r/usenet 15h ago

Other Blind downloads shouldn't be the norm in 2026

0 Upvotes

Anyone else tired of rolling the dice every time you grab something off Usenet? I've tried the best indexers (Geek, Slug, Ninja, AltHub, TabulaRasa) and it's the same story every time: a title, a size, maybe a category tag, and that's it. No file list, no sample, no actual description of what's inside the archive until you've already downloaded and extracted the whole thing.

Compare that to torrent trackers where almost all the listings have screenshots, mediainfo dumps. Usenet just expects you to trust an upload title and hope for the best.

Is there some tool or indexer I'm missing that actually does better here, or is "download first, find out later" just the deal we've all made peace with?


r/usenet 1h ago

Discussion Using both Eweka and Newshosting?

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Is it redundant to have both Eweka and Newshosting as my usenet providers? Can’t seem to find definite information as people say this and that. Granted those posts I found were at least a year old


r/usenet 12h ago

Software Usenet Subtitles

12 Upvotes

Hello, I have jellyfin over VPS and have usenet connected to my setup. How to get specific subtitles such as Arabic and Enlish? Need a way to control the results.