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Well since nobody can name a tracker with any AV1 content, I will for anyone finding this post in the future.

As mentioned in the OP, LST.gg has an uploader, KIMJI, who encodes western cartoons, TV, and movies in 1080p AV1. I personally love the quality and file size of his encodes. There's some other AV1 content there as well. Several WhiskeyJack encodes have been uploaded, although I don't know where they originate.

I really wish I knew where to find anime in AV1 still.

I love KIMJI encodes.

Yea I've heard that grain synthesis can be tough to get right with AV1. I've seen people (that know much more than me) talk about ways to make it better though.

I think Av1an gets better results.

I do think that's why people like it more for cartoons and anime.

Any release groups you see consistently?

I'm well aware of the tradeoffs. Besides, encodes of remuxes and full disks can easily be better quality than web-dls, and with av1 or HEVC can be smaller file size too.

Mostly I use custom launchers because I don't like the Google News feed and the general UI layout of the stock launcher. KISS launcher has been perfect for me.

How would you get through the install though? Are there any simple solutions without any graphics output?

What if I've never built a headless system and am afraid of not having easy access to a GUI?

MAM is a private torrent tracker with tons of ebooks. They definitely have a lot of magazines, but maybe not the most expansive collection around. They do interviews to join regularly.

EVERYTHING

That link just takes me to a kbin login page.