Nyarlathotep

Nyarlathotep , 3 months ago

I use this too. It's a good extension but I noticed these issues.

• It will black out your stream and say "hiding ads" instead of actually blocking the ads and letting the stream play continuously.
• It does not support raids

I still use it regularly.

Nyarlathotep , 9 months ago

Good summary, that will help a lot of people.

I think it is worth pointing out to those that don't know that automation via the *arr apps is optional. Sure, it's great, but it's not like you need to learn that whole toolchain right away. With a good indexer, a good server, and a good download app you can get going really easily. You're just doing manual searches and clicking to download nzb files.

I have also found that having more than one indexer helps. Part of the trick is finding a few that complement each other--and then getting an invitation to register. Everyone has their own opinion on what combos are good.

Nyarlathotep , 9 months ago

I will give you a quick overview of what I have found. No invitations are needed for the indexers I use. AFAIK we can name names here, right?

NZBPlanet has been good for me, and I bought lifetime there years ago. However, as time went on I noticed some holes in their coverage--mainly for older stuff. I still use it as my primary, though. I am not sure if they still sell the lifetime tier, but registration is open so you can take a look. I am not sure what the free tier gets you though, it isn't listed in their tiers page. If you are interested primarily in current stuff, I feel like the lifetime membership still ain't bad. Registration appears to be open.

I found that DrunkenSlug filled in a lot of the gaps that I found on NZBPlanet. I liked it enough that I recently bought a year. The free tier at 5 downloads per day is not generous, but it can definitely help if you are in a jam. They also have open registration, at least right now.

ABNZB is also in my rotation, but only at the free tier, which is also 5 downloads. (I think I am a "legacy" free member with 25 downloads.) My impression is that its coverage is similar to NZBPlanet but once in a while it helps me find something that I don't find at Planet or Slug.

Lastly, the totally free and primitive looking binsearch.info is worth a bookmark as a site of last resort. It's bailed me out before.

If I was starting over from scratch I might do Slug instead of Planet.

We're all looking for different stuff and it's hard to be definitive about coverage, but these are my impressions.

For a server I have been very happy with Eweka. I don't even have a block account elsewhere for fills. Once in a blue moon there is something I can't get at all, I just roll with it. I already have more Linux ISOs than I can use. :)