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Saving movies to disk doesn't make much sense. The files are huge, and rewatching is not that common. BitTorrent is great for music, sadly we lost what.cd to la

by blt 9y ago

Saving movies to disk doesn't make much sense. The files are huge, and rewatching is not that common. BitTorrent is great for music, sadly we lost what.cd to law enforcement.

AznHisoka 9y ago
The majority of people use Bittorrent to download movies/shows to watch once, and only once.
- usrusr 9y ago
  From what I overhear from discussions between download enthusiasts, a large fraction will even remain unwatched, just feeding a collector habit.
  - cortesoft 9y ago
    I mean it kinda makes sense; when you decide you want to watch a movie, you want to have multiple movies you haven't watched to choose from. This kinda requires that you download a lot of movies that you don't watch.
dharmab 9y ago
The major BitTorrent clients have an option to prioritize files pieces in-order, which works well for streaming with a player such as VLC or MPV.
ryanlol 9y ago
>sadly we lost what.cd to law enforcement Not really. The admins called it quits because they didn't feel like continuing.
sotojuan 9y ago
Saving movies to disk makes a lot of sense - I like not having to rely on either a big company's services or library nor some sketchy, slow illegal streaming site. Not to mention a vast number of movies are not available for streaming illegally or legally in a convenient way. If I download a movie I know it will always be available and work 100% of the time regardless of internet connection or money. If I delete it after watching, BitTorrent gives me a similar guarantee provided I can be online.
- djsumdog 9y ago
  I don't use streaming, and it's interesting how when I go to someone else's house, I'll be like "It should be on Netflix" and it's not .. but it was a few years ago. I recently met up with an old roommate who still keeps a NAS with TV shows and movies and he had tons and tons of stuff on there that you simply can't find anywhere. Lot's of old kids shows for his daughter, old stuff that you could only get on MySpleen. With everyone moving to streaming and not having the wall of DVDs/BluRays/VHS tapes, we have lost something, but stuff isn't on streaming forever. Things rotate out, and fewer people are actually buying media. Even with eBooks, you're paying for a license to see that media for a limited use.
fwdpropaganda 9y ago
I have 500 GB of disk and am barely using 100 GB. Files are huge compared to what? 1-2 GB seems tiny to me.
- jsheard 9y ago
  1-2GB doesn't cut it for a movie in the HD era. These days you're generally looking at 5-6GB for a passable 1080p rip, 8-10GB for close to Bluray quality, or as much as 50GB for 4K/HDR.
  - fwdpropaganda 9y ago
    I know I'm not alone because the top seed for each title on the pirate bay is almost always either the 700mb or the 1-2GB version.
    - AznHisoka 9y ago
      You're not alone. I intentionally download the 2nd highest quality file because I don't want to waste time downloading a humongous file that might actually slow down my PC when watching.
    - gsich 9y ago
      Yes, but the quality of those releases is utter crap. Bitrate massacre deluxe. Maybe you can save some dignity of the movie by using x265.
    - suckerburg 9y ago
      Yep low bitrate x265 movies, I saw some recent animated movies for about 250mb in 720p. Most live action TV show episodes are that size too.
gruez 9y ago
>Saving movies to disk doesn't make much sense. The files are huge, and rewatching is not that common. still, you can get much better quality (bitrate, not resolution) via torrents, which is why i don't use streaming sites.
some-guy 9y ago
what.cd has a spiritual successor that is fairly close to its former glory (redacted.ch)
- dtx1 9y ago
  you don't happen to have an invite for that?
  - ZenoArrow 9y ago
    https://interviewfor.red/en/starting.html https://interviewfor.red/en/starting.html
megaman22 9y ago
I don't see a ton of point in bittorrent for anything smaller than a movie file or Linux live-cd, at this point. I've got 250 mpbs down, and while I only ever get that much bandwidth from the speed-test sites, anything that is in the tens to low hundreds of megabytes downloads in seconds. It's a far cry from the early days, when you'd start downloading an album of compressed mp3s on LimeWire, and hours later realize you got some pieces corrupted and they wouldn't play.
floatboth 9y ago
I like having a personal archive. I even download most of the YouTube videos I watch to make sure they're not lost forever.

by blt 9y ago

Saving movies to disk doesn't make much sense. The files are huge, and rewatching is not that common. BitTorrent is great for music, sadly we lost what.cd to law enforcement.

AznHisoka 9y ago

The majority of people use Bittorrent to download movies/shows to watch once, and only once.

usrusr 9y ago
From what I overhear from discussions between download enthusiasts, a large fraction will even remain unwatched, just feeding a collector habit.
- cortesoft 9y ago
  I mean it kinda makes sense; when you decide you want to watch a movie, you want to have multiple movies you haven't watched to choose from. This kinda requires that you download a lot of movies that you don't watch.

dharmab 9y ago

The major BitTorrent clients have an option to prioritize files pieces in-order, which works well for streaming with a player such as VLC or MPV.

ryanlol 9y ago

>sadly we lost what.cd to law enforcement Not really. The admins called it quits because they didn't feel like continuing.

sotojuan 9y ago

Saving movies to disk makes a lot of sense - I like not having to rely on either a big company's services or library nor some sketchy, slow illegal streaming site. Not to mention a vast number of movies are not available for streaming illegally or legally in a convenient way. If I download a movie I know it will always be available and work 100% of the time regardless of internet connection or money. If I delete it after watching, BitTorrent gives me a similar guarantee provided I can be online.

djsumdog 9y ago
I don't use streaming, and it's interesting how when I go to someone else's house, I'll be like "It should be on Netflix" and it's not .. but it was a few years ago. I recently met up with an old roommate who still keeps a NAS with TV shows and movies and he had tons and tons of stuff on there that you simply can't find anywhere. Lot's of old kids shows for his daughter, old stuff that you could only get on MySpleen. With everyone moving to streaming and not having the wall of DVDs/BluRays/VHS tapes, we have lost something, but stuff isn't on streaming forever. Things rotate out, and fewer people are actually buying media. Even with eBooks, you're paying for a license to see that media for a limited use.

fwdpropaganda 9y ago

I have 500 GB of disk and am barely using 100 GB. Files are huge compared to what? 1-2 GB seems tiny to me.

jsheard 9y ago
1-2GB doesn't cut it for a movie in the HD era. These days you're generally looking at 5-6GB for a passable 1080p rip, 8-10GB for close to Bluray quality, or as much as 50GB for 4K/HDR.
- fwdpropaganda 9y ago
  I know I'm not alone because the top seed for each title on the pirate bay is almost always either the 700mb or the 1-2GB version.
  - AznHisoka 9y ago
    You're not alone. I intentionally download the 2nd highest quality file because I don't want to waste time downloading a humongous file that might actually slow down my PC when watching.
  - gsich 9y ago
    Yes, but the quality of those releases is utter crap. Bitrate massacre deluxe. Maybe you can save some dignity of the movie by using x265.
  - suckerburg 9y ago
    Yep low bitrate x265 movies, I saw some recent animated movies for about 250mb in 720p. Most live action TV show episodes are that size too.

gruez 9y ago

>Saving movies to disk doesn't make much sense. The files are huge, and rewatching is not that common. still, you can get much better quality (bitrate, not resolution) via torrents, which is why i don't use streaming sites.

some-guy 9y ago

what.cd has a spiritual successor that is fairly close to its former glory (redacted.ch)

dtx1 9y ago
you don't happen to have an invite for that?
- ZenoArrow 9y ago
  https://interviewfor.red/en/starting.html https://interviewfor.red/en/starting.html

megaman22 9y ago

I don't see a ton of point in bittorrent for anything smaller than a movie file or Linux live-cd, at this point. I've got 250 mpbs down, and while I only ever get that much bandwidth from the speed-test sites, anything that is in the tens to low hundreds of megabytes downloads in seconds. It's a far cry from the early days, when you'd start downloading an album of compressed mp3s on LimeWire, and hours later realize you got some pieces corrupted and they wouldn't play.

floatboth 9y ago

I like having a personal archive. I even download most of the YouTube videos I watch to make sure they're not lost forever.