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Different Way to Search for Games #336

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@Masong19hippows

Sonarr/Radarr are able to use indexers with movies/shows because the consequences for getting the wrong movie or show is relatively low. However, with gaming being actual executable files that you are trusting, the consequences for getting a malicious file are high. I feel like because of this, it doesn't make sense to use indexers in the traditional sense. There is just too high of a risk to get a virus.

I just wanted to reach out and suggest an alternative. Hydra Launcher is a game launcher that has automatic downloads similar to questarr. They have a system where instead of relying on indexers, they rely on user defined lists form where to look for to match games with torrent links. Websites like this exist now where they provide a constant url for trusted sites where you can map games to their respective magnet link. For example, this link maps all fitgirl downloads with a magnet link.

Incorporating something like this into questarr would alleviate the risk of downloading a virus. If this isn't a possibility, then I would suggest some sort of filter for the indexers. For example, at https://1337x.to/user/FitGirl/, you can see all of fitgirls repacks so that you wont have to walk the site blindly and trust some random person.

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