## Networking

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### P2P Networks

* [eDonkey network](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EDonkey_network) a decentralized, mostly server-based, peer-to-peer file-sharing network
* [Gnutella](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnutella) P2P network behind the popular LimeWire file sharing app
* [FastTrack](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FastTrack) Protocol used by the Kazaa, Grokster, iMesh, and Morpheus file-sharing programs
* [Napster](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napster) Peer-to-peer file sharing Internet service that emphasized sharing digital audio files, typically audio songs, encoded in MP3 format.
* [Peer-to-peer file sharing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peer-to-peer_file_sharing) Detailed Wikipedia page about file sharing
* [IPFS - Distributed Web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InterPlanetary_File_System) Peer-to-peer distributed file system that seeks to connect all computing devices with the same system of files
* [Kad](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kad_network) The Kad network is a peer-to-peer (P2P) network that implements the Kademlia P2P overlay protocol.

### Ripping, Transcoding, Converting, Encoding

* [Handbrake](https://handbrake.fr/) ![:star2:](/static/twemoji/1f31f.png) HandBrake is a tool for converting video from nearly any format to a selection of modern, widely supported codecs.
* [MakeMKV](http://www.makemkv.com/) MakeMKV is your one-click solution to convert video that you own into a free and patents-unencumbered format that can be played everywhere.
* [ffmpeg](https://ffmpeg.org/) A complete, cross-platform solution to record, convert and stream audio and video.
* [sickbeard_mp4_automator](https://github.com/mdhiggins/sickbeard_mp4_automator) Automatically convert video files to a standardized mp4 format with proper metadata tagging to create a beautiful and uniform media library
* [Automatic Ripping Machine](https://b3n.org/automatic-ripping-machine/) The A.R.M. (Automatic Ripping Machine) detects the insertion of an optical disc, identifies the type of media and autonomously performs the appropriate action
* [DVD Decrypter](http://dvddecrypter.org.uk/) The original unofficial DVD Decrypter mirror since June 7th, 2005.
* [DVDFab](https://www.dvdfab.cn/) DVD ripping tool
* [The Encoding Guide](https://encoding-guide.neocities.org/) ![:star2:](/static/twemoji/1f31f.png) In-depth guide on encoding video

### Cloud Storage

* [google-drive-ocamlfuse](https://github.com/astrada/google-drive-ocamlfuse) FUSE filesystem over Google Drive
* [rclone](https://rclone.org/) ![:star2:](/static/twemoji/1f31f.png) "rsync for cloud storage"
* [plexdrive](https://github.com/dweidenfeld/plexdrive) mounts your Google Drive FUSE filesystem (optimized for media playback)
* [/r/PlexACD](https://www.reddit.com/r/PlexACD/) Discussion about unlimited cloud storage for Plex libraries
* [rclone-gdrive](https://bytesized-hosting.com/pages/rclone-gdrive) Wiki page on setting up Google Drive with rclone cache and crypt
* [Connect Your Plex Server To Your Google Drive](https://bytesized-hosting.com/pages/plexdrive) This tutorial will help you connect your Google Drive to your Plex server using Plexdrive.
* [RcloneBrowser](https://martins.ninja/RcloneBrowser/) Simple cross-platform GUI for rclone
* [UDS](https://github.com/stewartmcgown/uds) Unlimited Drive Storage. Store files in Google Docs without counting against your quota.
* [Comparison of file hosting services](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_file_hosting_services) This is a comparison of file hosting services that are currently active.
* [Cloud storage table](https://nafanz.github.io/cloudstorage.html) Regularly updated table of information about top cloud storage providers.

### File Renaming and Tagging

* [FileBot](https://www.filebot.net/) ![:star2:](/static/twemoji/1f31f.png) the ultimate tool for organizing and renaming your Movies, TV Shows and Anime as well as fetching subtitles and artwork. It's smart and just works.
* [filebot-node](https://github.com/filebot/filebot-node) a client-server application that'll allow you to run filebot commands
* [docker-filebot](https://github.com/coppit/docker-filebot) A Docker container for FileBot
* [MediaMonkey](https://www.mediamonkey.com/) Manage a movie/music library from 100 to 100,000+ audio/video files and playlists
* [MP3TAG](https://www.mp3tag.de/en/) Mp3tag is a powerful and easy-to-use tool to edit metadata of audio files.
* [Picard](https://picard.musicbrainz.org/) Picard is a cross-platform music tagger written in Python.
* [Beets](https://github.com/beetbox/beets) beets is a music library manager
* [Metatogger](https://www.luminescence-software.org/en/metatogger.html) Metatogger is the new generation of tag editor allowing you to rename, tag and easily sort your audio files.
* [MediaInfo](https://mediaarea.net/en/MediaInfo) MediaInfo is a convenient unified display of the most relevant technical and tag data for video and audio files.
* [iFlicks2](https://iflicksapp.com/) Useful for adding metadata to movies and TV shows
* [MediaElch](https://www.kvibes.de/mediaelch/) Media manager for Kodi. Metadata & artwork retrieval, as well as renaming.
* [/r/datacurator](https://www.reddit.com/r/datacurator/) Subreddit for discussion about the curation of digital data. Be it sorting, file formats, file encoding, best practices, discussion of your setup, tips, and tricks, asking for help, etc.