Ask a Pirate: What p2p networks do you use in 2023?

I do use BitTorrent, but it’s never going to beat the convenience of just searching for a file and getting it when p2p networks first came out.

For niche stuff like 1930s movies sometimes I need to start a few torrents to make sure at least one of them has seeds.

I have had success with soulseek for music, but what do you guys use for other types of files?

thawed_caveman,

I've torrented for years, but i'm trying to diversify. Soulseek works perfectly except my VPN makes it hard for people to download from me, and i'm currently trying to get eMule community version to work but it's giving me a few bugs. So haven't had the best results so far

JamesHolden,

BitTorrent is alive and well lol, and some of the top tier private sites opened their doors this past year which has been a nice change.

state_electrician,

I still miss Audiogalaxy and Songbird. The latter in particular helped me find so much awesome music. Nothing I’ve seen since comes close.

Pazintach,
@Pazintach@lemmy.world avatar

I’m missing Audiogalaxy too. Met so many people there who opened my ears.

GloopTamer,
@GloopTamer@discuss.online avatar

P2P is great because when I’m using qBittorrent I can see all the suckers who are still using utorrent lol

scutiger,

On my Windows PC, I still use utorrent 2.2.1

GloopTamer,
@GloopTamer@discuss.online avatar

Stop it

cccc,

Just on your niche stuff like 1930s movies, have you checked Internet Archive? I’ve been surprised at some of the stuff I’ve found.

BillyZane,

Yeah sometimes I’ll look everywhere else and it’ll be there. Has to be mostly pretty old stuff though.

Snippet0136,

ive been experimenting with I2P with tracker2.postman.i2p

Dran_Arcana,

Is i2p just a privacy guard to torrent over? Or does it actually help one find content as well?

Snippet0136,

its an anonymizing tool like tor, but i2p supports bittorrent while tor does not. theirs also .i2p site like tor .onion sites. also i2p is peer to peer while tor is volunteer run with the tor project managing the network.

chaosratt,

usenet for bulk current media, occasionally torrents for niche stuff, but now that rarbg is gone I’m going to have to find a new tracker. I use a seedbox for most torrent activity these days as well, too risky with ISPs clamping down.

Once upon a time I used DC++ for things, but that was more than a decade ago and the last time I tried it all the severs seems to be in eastern eu countries and very shady. If anyone knows a good DC++ server I’d love to hear more.

HorrorSpirit,
@HorrorSpirit@lemmy.ml avatar

rarbg is gone

Is it? I heard that it was going down, however when i visit the site it still seems up, i can still get torrents, and all that. What’s going on?

maop,
@maop@mstdn.mx avatar

@HorrorSpirit
@chaosratt

You are visiting a fake one then, rarbg is gone for good.

Real one is: https://rarbg.to/

chaosratt,

torrentfreak.com/iconic-torrent-site-rarbg-shuts-…

Ya, the original site is gone. There are mirrors cropping up based on a db dump of some kind, but the old site is gone.

Toribor,
@Toribor@corndog.uk avatar

Between RARBG shutting down, and Reddit killing off their API, June represented some big changes in my Internet diet.

Dran_Arcana,

How does one even use usenet today? Sorry for the dumb question. I just don't know where to start

AnonLordo,

I'd recommend to use a raspberry pi for an automated Usenet setup.

You'll need

  • an usenet provider (newshosting.com is reliable)
  • a download client (sabnzbd, nzbget)
  • recommended: usenet indexer
  • optional: arr apps to organize your downloads (sonarr, radarr, etc)
  • optional: Android app for sonarr and other arrs: nzb360

Once set up, it's very comfortable and hassle free, it can grab new media from your fav lists, download when released and upgrade your files as soon as available, fully automated.

InternetPirate, (edited )

soulseek, fopnu, emule, dc++. For old/rare content, emule is the best.

Reocken,

Which client would one use for Emule nowadays?

iopq,

Yeah, seriously, the most updated one for Linux had the last release a few years ago.

supervent,

for windows I recommend community version (November 2021). For Mac, aMule 2.3.3 (February 2021) and for GNU/Linux, mldonkey 3.1.7 (July 2020)

Difficult_Bit_1339,
@Difficult_Bit_1339@sh.itjust.works avatar

Wow, I haven’t used the old school P2P programs in over a decade. I honestly didn’t think they existed anymore for some reason.

TornadoValley,

They’re going hard still

Medalist,
@Medalist@lemmy.fmhy.ml avatar

Synology’s Download Station introduced me to emule. I don’t think there’s a more polished client for it than DS.

Technoguyfication,
@Technoguyfication@lemmy.ml avatar

PTP and BTN are good for movies and TV. BHD and BLU can fill in the gaps. I don’t think it’s worth it to pirate music or software.

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