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It sucks that we got DRM-free music downloads a decade ago but it just stopped there. If you want to download a TV show and watch it on any device you want (whi

It sucks that we got DRM-free music downloads a decade ago but it just stopped there. If you want to download a TV show and watch it on any device you want (which would solve this problem), your one option is piracy.

geerlingguy 8y ago
Other option (which is technically illegal I guess but we’ll within my moral parameters) is to buy the physical box set and rip everything then add metadata manually. It’s far from convenient but I feel it’s the best compromise, especially since you get the full quality in whatever end format you want. With pirated copies, they often are missing surround tracks, higher quality encodings, CC, and languages.
- edgarvaldes 8y ago
  You can also have Plex installed. It will add metadata for you.
- cf498 8y ago
  >With pirated copies, they often are missing surround tracks, higher quality encodings, CC, and languages. It has been a while for me, but it wasnt uncommon that it was the other way around.
- thirdsun 8y ago
  > It’s far from convenient but I feel it’s the best compromise, especially since you get the full quality in whatever end format you want. With pirated copies, they often are missing surround tracks, higher quality encodings, CC, and languages. That's not my experience. There's always a clean bluray rip with good bitrates and the original DTS(-HD) audio track available. There's actually no need to rip the media yourself. Compared to legal streaming options piracy releases offer a far better quality and technical fidelity. In fact, I was complaining in another comment some time ago how surprisingly poor my cinematic experience with Netflix' critically acclaimed "Roma" was. Their official clients weren't able to adjust the refresh rate to the correct 24 fps the film was shot in (as are most movies). A process the viewers had to do (and guess) themself unless they were ok with micro stuttering and frame interpolation. Apparently this issue is also very common among Netflix apps on thrid party hardware like Smart TVs and other boxes. Meanwhile it's a non-issue with any decent software video player. And that's before we even discuss bitrate or audio formats.

geerlingguy 8y ago

Other option (which is technically illegal I guess but we’ll within my moral parameters) is to buy the physical box set and rip everything then add metadata manually. It’s far from convenient but I feel it’s the best compromise, especially since you get the full quality in whatever end format you want. With pirated copies, they often are missing surround tracks, higher quality encodings, CC, and languages.

edgarvaldes 8y ago
You can also have Plex installed. It will add metadata for you.
cf498 8y ago
>With pirated copies, they often are missing surround tracks, higher quality encodings, CC, and languages. It has been a while for me, but it wasnt uncommon that it was the other way around.
thirdsun 8y ago
> It’s far from convenient but I feel it’s the best compromise, especially since you get the full quality in whatever end format you want. With pirated copies, they often are missing surround tracks, higher quality encodings, CC, and languages. That's not my experience. There's always a clean bluray rip with good bitrates and the original DTS(-HD) audio track available. There's actually no need to rip the media yourself. Compared to legal streaming options piracy releases offer a far better quality and technical fidelity. In fact, I was complaining in another comment some time ago how surprisingly poor my cinematic experience with Netflix' critically acclaimed "Roma" was. Their official clients weren't able to adjust the refresh rate to the correct 24 fps the film was shot in (as are most movies). A process the viewers had to do (and guess) themself unless they were ok with micro stuttering and frame interpolation. Apparently this issue is also very common among Netflix apps on thrid party hardware like Smart TVs and other boxes. Meanwhile it's a non-issue with any decent software video player. And that's before we even discuss bitrate or audio formats.