AnAnonymousEscape | 70 points | Jul 30 2016 09:38:37

[Guide]

This is either a guide if not then my setup of how i manage mega links and the stream of information that gets posted here,

In this thread ill be discussing about the tools you could use, as well as ways people can contribute to make this subreddit more active and basically increasing the amount of resources we as a community can provide for each other.

 

 

TOOLS

For Downloading i suggest using either

• Mipony

• JDownloader2

With both pieces of software, you will be able to

• Automatically place downloads into a downloads queue
• Setup a schedule from which it will start downloads and stop downloads
• Auto extraction of archives (With option to delete the original archived file)
• Ability to place packages of files into their respective folder (Useful for links with TV Shows)
• probably a thousand more things however, these features are just the ones that i use extensively

From ebol4anthr4x:

For linux command line only operating systems megatools will allow you to easily download megalinks using command lines like

megadl 'https://mega.nz/!F#opsmaiopsdmd19' 'https://mega.nz/!F#dso1qd1' 'https://mega.nz/...

 

 

SORTING

For Movies and TV Shows

• Filebot
• TheRenamer

These pieces of software are used when you want to

• Automatically match the shows season and episode number to episode title
• rename titles to specific formats, for example:

  dark.angel.301 --> Dark Angel - S03E01
  

  • Remove any title watermarks, for example:

    The Unit - 1x01 - First Responders | ITA DVDMux[colombo-bt.org] --> The Unit 1x01 - First Responders - Automatically assign a release year to a movie (Useful when you need to match Plex's naming criteria) - Match files with corresponding subtitles (Filebot only)

These tools arent 100% smooth however, and occasionally you will need to edit out multiple files manually just so Filebot or Therenamer will be able to use them, for this i use the tool MultiFileRenamer, which can be a little tedious to work with but still ages faster than renaming files manually one by one (bulk rename utility is also used by many). Also i know that for Filebot you're able to program it so that when it renames a movie it will put it into its own respective folder, but i'm kinda lazy to edit the code so instead i use Ember Media Manager which has a "Sort Files into Folders" that does exactly what i need.

 

 

MEDIA SERVERS

• Plex

Its arguably one of most extensively used home media software, and a personal choice for myself.

Features and Benefits:

• Compatible with almost every platform
• Free dedicated app for Desktops/Laptops & Consoles
• Supports TV Shows, Movies, Music (By support i mean it will automatically fetch and match Artwork, movie or TV show descriptions for each file)
• On the fly transcoding, in explanation:

  Device doesent support h265 playback?, well then plex will convert it into a format that the device can understand so it could be played
  

  • Ability to share media servers with other plex users and vice versa
  • Remote Streaming

Other Media Servers:

• Kodi
• UniversalMediaServer
• Emby

 

 

MEDIA PLAYERS

VLC

• Handles basically any media type

from JudasOpus:

Windows Media Player Classic

• Handles every common media type including h265
• Lightweight

Potplayer

• Easy to use interface
• smooth h265 playback
• Supports keyboard shortcuts

from VaporImitation

Foobar2000

• For audio files
• Support for ripping Audio CDs
• Easy customization

From jodorowsthesky:

SmoothVideo Project (SVP)

• Media player addon that specifically aims to provide smoother video playback
• Compatible with Windows Media Player Classic and also the native Windows Media Player

 

 

VPN'S

For vpns you generally want to make sure that they dont keep any logs and personal information is not required to sign up, For a really good list, i suggest checking torrentfreak's annual Anonymous VPN Providers report. The 2016 Edition can be found here

 

 

HOW TO HELP

Ways you could help

Content Archiving:

• Create Mega accounts, Import content into your own drive
• Share the link of your copy once the original goes down
• Does not require extensive upload speeds, if not none at all
• extends the up time of content
• Tools to Use: Jackie_is_Real suggests multcloud, and for myself, i use a combination of FakenameGenerator, Blur, and GetAirMail to quickly create and manage accounts

Share Content:

• Its greatly appreciated trust me.
• Directly benefits megalinks and all of its users
• If your upload speed is not the best, try uploading at least small sized content such as ebooks, or software
• If uploading is 100% not viable, share links from other sites (Be sure to import into your own drive first)

visit r/Megalinks

• i know, it doesent do anything for you, but theres a good chance that you know a place where the person could find the requested content, whether its hosted on mega or not, it would really make the posters day

 

 

Regarding H265

Seeing alot of questions about h265 i think its something thats worth mentioning. In essence its the next generation video format proceeding h264. It's primary feature is the High Quality to low file size ratio, this however means that it requires much more processing power in order to play the file. If VLC doesent work, rushabshah32 reccomends pot player, SMplayer or MXPlayer.

PotPlayer is the BEST imo (For windows) for linux i recommend SMPlayer. Android MXPlayer

-rushabshah32 (2016)

 

  Last Note

All the information i have posted here is just from my experience and what i know. I know there are tools or services that i have missed or dont know about, so please share what you know. This guide is meant for this whole community so sharing whatever you got would definitely aid others

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