tag:support.tvshowsapp.com,2011-10-12:/discussions/questions/230-where-are-the-sourcesTVShows: Discussion 2012-08-13T06:59:13Ztag:support.tvshowsapp.com,2011-10-12:Comment/179790442012-08-13T02:40:07Z2012-08-13T02:40:08ZWhere are the sources?<div><p>I saw that EZTV was referenced for a particular TV show but is
this the source that's used for all downloads? It would be nice if
users could feel a bit safer and know where these things are coming
from. Can't find any documentation on this.</p></div>Steve Ohtag:support.tvshowsapp.com,2011-10-12:Comment/179790442012-08-13T06:59:12Z2012-08-13T06:59:12ZWhere are the sources?<div><p>Hi Steve,</p>
<p>We use the main release groups as our sources: EZTV, TVTeam,
VTV, sceneline, scenebalance... TVShows downloads the episodes from
The Pirate Bay, but only these users' releases (we prioritize one
over the others individually for each show, with factors like
seeds, their regularity for that show, etc.), so as long as you
don't check the "additional sources" option in TVShows preferences,
you are safe.</p>
<p>The "additional sources" option is for people that want the
episode no matter what (sometimes our trusted sources don't publish
it), with it checked, when the episode isn't available from our
trusted sources, TVShows performs a search in Torrentz (a search
engine for torrents) and downloads anything available there. There
is no user check, so sometimes this can lead to bogus files. That's
why the option is disabled by default.</p>
<p>If you want to check which TPB user is the source for a
particular show, you can click "Edit" once you're in the show's
window, then you will see the feed URL at the top, the last
characters are the main TPB user, if you copy that URL and paste it
into a browser you will see all available episodes and the user who
has published each one. Please click "Cancel" to close that window,
if you click "Save" you will be converting that show in a custom
show (you will see a gear icon over the show image), then if we
make changes to the feed your subscription won't be updated.</p></div>Cristina Gómez