Torrent

This page is dedicated to the BitTorrent protocol and related software.

References

• What is DHT

Terminology

• WEBRip - Rip from a stream service, quality similar to BlueRay.
• (see also YGGTorrent wiki).

Tips

• Boost Ygg torrent ratio using public torrent

• Add upload from public tracker to YGG torrent tracker (to boost YGG ratio even when using torrent from other site)
• Basically open a ygg torrent file (with transmission-show), see the tracker line:

http://ygg.peer2peer.cc:8080/MRQtvDoIbjV7WVfkyOX3459fK4m549he/announce

• Stop the public torrent (when completed), add the tracker above as new tracker, and relaunch the torrent.

• Boost Ygg torrent ratio with ratiomaster (cheat)

• Must apply some reasonable limits

• Upload speed max: 100MB/s
• Max upload: 4TB/day
• Max ratio: 5000

• RatioMaster

• Beware that ratiomaster is reported to have malware.
• Found a version here (v1.9.1)
• Here they say that RM v1.9.1 still works (https://www.wareziens.net/forum/topic-42515-ratiomaster-victime-d-un-script-chez-ygg-page-2.html)
• An advanced tutorial [1]

• Says that memory reader is a must, which consists in reading the ID of the real client, to make sure RM is spoofing our client. Using a random ID may lead to instant ban.
• Another forum post on 1.9.1 here

• To run on Linux, use wine32 4.0, and use dotnet20:

env WINEARCH=win32 WINEPREFIX=~/.wine32-net20 winetricks dotnet20 corefonts
env WINEARCH=win32 WINEPREFIX=~/.wine32-net20 wine RM.exe

• RatioMaster.NET

• Another ratiomaster.
• Found a site here: https://ratiomaster.net/
• There is a linux version, running with mono, but the window is cropped.

• Ratio Ghost

• Another ratio cheating tool that install as a proxy. Works with transmission.
• Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/RatioGhost/
• To run on Linux, use wine32 4.0, and use dotnet472

env WINEARCH=win32 WINEPREFIX=~/.wine32-net20 winetricks dotnet472
env WINEARCH=win32 WINEPREFIX=~/.wine32-net20 wine

• Alternatively, on Linux:

git clone https://github.com/ratioghost/ratioghost 
# Old solution was to revert two commits
# git checkout 64b641b
# git revert f514d7e
# git revert 8962a94      # Minor conflict to fix
# Better: install tcl-tls package
sudo apt install tcl8.6 tk8.6 tcl tk tcl-tls
wish rghost.vfs/main.tcl

Torrent and Subtitle search engines

PirateBay Mirror Sites

• https://tpbtpb.xyz/

Working links, but annoying pop-up and big cpu eater (probably mining coins). Require retry multiple times to get the links/search results.

Other torrent sites

• 1337x

BT search engine enabled by default in Synology Download Station.

• Zooqle

BT search engine enabled by default in Synology Download Station.

• BitSoup

BT search engine enabled by default in Synology Download Station.

• https://www.yggtorrent.se/

Tracker with many good-quality french torrents, but enforces a 1:1 down/up ratio.

• https://www.sharewood.tv/

Another semi-private (ie. subscription required) french tracker, a bit competitor to yggtorrent.

Seen on https://www.wareziens.net/forum/topic-42515-ratiomaster-victime-d-un-script-chez-ygg-page-1.html wareziens.net]

• https://yts.mx/

Download YTS YIFY movies: HD smallest size. Apparently with direct links to subtitle files.

• https://p2pguru.com/

• https://ww1.torrent9.cz/

A mirror of torrent9 site, with torrent for french audio movies. Annoying pop up. Check twitter #torrent9 for alternatives.

Subtitles sites

• https://www.opensubtitles.org/

Many movies, filter per language, give torrent reference name (which can then be searched on Google to get the movie).

Other

• https://opentrackers.org/

A site that list trackers (found link to Sharewood there).

BitTorrent Clients on Linux

Transmission

Default client on Ubuntu and Debian.

uTorrent

uTorrent is a fully featured but tiny BitTorrent client packaged in a single archive.

Currently, as of version 3, there is a native port available on linux, consisting of a headless server and a web interface. To install (from [2]):

• Unpack the archive in some user directory
• Start the server (as regular user):

./utserver

• To access the web interface, open your browser at page http://localhost:8080/gui. When prompted for authentication, enter admin as username, and leave the password field blank.

More information in the manual.

BitTorrent Clients on Windows

uTorrent

uTorrent is a fully featured but tiny BitTorrent client packaged in a single executable.

Tools

transmission-show

transmission-show (package transmission-cli) parses .torrent file and show their content:

transmission-show Avengers.Infinity.War.2018.Multi.1080p.Bluray.HDLight.x264.AC3.5.1-BlackA.mkv.3bb379972a8927a7.torrent
# Name: Avengers.Infinity.War.2018.Multi.1080p.Bluray.HDLight.x264.AC3.5.1-BlackA.mkv
# File: Avengers.Infinity.War.2018.Multi.1080p.Bluray.HDLight.x264.AC3.5.1-BlackA.mkv.3bb379972a8927a7.torrent
# 
# GENERAL
# 
#   Name: Avengers.Infinity.War.2018.Multi.1080p.Bluray.HDLight.x264.AC3.5.1-BlackA.mkv
#   Hash: 3bb379972a8927a7bbbc87510c66d78fe9cf113c
#   Created by: YggTorrent
#   Created on: Mon Apr 27 21:21:33 2020
#   Piece Count: 3523
#   Piece Size: 1.00 MiB
#   Total Size: 3.69 GB
#   Privacy: Private torrent
# 
# TRACKERS
# 
#   Tier #1
#   http://ygg.peer2peer.cc:8080/MRQtvDoIbjV7WVfkyOX3459fK4m549he/announce
# 
# FILES
# 
#   Avengers.Infinity.War.2018.Multi.1080p.Bluray.HDLight.x264.AC3.5.1-BlackA.mkv (3.69 GB)