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Get Invited to Private Trackers at GetInvites.org
July 28, 2008 by sharky
Recently-launched GetInvites.org is a great new service dedicated to sharing and receiving private tracker invites.
How It Works
Easy. Sign up, and start requesting invites. GetInvites employs a ‘Karma’ system for user rankings. Simply put, members who have more Karma go higher up in the list for each invite request. Karma is built by fulfilling other members’ requests - the more requests you fill, the higher your Karma ranking.
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Private Trackers For Sale on eBay? What’s Next?
July 22, 2008 by sharky
From Shill Bidders to fake Feedback Ratings, fraudulent listings and hijacked accounts, eBay has always been a haven for scammers. So maybe that’s why we’re not surprised to see prominent BitTorrent trackers up for bid there.
Yes, folks - for only $0.99 USD you can bid on an invite to What.cd, STMusic.org and even Torrent-Damage. And shipping is included! Got a little more to part with? Why not scoop up TL for $25?
We personally like this What.cd seller’s ‘disclaimer’ to eBay, to justify his actions:
"Note to ebay: I hold an account on this website and possess this invite, this is my PERSONALLY owned invitation that I may choose to use either way I please I donated to what.cd to obtain this invitation so i hold all grounds to do what ever i wish this is in accordance with this the listing should not be removed. Thank you for your understanding."
We Call Bullshit: If What.cd finds out who you are, you and your entire invite tree will be disabled permanently.
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ThePirateSociety.org - A New ‘Torrent Invites’ Forum
July 21, 2008 by sharky
We can never have too many ‘Tracker Invite’ forums and BitTorrent discussion boards. Introducing The Pirate Society - a welcome addition to the world of private trackers and P2P hangouts. We interviewed N3v3R, the sysop/admin of TPS, and he wants to make it clear that invite trading is strictly forbidden:
"We are a new bittorrent discussion community that deals with tracker invites. We are a strictly no trade forum meaning that we have the backing of many trackers and have many Community Reps here to help out with specific concerns, including tracker recruitment."
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R5 Movies and Release Dates
July 20, 2008 by sharky
In recent times, the piracy "scene" has been shifting away from DVD Screeners (DVDScr) in favour of the newer (and superior) R5 movie format. To quote Wiki, "In an effort to compete with movie piracy in Russia, the movie industry chose to create a new format for DVD releases that could be produced more quickly and less expensively than traditional DVD releases. R5 releases differ from normal releases in that they lack both the image post-processing and special features that are common on DVD releases. This allows the film to be released for sale at the same time that DVD Screeners are released." R5’s are an excellent alternative to those who want a good copy of a film long before a scheduled DVD release date. But what makes the R5 format so remarkable is that their "release dates" are somewhat predictable, and even published.
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Private Trackers With The Best Pre-Times
July 17, 2008 by sharky
Most of you are probably already aware that "elite" private BitTorrent sites are locked in a perpetual race to get the latest ‘warez’, trying to outdo their competition and claim the bragging rights for having a new release "first". For those of you that have more than one good private tracker, likely you’ve noticed that some just seem to have an advantageous angle to "the scene" and, time-after-time, come up with the latest torrents before anyone else. Certainly, if you have an account at ScT - notoriously known for the best pre-times among all private trackers - this is not new information to you. Users of public trackers such as Mininova and ThePirateBay normally have to wait for the ‘trickle-down’ effect; that is, until a torrent gets ‘leaked’ out from one of the major 0day trackers. Thus, the pre-time for a scene-released torrent at mininova will be far longer than the pre-time at ScT.
So, which tracker has the best pre-times? And how is this calculated?
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Stop Burning DVDs - And Stream Movies To Your (HD)TV
July 15, 2008 by sharky
After servicing me faithfully for almost three years and through thousands of disks, my DivX-certified Toshiba SD-7980 DVD player finally (and thankfully) kicked the bucket. She had been extremely temperamental as of late - DVDs that used to play fine would no longer; movies that had perfect playback on my PC could not be trusted to do the same. The media itself also became an issue - if there was a smudge or small scratch, presto - the disk was pooched. The Toshiba became an embarrassment to my techie prowess. It was long overdue to snatch up a new DVD unit.
But not so fast - I wanted something capable of HD playback, as well as Blu-Ray compatibility. I also needed something capable of playing my 700-disk strong DVD movie collection (consisting mostly of XviD/DivX *.avi files - 6 movies per disk). Certainly, there are now a handful of Blu-Ray players that are DivX-certified and could possibly handle the job quite nicely. However, I don’t even own any retail Blu-Ray disks, nor have I been to a video store in years. I came to the realization that I don’t need a Blu-Ray player - my entire collection entails stuff I’ve downloaded from the ‘Net. What I need is something that will seamlessly playback media files from my PC to my Sony 32" HDTV.
After some careful consideration, I decided to opt for a unit that would stream any type of movie file straight to my television, without the headaches involved with HD demux/remuxing, converting, and DVD media disks. But the real deciding factor is all those HD & x264 Blu-Ray rips that are popping up all over BitTorrent sites, perhaps a precursor to the eventual phase-out of DivX/XviD. For less than half the price of a DivX-compatible Blu-Ray player, I opted for the HDX-900 Networked Media Tank Player for $219 USD. I was not let down.
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Vortex Network - The New Mac Tracker
July 14, 2008 by sharky
Mac users have long played second fiddle to Windows when it comes to private BitTorrent sites. Most Mac/Apple enthusiasts have to rely on ‘general’ trackers that offer a special section dedicated to them. That’s where Brokenstones came along and filled in a much-needed Mac torrent void - sorrowfully, they were dealt a staggering blow two weeks ago when the Malaysian government ordered the closure of torrent sites. Fortunately, as we have seen (and demonstrated) in the past, destroying a site is futile if the community and its ideals are allowed to remain. Although rebuilding a lost torrent site takes a monumental effort, the dedicated communities surrounding them are invariably capable and motivated enough to do so.
Enter Vortex Network - the new torrent tracker devoted solely to Mac.
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Seedbox Providers That Offer uTorrent WebUI Hosting
July 12, 2008 by sharky
µTorrent WebUI
Seedbox Hosts
MyBOX PFCorner
GetByte2U.com
SeedboxWorld
JMH Services
Santrex
LeaseTorrent
EliteSeedbox
If you’ve ever used a seedbox with TorrentFlux, you may have been a little overwhelmed by all of the options, let alone the TFlux interface. So if you’re looking to get into the seedbox world, but want to keep all the functionality of your trustworthy µTorrent client, you may be better served by using a provider that offers the µTorrent WebUI interface. It’s almost identical to µTorrent in every way - what could be easier?
But perhaps the best reason to lean towards a seedbox with WebUI is the speed advantage over TorrentFlux. Since WebUI doesn’t use as many server-hungry resources (such as PHP and MySQL), this saves additional memory for the seedbox, which translates directly to faster up/download transfers and more active torrents. Linux users who run a BT client through a command line already know this fact: — less GUI = higher speeds.
We tested out a few different seedbox hosting providers that offer µTorrent WebUI as an alternative to TorrentFlux, and we found the speeds to be superior to that of TFlux. Below are four different WebUI providers running four different torrents:
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New to BitTorrent? Try TheTorrentswing.com
July 11, 2008 by sharky
TheTorrentswing is a new site dedicated to helping people who are new to torrents. Their motto is - Your Push into the Torrent World. It is more of an "ask-for and give-advice" community, rather than a tracker invite forum. It’s set up so that people new to BitTorrent can ask questions without feeling embarrassed or receiving sarcastic remarks like they would at some other places. No one will judge them by their questions. On top of that, if you can’t get a answer in the forums, we have the usergroups and profiles set up so that it shows what each user is experienced in. Here is a hypothetical scenario:
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What.cd Breaks The 200,000 Torrent Milestone
July 10, 2008 by sharky
Today, What.cd took another stride towards God-like status by becoming the first music tracker since OiNK to reach the 200,000 torrent mark. Not to be outshined, Waffles.fm is not far behind with 165,555. Combine the two together, and they’re serving up more torrents than OiNK.cd ever did. It goes to show that good things can come out of bad, after all. RIP OiNK.
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Hotline - A P2P Pioneer Still Lives On
July 10, 2008 by sharky
Here at FSF, nothing gets us more pumped than the discovery of a new (or old) method for file sharing. It’s what we do. A reader of our blog, "Zig" being one of his favourite nicknames, came up with this article to enlighten us on this long-lost (but not forgotten) P2P protocol. Introducing Hotline - a thriving ‘underground’ peer-to-peer community of hard-core filesharers.
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The Newest Private Trackers - Posted Here
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Installing TorrentFlux on a Linux Server in WinXP/Vista
July 07, 2008 by sharky
Are TorrentFlux Seedbox reseller hosts getting you down? If you want total control over TorrentFlux and your torrents, you’ll need to purchase your own server and install TF yourself. In most cases, it’ll be cheaper anyways, and you’ll be free to share the cost with any number of users (think: resell accounts to your friends). This tutorial is aimed towards WinXP/Vista users who wish to run a TF seedbox through a Linux server. Knowledge of the Linux OS is not required.
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Two New Communities - P2PFreak and Torrent-Invites
July 06, 2008 by sharky
Can’t get enough of BitTorrent? Who can blame you! There’s a couple of brand-new Torrent communities in town to serve up the latest BitTorrent news, info and private tracker invitations.
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Dedibox, VPS and Seedbox Hosting Services & Reviews
July 05, 2008 by sharky
If you’ve already sampled some of the various Seedboxes with TorrentFlux services, you may have been a little disappointed (just read the user comments). Most of them will not grant you access to the Admin Panel, so you’re stuck using the settings that they provide (Seedboxhosting.com is one exception that does give users full access to TorrentFlux). But by and large, essentially it’s just a reseller-type scenario, so you’ll never know how many users you’ll be sharing the bandwidth with on the server. Customer service, transfer speeds, monthly bandwidth, frequency of server reboots, max number of allowable torrents — all of these factors vary greatly from one provider to the next.
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The Wipeout of Prominent Private Trackers
July 04, 2008 by sharky
What is going on with all these private trackers being offline? It seems like half of the private BitTorrent world is down.
As reported by TorrentFreak, Malaysian Government Orders Torrent Sites Shutdown - we’ve noticed some prominent (and very elite) trackers across the private BitTorrent scene have been affected by this mass closure. Big deal, you say? What’s a few torrent sites, anyways? Well, if you have an account at some of the these secretive & secure private trackers, you may be wondering why you can’t access them anymore. For instance, if you have PtN or FtN, we don’t need to reassure you that this IS a big deal.
So who else is affected by the shutdown? Both low and high-level trackers alike. These trackers listed below are confirmed to be related to the Malaysian crackdown:
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ImageShack Seedbox Leechbox Service is One Big Scam
July 04, 2008 by sharky
If you didn’t already know, 3 months ago ImageShack launched a new "seedbox" service (and we use the term ’seedbox’ very loosely - Leechbox would be a more apt description). Our initial thoughts were, "Wow, this may be a great stepping stone to get new users into the world of seedboxes". After some trial runs and a closer inspection, we regrettably conclude that this service will: 1. Make current seedbox users laugh hysterically at the inferiority (assuming you’ve gotten over the fact that your private tracker ratios are now worsened); and, 2. Make first-time seedbox users erroneously think that all seedboxes operate in this manner, causing them to head for the hills at the thought of obtaining a real seedbox.
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BitTorrent Hardware & Media Players
July 03, 2008 by sharky
Interested in the latest gadgetry for BitTorrent? Here’s a collection of hardware that supports the best filesharing protocol in the world. PC not required.
Price: $179
Popcorn Hour A100
http://www.popcornhour.com/onlinestore/
What is it? — A media player / streamer / torrent downloader.
Pros — MKV file support; FLAC audio support; HD video playback (1080p); plays virtually everything right out of the box (all major codecs); Component video & HDMI outputs. Firmware / middleware updated often.
Cons — Not easy to obtain - you’ll need to get onto a waiting list in order to purchase this baby. Also note that PopcornHour can only be used ‘wired’ (non Wi-Fi).
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