pcjones
Usenet providers:
Ewaka is the go to provider, however they are based in the netherlands so your speed may vary. An alternative would be frugal usenet as they also do have a US based server, but Ewakas retention is way better. If you use SABnzbd as downloader you could even add both frugal and ewaka with the same priority if you can’t max out your speed with one. Maybe you can try ewaka for 1 month first and see if it’s good enough for you.
Special links that lead to the cheapest offers:
I saw that you mentioned giganews, however based on a quick search I saw that they seem to have a really bad reputation nowadays
Usenet Indexers:
I can’t tell you anything about nzbplanet as I never used it, but nzbGeek is a good start. You’ll need a paid membership for every indexer though, a free membership won’t allow for *arr automatisation.
https://ninjacentral.co.za/ just opened registrations yesterday, they are also quite good.
https://drunkenslug.com is great indexer, however registrations are closed at the moment - you can easily find an invite though if you lurk around here.
I already responded to you on reddit, but for Usenet you really don’t need a VPN, only for torrents. I also told you to just use Radarr, Sonarr, Prowlarr and SABnzbd but since you also want something to play the items definitely keep Jellyfin. I also recommend to keep Jellyseerr as it’s a great way to request and find new movies and shows.
I’ll paste my original response from reddit here just in case someone else is looking for the same thing:
Assuming you want to fully automate it by using Sonarr and Radarr you can use my fork of docker-media-center which has SabnZBD for Usenet downloads:
https://github.com/PCJones/docker-media-center
Sadly I haven’t got the time yet to update the documentation but if you know docker you should be able to figure it out, if not I’ll gladly help.
You’ll want to remove all services you don’t want from the docker compose file (so for a simple Usenet Setup you’ll only want Radarr, Sonarr, Prowlarr, SabnZBD).
Important stuff missing from the documentation:
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the git clone link in the documentation is still pointing to the original repository, make sure to clone mine
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at some point docker will tell you that it can’t find the network
globalorlocal(one of these, I forgot which. But it’ll tell you) When that happens all you have to do is executedocker network create global(or local) -
after starting all services (especially SabnZBD) you’ll need to execute the file
set_sabnzbd_hostname.shonce and then restart the SabnZBD container. -
In the sabnZBD Folder settings you’ll need to set the temp folder to
data/temp(it doesn’t have to be temp, you can chose another name). -
In the sabnZBD Folder settings you’ll need to set the completed download folder to
data/downloads -
In the sabnZBD Categories settings you’ll need to set the Folder/Path to
data/downloads/radarrfor movies and todata/downloads/sonarrfor TV and anime -
you’ll have to add sabnZBD as download client in both Radarr and Sonarr. Just use
sabnzbdas hostname
Once set up and configured it works like a charm.
And again, if you need assistance just let me know and I’ll help
If you are looking for German (or German + English dual language) content it can be very hard to find stuff on public torrent trackers and it’s pretty hard to get onto private German trackers - but don’t worry, there is a solution:
Usenet and the indexer sceneNZBs.com that specialises in German releases have got you covered!
If you want to automate the search for German Dual Language content using Radarr/Sonarr I made a guide (that also works for torrents too): https://github.com/PCJones/radarr-sonarr-german-dual-language