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I use a seedbox to run qBittorrent with Jackett, and have a bunch of sources on there. I know there are other methods, but that works for me and I'm comfortable with it.

Rarbg has been gone for about five months and it's harder and harder to find 4k TV rips. For current shows, sometimes you can get episodes as they air, but it's rare to see full seasons.

The tipping point was when I searched for a Netflix show from two weeks ago just now, with zero 4K results.

I've always hated private trackers since they're a pain in the ass, but is that the only option now? Do I need to look at a different method entirely? I've been torrenting since that existed, but if I need to do something else, let me know.

I don't expect to get torrent sites in any responses, but you can do that if you have any 😂

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[–] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Netflix "4K" is often hit and miss. It doesn't always stream at a high enough bitrate even if it's labeled 4K. Basically it's anybody's guess what encoding you're gonna get at any given moment. I imagine that makes ripping quality very random.

[–] wolfshadowheart@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Compared to Amazon, where they rip right from the server lol

[–] Krauerking@lemy.lol 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Man ripping from Amazon might as well be called downloading the file. Their video player sucks so much.

[–] wolfshadowheart@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

The only thing that's cool about it is the actor/trivia information - otherwise it really is pretty terrible lol