Rarbg Is No More

Re:Rarbg Is No More by EwanG on Wednesday May 31, 2023 @09:02AM (#36137871)

I have seen several folks on here mention Usenet subscriptions as another option. What I haven't found is any good Usenet tutorial on how to actually get from "I know the name of something I want" to "I have downloaded it".

The irony that I used to run a UUCP node on the original version of Usenet does not escape me :-)

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Re:Rarbg Is No More by __alexs on Wednesday May 31, 2023 @09:09AM (#36137945)

https://sonarr.tv/ https://radarr.video/ + https://github.com/theotherp/nzbhydra2/ + 1 or more https://www.reddit.com/r/usenet/wiki/indexers

Usenet is a lot of effort.

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Re:Rarbg Is No More by moss2 on Wednesday May 31, 2023 @09:13AM (#36137985)

Your proposed alternative to downloading movies using torrents is to set up and maintain a torrent tracking service?

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Re:Rarbg Is No More by aaomidi on Wednesday May 31, 2023 @09:15AM (#36138003)

That software uses Usenet too.

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Re:Rarbg Is No More by inversetelecine on Wednesday May 31, 2023 @11:08AM (#36139230)

It's only as much effort as you want to put into it. Yes it's more effort than public torrent sites, but the tradeoffs are worth it.

Plus. most of these are setup once and forget. Automation & not having to seed is what makes Usenet worth it IMHO.

And of course, torrents still have benefits and their place as well.

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Re:Rarbg Is No More by illegalsmile on Wednesday May 31, 2023 @01:23PM (#36140974)

I haven't used Usenet for some time but I remember probably 15 years ago a lot of the files were DMCA'd or incomplete (even with parity) and it was difficult to put together a complete download. Does it come down to the indexer you use? Have things changed these days?

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Re:Rarbg Is No More by jonathantf2 on Wednesday May 31, 2023 @09:30AM (#36138173)

Just googled it and found this: a quick glance and it looks like you can get set up with this. https://robdix.com/usenet-beginners-guide/

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Re:Rarbg Is No More by nickthegreek on Wednesday May 31, 2023 @09:36AM (#36138240)

Research 'nzb'

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Re:Rarbg Is No More by JustSomeNobody on Wednesday May 31, 2023 @09:47AM (#36138362)

That's because the first rule of Usenet is you don't talk about Usenet.

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Re:Rarbg Is No More by simse on Wednesday May 31, 2023 @09:58AM (#36138495)

It's not too complicated. I heard from a friend, that all you need is a downloader like Sabnzbd, a usenet provider like Eweka or Frugal Usenet, and an index like Drunkenslug to find stuff.

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Re:Rarbg Is No More by clsec on Wednesday May 31, 2023 @10:35AM (#36138897)

I haven't used Usenet since probably around 2002. It seems like everything is still the same except for the indexer. I assume that is so you don't have to sign onto a bunch of binary groups into your newsreader and then search through them for what you want (part of the fun in the old days for me)? Is that correct, does anyone know?

I also wonder if Forte' Agent still works? Does Newsguy still exist? jk lol

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Re:Rarbg Is No More by maronato on Wednesday May 31, 2023 @11:05AM (#36139202)

r/usenet has a great FAQ about it[1]. In a nutshell, there are 3 things you need to use usenet. You need providers, indexers, and a software to download stuff.

Providers are companies and servers where the data is actually stored, as opposed to peers in torrenting. Since they are for-profit, you need to purchase a subscription to have access to these servers. r/usenet has some nice deals on those[2]. Frugal is usually the most recommended for beginners since it’s pretty cheap and has most files you’ll want.

Indexers are similar to what rarbg was. They make it easy to search for files stored in the providers. They usually require a subscription as well, and some require invites, but are really cheap and easy to get [3]. nzbgeek doesn’t require an invite and is pretty complete. nzbplanet and drunkenslug have more content, but require invites. You can get invites for those on r/UsenetInvites

Finally, you need something to download the files. There are many options available for that, but I find that the best one is sabnzb [4]. It is pretty complete and has a lot of moving parts, so I recommend following the trash-guides article on it to get started[5]

[1]: https://www.reddit.com/r/Usenet/wiki/faq/

[2]: https://www.reddit.com/r/usenet/wiki/providerdeals/

[3]: https://www.reddit.com/r/Usenet/wiki/indexers/

[4]: https://sabnzbd.org/

[5]: https://trash-guides.info/Downloaders/SABnzbd/Basic-Setup/

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Re:Rarbg Is No More by westmeal on Wednesday May 31, 2023 @12:02PM (#36139919)

thanks bro

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Re:Rarbg Is No More by majkinetor on Wednesday May 31, 2023 @02:09PM (#36141617)

Too many suscriptions. Pass.

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Re:Rarbg Is No More by recursive_loops on Wednesday May 31, 2023 @12:39PM (#36140377)

It's hard to find stuff on Usenet. I subscribe to two different paid (and not super cheap) indexes, and it's still routine that I can't find stuff. If I look over at pirate bay, it will be there about 50% of the time

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Re:Rarbg Is No More by leovander on Wednesday May 31, 2023 @12:57PM (#36140603)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34704654

I have since switched to SABnzbd from NZBget. I saw a comment regarding hard to find things, I am subbed to two indexers and either I am not looking for obscure things or I am letting the other tools I listed do most of the heavy work. Prowlarr is doing most of the heavy lifting doing the searches for me.

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