I’m wondering why it sometimes takes so long to find releases of shows that just aired. I feel like I used to get them really quick for popular shows, but it’s been a while since I’ve had a show I try to get right away.

I have a number of sources I use, both private (IPT and TL) and public, but they all seem to get new shows around the same time. Recently I’ve been trying to get Jeopardy Masters, but it doesn’t seem to show up until some time after midnight, and all the releases seem to show up around the same time.

Am I missing a key way to get releases earlier?

  • Nollij@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    4 hours ago

    “Scene” releases are always the fastest. They do not directly travel by torrent, although they are commonly uploaded to various trackers. You can watch one of the PreDB sites to see when one gets released (finding the content itself is up to you). Their native format is split RAR, but most trackers will have them unRAR’d.

    Private trackers tend to prefer P2P release groups. Common ones are NTb, FLUX, and especially on one tracker, Kitsune. These are always slower than scene, but advocates will say the quality is higher.

    Side note: it looks like recent episodes of that show were released by EDITH in 720p around 5am EDT. I don’t see any 1080p releases for this season. So either it’s only available in 720 or it’s not a very popular show.

    • JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.caOPEnglish
      1·
      52 minutes ago

      Thanks, this is exactly what I was wondering about. And yeah, the Edith ones coming out at 5am Eastern is exactly what I’ve been seeing.

      I know jeopardy masters isn’t super popular but the consistency of the release timing and how late it was had me wondering how it worked.

      The funny thing is that regular (syndicated) episodes of jeopardy (not the Masters primetime special) often start showing up on YouTube up to 8 hours before airing in the US and Canada.