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I had a small media library for myself, and wanted to automate it a bit more, so implemented arr stack (prowlarr, radarr, lidarr), it seems to work but I'm not sure how to pick indexers. I have no experience with it, and I initially just picked a public one, but it barely ever seems to download something.

I'm a bit confused about it, should i just pick as many as I can? Or join a private one? But no idea where to start there.

Any advice or push in the right direction would be appreciated.

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[–] meathappening@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Paying to pirate things is wild. You absolutely don't need to pay for anything. Get on private trackers, which have literally existed for decades at this point.

[–] non_burglar@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

I used to do that until about 2015.

Even private trackers don't come close to the coverage of newsgroups. Plus, nzb has the concept of releases, so you don't have to guess at the quality.

I don't have an issue with paying, I have an issue with paying for something I don't want.

[–] Ibuthyr@lemmy.wtf 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

If time is worthless to you, sure.

Here I am, paying next to nothing, automated everything, living a life free from American fuckhead companies.

[–] meathappening@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Erm, same? Do you think this isn't available without paying someone else?

[–] Ibuthyr@lemmy.wtf 3 points 6 months ago

Hunting for torrents, begging to get into specific private trackers is quite time-consuming. I highly value my time.