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How do you go about finding specific items when it's prohibited to even ask? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 4 days ago by Elarionus@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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I've been on 1337x, ABC, torrentquest, eztvx, msearch, and pretty much all of the other sites on the megathread, both for "greatest treasures" (the general purpose section) and the movies & TV section specifically. Yet, the show that my wife and I want to watch is nowhere to be found in any of these. We're confused why, as it's not exactly an unpopular show.

Despite it not seeming to exist in a torrent format anywhere, among many other shows, it is forbidden both here and elsewhere to ask for help on finding a specific title. I was just hoping to learn the reasoning why. Is it just because the forum would be flooded with people asking for titles instead of taking the time to dig through the resources? What are people supposed to do when they do dig through the resources then?

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[-] ElectricAirship@lemmy.dbzer0.com 60 points 4 days ago

If you use qbittorrent, they have a search function built in so you don't have to manually search every site. I have found many shows that were impossible to find on sites because they have odd names.

[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 10 points 3 days ago

Oh my fucking god, I've been using qbit and never went beyond setting up the barebones basic. Thanks a lot for talking about this feature!

For anyone interested, it's in the View menu -> Search Engine (should be 5th option). It'll ask to install Python if you don't have it already.

After that, you should see a new tab on the upper left: Transfers / Search. On the bottom right, click the "Search plugins" to let it download/install some. Presto!