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SickGear is a blend of SickRage and SickBeard. The developers previously worked on SickRage but split to work on their own fork. SickGear works just like SickRage and SickBeard – create a watchlist of TV shows and SickGear will help download them from torrents or usenet automatically on your home … I'm curious
NZBGet – the lightweight usenet downloader – enjoys regular updates from its developer hugbug. Usually you have to build NZBGet from source but thanks to Mike and his repo that is no longer necessary. He has precompiled packages on his PPA so you will have NZGet up and running in … I'm curious
CouchPotato is your automatic feature length video downloader from usenet or torrents. You add content you want to see to a watchlist and CouchPotato will automatically search for them and download them through your usenet downloader or torrent client. It will even rename and sort the videos for you so … I'm curious
A Reverse proxy is a cool way to remotely access your media server's web interfaces. When you are done with this guide you will be able to use your free dynamic DNS address (Mac Afraid DNS Guide) like htpcguides.crabdance.com/couchpotato instead of htpcguides.crabdance.com:5050. This means fewer open ports on … I'm curious
Reverse proxies are a safe, convenient way to remotely access your services from any computer or device. You can manage Sonarr (NzbDrone) while you're at your friend's house if s/he tells you about a cool show that you want to start seeing, you can add it right away. To get … I'm curious
A reverse proxy is a secure method of remotely accessing services on your home media server. Using nginx on any Linux based system (Ubuntu, Debian, Raspbian) you can access SickRage without having to remember the port number inside your home network. With a free dynamic dns address (Linux, … I'm curious
Usenet vs torrents, which is better? It is a continued debate online and something which is worth examining in some detail to get a proper answer. I thought it would be a good idea to explain how torrent and usenet services work so you can judge the merits of each … I'm curious