hi all,

i have joined recently the world of the usenets but it looks like everything is dominated by the english with little to nothing to other languages

I am looking for a usenet server with good content of media in non-english, preferrably german, spanish or french (i am from europe)

can anybody suggest something for an usenet noob? it is not important if the content is behind a pay wall, but if the server needs invitation it would be good if a good samaritan can spare one :)

thanks in advance

    • Chewy@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      1·
      10 months ago

      I just wanted to say thank you for the german dual language guide! My usenet journey started only a few weeks ago and I’m really happy with how well it grabs german dl.

      And now I even found you here and got another indexer recommended :D

  • thisusernameistaken@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    2·
    11 months ago

    what you need is the indexer, usenet servers all exchange the same feed which means if something was never posted no one would have it. the usenet servers do not specialize in one particular thing.

  • privadesco@feddit.nlEnglish
    1·
    10 months ago

    In my humble experience, some indexers have been better for non-english content than others. Some notes I have been taking while reorganizing a library:

    • SceneNZBs is good for German new content and dual audio or subtitled content, but not as good for rare german movies as I was thinking (specially if you want high quality)
    • nzb.su has surprised me being the best indexer so far to have a wide scope of international content. Much better then the others. (I got into almost every single one except for Planet, Ninja, Dog and the 2 that don’t like to be known)
    • DrunkenSlug has some good quality content too, it came in second during this reorganization.
    • Miatrix (!) AltHub, abnzb, Finder and Noob sometimes have some old European and Asian content with good quality that I couldn’t find on DS. They shouldn’t be ignored for those searching for Sandinavian, Iberian, Italian, German, French and Eastern European content. Even Stars69 sometimes found stuff that the better known indexers didn’t. Try to have those as backup free tiers.

    Everybody keeps talking that dog and ninja are great for international content (alongside with su) but I didn’t test em due to lack of invitations (Ninja is opened today, don’t miss it!).

    If you are looking for more specialized (less mainstream) content, you shouldn’t regret .su

    • thelittleblackbird@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      3·
      10 months ago

      Hi all,

      thanks for all the tips and recommendations you shared. I just opened my account on ninja and looks good for the german content. but not up to the expectations for the rest of the languages.

      During my search i found that usenetHD.li is considered the best indexers for spanish/latino languages but no way to test it becuase an invitation is mandatory to get in. bad luck.

      I will check all the options and i will report it back what i find.

      in any case thanks for the help

      • privadesco@feddit.nlEnglish
        2·
        10 months ago

        Thanks for sharing the existence of a Spanish language indexer! I am having a hard time with Spanish content, specially when looking for quality, even for well known Spanish Directors. I often found newseros stuff in some of the indexers I mentioned but that was all, and I know better releases for the same stuff exists, just not inside the indexers I’ve searched (and I searched in sooo many!) or maybe not inside Usenet. Same for some Belgian content.

        usenetHD.li has no API, am I right? If so, every search has to be done inside the site (forum). In the other hand, when leaving automation aside, the place could have a nice forum.

        Maybe if you answer their invite tweet you could be lucky, somebody was answered in 2022. (Pidelo hablando castellano, claro). Else, they seem closed for a long long time.

        If you manage to get in, let me know! Even if it has no API, I would love to have a source for Iberian and Latin-American content at Usenet, as until now this area was the weak spot of my searches. I wont tweet them because I don’t use twitter. For now, lemmy became the last “social” place I still find myself logging in.