Usenet can yes.. absolutely.. but likely only for the text groups.. for binary newsgroups you're going to have to pay and you'll need to do your research to find one that's (ideally) not a highwinds backed supplier as they automate DMCA takedowns.

you don't have to decode anything.. just throw it in here :

https://www.composerize.com

i think there are differences, but i don't know what.. infinity did post their encoding settings int he early releases but then said that they would be the same moving forward and stopped.. so i guess it's just a matter of comparing a rarbg release and an infinity

Who is in the running right now for it?

It's a discussion.. calm down.. It's also a very valid way to access selfhosted systems.

Strange, and apologies my suggestion didn't work for you.. I play everything through Kodi and i've not had any issues with their releases... I'd be interested to know if you've had problems with RARBG-X265 releases?

Enjoy, infinity seems to be the closest we have to rarbg quality / size for x265 at the moment.. although they took a small break which worried a few people :)

For those of you missing rarbg, infinity has encoded it and released it on torrentgalaxy.

Guardians.Of.The.Galaxy.Vol.3.2023.1080p.WEBRip.x265-INFINITY

It's a 128gb image. I've written it to an SSD and just plug it in to my usff pc and boot off it.

I found out about it from this video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxehAHC5WzM

Wow.. i remember 7th Guest and Myst.. i never had a PC powerful enough for myst and i was too young to really figure out how to play 7th guest...i do vaguely remember something about walking up some grand stair case in it though.. time to hit up gog and try it again :)

and now i've ordered the recoil pack.. this better not be like all my other hobbies and be forgotten in a month!

you either get invited by someone you know or you build your reputation on a different private tracker and gain access to their invite forum where BTN have an official invite thread.