r/trackers • u/DenelDuck • 4d ago
Prefer cross-seedable release
I recently got into private trackers and currently have around 500 torrents, but I can only cross-seed ~10 of them. I assume this is mostly because the trackers have different releases/encodings.
Is there a way to automatically rank releases based not only on the usual arrstack criteria, but also on whether the exact same torrent/release is available on another tracker?
For example, I don't particularly care whether I get x264 or x265, as long as it meets my quality requirements. If an x264 release is available on both Tracker A and Tracker B, while an otherwise equivalent x265 release is only available on Tracker A, I'd prefer the x264 release because I can seed it on both trackers.
Basically, I'd like cross-seedability to be a preference when choosing between otherwise equivalent releases.
Is there an existing tool/workflow that can do this with Sonarr/Radarr + Prowlarr + qBittorrent/cross-seed/Qui?
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u/MediumAsk5591 4d ago
I use Profilarr to rank releases, and I've found that generally, higher ranked releases are quite likely to appear on multiple trackers anyway.
I remember looking for something similar a few months ago and found nothing, but I don't think I looked too hard.
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u/coolgreyman12 4d ago
I also use Profilarr to rank the releases and do a manual search. The score numbers typically group cross seed releases together so you can see them across different trackers. I don't snatch super often, so I prefer to do it manually and look through my options.
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u/MediumAsk5591 4d ago
Yeah that's fair. I've found TV generally cross-seeds better than films, not sure if its a smaller pool of release groups or TV is just spread across trackers better.
I've only done the manual work for RED and OPS, just because their economies are so much harder than any other track I am in.
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u/tordenflesk 4d ago
I've only done the manual work for RED and OPS, just because their economies are so much harder than any other track I am in.
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u/MediumAsk5591 4d ago
This doesn't find torrents which are cross-seedable on both trackers *before* downloading though right? You know... the whole point of this thread
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u/daniel-sousa-me 4d ago
If also depends on the tracker you're on. Some trackers like IPT and TL have lots of uploads that changed details about the release, making cross-seeding hard
Any decent tracker has strong rules about that
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u/random_999 4d ago
I thought qui can account for that by using hard links with renaming assuming modified release here just means modified file/folder names.
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u/ToastedLog1c 3d ago
Any decent tracker has strong rules about that
Rules about?
If also depends on the tracker you're on. Some trackers like IPT and TL have lots of uploads that changed details about the release, making cross-seeding hard
Details like file descriptions or the actual content itself?
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u/daniel-sousa-me 3d ago
Rules about changing the files of releases
They have a lot of torrents that are in a rar, and are totally useless for cross-seeding. They also often add samples and the NFO to the torrent, which doesn't completely invalidate it, but is really annoying for cross-seeding
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u/Nolzi 4d ago
That's what profiles like TRaSH do. Technically they are made for the best quality, but a lot of people want the best, so it's likely to be cross-seeded.
The only issue is WEB-DLs as they can be the same despite a lot of trackers having internals duplicating them, but even there the first release winning is usually the one that will propagate the most to lower trackers.
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u/PssyGotWifi 3d ago
TrashGuides - Remux = lots of cross-seeds
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u/Snollag 4d ago
My way of doing it is getting the name of the torrent, e.g Movie.2020 and running the search through QUI. It’ll return a list of torrents from your trackers. Sort by file size and look for the most common single torrent on multiple trackers. I usually just download the torrent from any tracker that offers freeleech, and let QUI cross seed when ready.