arr suite you need (sonarr for shows, radarr for movies, lidarr for music, whisparr for porn). However, our friend TRaSH has spent the time to make AWESOME guides on how to set everything up. Here’s the place to start: https://trash-guides.info/Hardlinks/How-to-setup-for/ (if you don’t know where to start, go with docker, there is a link to a great guide).
Properly setup your Arrs will:
- avoid shitty release groups that are bad at encoding despite it being 2023 or yoink others releases and fuck em up or troll or …
- through the power of hardlinking (!!) make a file appear in your plex/jellyfin library folder without having to copy it or use space twice!!
- make life easy! (this was not true until prowlarr imo)
