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SUTLAJ (2026) movie got removed from Zee5 but a "Good Samaritan" saved us

Context -

The biographical film Satluj (formerly titled Punjab '95 and Ghallughara) was abruptly pulled from ZEE5 India just 48 hours after its premiere. The removal was driven by political sensitivities surrounding its subject matter—the real-life story of Sikh activist Jaswant Singh Khalra, who exposed state-sanctioned extrajudicial killings in 1990s Punjab.

Banned in India but not banned on the internet ❤️.

Someone uploaded the movie on 1337x. Hail internet freedom.

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u/AncientWin3866 — 7 hours ago
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How to troubleshoot "expected value (list, dict, int or string) in bencoded string" in qBittorrent?

I am experiencing a persistent tracker error in qBittorrent (v5.2.2) and am looking for advice on how to troubleshoot it.

The Error: [Not working] expected value (list, dict, int or string) in bencoded string

Context:

  • My client is successfully communicating with peers via DHT, PeX, and LSD, but the specific tracker URL is returning the error above.
  • I have confirmed that my network connection is stable and other traffic is unaffected.
  • I am looking for advice on whether this is typically a client-side configuration issue, a cache/database issue within the software, or if there is a way to force a refresh of the tracker data that clears this specific error.

Any advice on where to look in the logs or which settings might influence how the client parses tracker responses would be appreciated.

u/wa1ting4ever — 16 hours ago

What proper VPN/Software do I use to torrent without alerting my internet provider?

Hello. So I’ve downloaded anime for some time from lesser known websites without issue but for sites like 1337, Pirate Bay and the like what can I use so that when I torrent all is done safely without alerting anyone especially my internet provider so I don’t lose my service? I use Norton for security. Thank you in advance

u/Unlucky-Cell-2787 — 1 day ago

Real debrid or alternatives

I have seen a lot of comments about using seedbox and such.

A few years ago I would use real debrid. Honestly I thought it was great. I was able to set up downloads to run which at work.

Is it still safe to use?

Also does it have an API? I am building a server and I'd want to try link it together so it's easier to transfer the files from debrid to the server.

Would you still recommend a VPN for it? Im currently only using protonVPN (free) at the moment and not actively torrenting anything yet.

Thank you all in advance.

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u/liamf91 — 1 day ago

New to torrents streaming here, are these file size accurate to data consumption?

So I've been a http user, and because the http source is disappear and just vanishing. That's why I'm trying to look out on torrents. I choose the 2gb 1080p. And wow! The quality difference between http streaming is noticeable!

But i notice that there are other torrent stream that has a huge file size like 10gb, 20gb, and 50gb (although it's 1080p). And I'm curious as a cellular data user, does the file size of torrents will be accurate as my data consumption? As example, i choose the 2gb stream, and my data consumption will be 2gb at the end of the stream?

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u/_yampp — 1 day ago

At&t caught me lol

Got an email today stating some record company or studio found i had downloaded some show. No issues yet from it but imma be more careful and figure out some safer ways to download (and seed in the future)

Anyone have suggestions on better VPNs that I can bind with qbittorent and sites to download media? Also the best player for it all? Ive been using PLEX and a Nvidia Sheild Pro to stream it and idk if thats the best or not

Ive got an 18tb hdd that I wanna fill and a bunch more hdds in the future, so also give some show or movie suggestions too (anime as well)

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u/Existing_Room_2931 — 3 days ago
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Sources to find pay walled r34 content.

I know I'm outing myself as a degenerate here, but I've seen porn related piracy questions on here before, so I hopefully won't get instabanned.

I'm hoping someone can direct me to a source where I can find r34 content that's locked behind a patreon or other type of paywall. Whenever I see porn trackers brought up, it's mostly related to finding more traditional big studio stuff. I haven't been able to find any sources where someone can get paywalled r34 content.

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u/hamletdamanlet — 3 days ago

Accidentally seeded without VPN

Yesterday I accidentally seeded some movies without my VPN on. I didnt realize I didnt click out of the qbit. My husband recieved an email from our ISP yesterday for one movie. When i checked the site "I know what you've downloaded" or whatever it is, it looked like a few movies were seeded. The qbit was open for about 12 hours maybe more without a VPN. Soo how in trouble will I be? Im in the US

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u/Round_Future1318 — 3 days ago

Silo Season 3 torrents

Hi, season 3 episode 1 of silo season 3 drops today and I’m excited! Does anyone know how fast an episode dropped on streaming like apple tv, gets available to download? I usually use ext, rarbg, and Piratebay. If you guys have any recommendations of other sites that are public and quick to upload new episodes of tv shows, it would be greatly appreciated! Ty ahead :)

Also, I dont expect a yes but if you guys have an invite to a private tracker for me I would be over the moon, just throwing it out there haha. I can seed 24/7 :)

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u/samuel1711 — 3 days ago

New again to this

How does torrenting work now? I used to download a lot back in 2014. Opened that laptop and saw I had utorrents, it was pretty easy back then just wondering how much it has changed in the last 10+years?

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u/lisaalilyy — 3 days ago
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Can anyone recommend more sites like these?

Been using these for a while and they've been pretty solid:

Was wondering if there are any other sites in the same sort of niche that I'm missing.

I'm mainly after smaller blogs or community-run sites that have a good mix of movies and TV shows. I’m looking for older stuff, foreign films, cult classics, remuxes, encodes, hard-to-find releases, and mainstream stuff too.

If you've got any favorites, I'd love to check them out.

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u/DeliveryHead4473 — 4 days ago
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I want to torrent on my t480 on linux what program do you recommend? I also need a vpn, what would you recommend?

need help or suggestions on what program to use that’s free?

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u/Emergency-Wolf-1193 — 3 days ago

CGNAT and no ipv6 vs private trackers

Hello,

My ISP put me behind cgnat and i have only ipv4. I sometimes use vpn for torrentimg but it doesnt have port forwarding.

Public trackers are completly fine. I am able to leech and seed with decent speeds (both noVPN AMD VPN)

I recently joined ITAtorrents and there i am unable to both leech and seed with a "port forwarding disabled" error.

Is there anything i can do about it?

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u/Glittering-Ad8503 — 3 days ago

Can anyone recommend the best place to find FLAC filed?

Either that or does anyone know a good way to convert MP3 to FLAC?

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u/tweek182 — 4 days ago

Question about Transmission for Mac

Can anyone explain why none of the versions after 4.03 work?

All newer releases after 4.03 are fundamentally broken and they all are doing weird things. The latest version that came out yesterday only lets you download from a peer when a previous download is complete.

Making torrents run sequentially versus at the same time. Severely slowing down download speed.

Other versions just stright up refuse to download from peers even though it's connected.

Like, wtf is happening with the development team here. I always revert back to 4.03 and everything is working again.

But given in the next MacOS update, all legacy code is being removed. Will transmission be dead in the water?

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u/heroism777 — 3 days ago

How to stay safe?

Used to be a Pirate Bay/Utorrent enjoyer back in the day and tried the same combo as of recent only to get a warning from my ISP

Things have changed I guess, is there a safe way to do this nowadays? How do I prevent my ISP from knowing and is Pirate Bay still safe?

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u/Frosty_Cod_Sandwich — 5 days ago
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How Do I Maximize Upload Speed?

I just got a VPN and am able to upload to torrents, and I want to share a lot of my upload speed. I have about 30MB/s down and up but I'm only able to get 30 MB/s down and an average around 1-4 MB/s up on m qBittorent. I would like at least 15 MB/s up on average normally.

I am using Proton VPN and am on P2P with port forwarding and it binded to the client. I also have the connection limits raised to 1500 global max and 500 max per torrent. There is no limit on upload speed set.

I have around 1200 connected peers across 6+ torrents and a bunch of other small ones with nobody. Some have 400 peers with 200KB/s up and some have 40 peers with 10KB/s up. I also just updated to the newest qBittorent version.

I'm stumped, any ideas?

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u/Decent_Ad_8000 — 4 days ago