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.

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://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).

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 [1]):

• 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)