0range

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[–] 0range@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

I see a lot of older Linux distros in this thread, why do that many people download them?

[–] 0range@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 6 hours ago

Tixati.

I use it mostly because it has a lot more options and flexibility, and also just because i'm already using it and it's a pain in the ass to switch

 

For me it's YIFY versions of older movies

[–] 0range@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 9 hours ago

I started writing this comment about how my highest seeding ratios seem random, but actually now that i look at it i do see a pattern: YIFY versions of older movies. Maybe those are the ones less available? Some possibly are public domain?

[–] 0range@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

You're going to be opening that package often over a short period. I don't think it's useful to tie it down too tightly, and i especially don't think it's useful to introduce accessories (clip, bottle hack), you'll have to deal with them every single time you open the bag.

It's also just a fucking bread bag, you don't need to secure it so firmly.

Twist and tuck or just tucking, maybe tying a knot if it's going to get jostled a bit (going camping)

[–] 0range@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Yeah, the way that i would do it is to look up the Wikipedia page for the movie Heat and go to the cast section.

This is how i always look for information and it can actually be to my detriment. Like that time i went to Reddit to ask them what that movie was where time is a currency, and somebody pointed out that i could have just googled "time is money movie" and it would have immediately shown me In Time (2011).

Also, when i want something from an app or website i will consult the alphabetical list or look for a link to click, instead of just using the search bar.

I don't know, somehow it never entered my brain that search bars are smart and can figure out what you meant if you use natural language. Even though they've been programmed that way since before i was born

[–] 0range@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That little white dot that appears on the trunk for a single frame

[–] 0range@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago

I leave things up for ages. It seems like once I’ve DLed something, no one else wants it.

Can relate

Can relate

[–] 0range@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 months ago

I download youtube videos in .mp3 format very often, both for music and to listen to as podcasts. I don't know if it's the best method but this is how i do it:

  • Use the MultiSelect extension to select multiple videos and put them in a playlist, which i name Download. This playlist has to be public.

  • Use Open Video Downloader to download this playlist, making sure that it writes the metadata in tags. If necessary, it can also download age-restricted videos by importing cookies from your browser, i've done it a couple of times but it's not convenient.

  • I pretty much leave it at that, but you could use a media tagger to add further information to the files.

[–] 0range@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 months ago

People are arguing about the audio quality, meanwhile the only reason i don't do this is because i find it more work to tag and name the files properly. When you download from Soulseek/torrenting it usually comes already tagged

I do still have youtube downloads in my library, especially when it's just one or two songs.

[–] 0range@lemmy.dbzer0.com 61 points 3 months ago

If, like me, you just wanted to know what the Bob Dylan defence, is:

"Meta's response in this case seems to be that a powerful technology corporation should not be held to the same standard as everyone else for illegal conduct."

The authors mocked Meta for raising what they call "the Bob Dylan defense" of its torrenting, citing song lyrics from "Sweetheart Like You" that say, "Steal a little and they throw you in jail / Steal a lot and they make you king."

[–] 0range@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Look, the only reason we even know about Meta torrenting books is because they're getting sued. Evidently they're not getting away with it, unless they win this case

 
 
 

I'm pretty sure. I think. I can't find a core2.dat in my Linux filesystem so i assume it works some other way, and therefore it's cooked.

The reason i want to do this is because transplanting core2.dat is what you usually do to recover your settings and transfers. I this case though i've installed it on my Linux PC so i don't think this is going to work.

I've resorted to exporting all magnets and re-importing them, but that has a few drawbacks.

I'll update if i find better solutions. So far, if you want to transfer your Tixati from Windows to Linux, my advice is probably don't


UPDATE: with help in this thread, i've figured it out. Here's a summary for future reader convenience.

You use the Import Export feature, honestly i don't know why i ever transplanted core2.dat when this is available. It saves everything, including stats such as Created, Completed, Bits uploaded, Ratio, etc

Now file paths in Linux start with /media instead of starting with D: so all the file location settings will be broken; you have to rebind them. If, like me, you had all your torrents sorted into folders, that's a pain because now you have to do them all one by one. Maybe it's better to move them all into one folder while still in Windows.

At this point i got some “error file missing” for no reason, force checking fixed all of that.

Another problem i had is that some transfers that were 100% became 99%. That, i believe, is due to file corruption. The same transfers also had the same problem in Windows with nothing changed so i don't think they were broken by the process above. It sucks, only solution i can think of is to hope someone comes around and seeds them, which isn't going to happen for me and my hoard of dead torrents.

It occurs to me that the import/export feature of Tixati outputs a file, and you can probably edit that file to your convenience before inputting it back into Tixati. You can edit the file paths right there, but you can't fix the 99% torrents because they'll be revealed as broken the moment you make them seed.

That's all in know on this topic, good luck

 

I'm getting back into torrenting and i have a bunch of YIFY, YTS, and RARBG torrents still leftover from back in the day. As the screenshot shows, most of their trackers are not working, i assume they went offline when the relevant websites went offline.

The DHT is carrying and will keep these in circulation, especially when a lot of search engines use the DHT; but a lot of them are still getting stuck, it would be better if the trackers worked.

Are there new ones that carry the torch? Do the successors to these release groups have their trackers too? I'm looking for YTS and RARBG especially but i'd welcome any good current tracker that helps people find my shit

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