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I'd LOVE to see more content producers distributing their own content rather than giving money to middlemen. I am not sure if this would also work for people th

by rb2k_ 15y ago

I'd LOVE to see more content producers distributing their own content rather than giving money to middlemen. I am not sure if this would also work for people that DON'T have their own TV show but just start doing things. Maybe something akin to "openers" on concerts would work. Bundling less known content in a "pay what you want" basis.

city41 15y ago
Although I agree, I'm not sure this distribution method scales as is. I just sent Louis 5 bucks, downloaded the video, copied it to a USB drive, and then hooked it up to my Roku. I'm fine doing that ad hoc process occasionally, but if I got most of my media this way it'd get old very fast. Surely there is a better way to distribute this stuff such that it doesn't take away the nice advantages and gives most/all the money to the artist too?
- neutronicus 15y ago
  My mileage varies. I love that I don't have to let some "platform" like iTunes or Steam put its tentacles in my computer in order to get an individual piece of media.
- Fluxx 15y ago
  It's pretty close to that now. I have an RSS feed hooked up to µTorrent that automatically downloads new items I add to my RSS feed (in this case it's TV shows from a private tracker website) or newly available ones from my existing list of favorites. The downloaded files get stored to a folder on my Drobo which I could hypothetically have Plex scan and add to my media library. Instead, because I'm anal about my media sorting, I manually move them to folders by movie/show/season/artist/etc that Plex scans. But that's overkill. Plex then makes my media available on my big TV through my Mini, my bedroom TV through my jailbroke AppleTV and on my mobile devices through the Plex iOS apps. If the market ever allows for a consumer-level product to achieve this (my solution is very geeky) and it works well, it will be successful.
- wdewind 15y ago
  You're totally right, but those optimizations to this process don't become economically feasible until more than a few people are making a living this way. Sending Louis CK $5 right now is a simple way to make it possible for him to be an example for others in his industry, and thus create a market for the type of product you are talking about. So you've already started solving your own problem, and you didn't even write a line of code!

by rb2k_ 15y ago

city41 15y ago

Although I agree, I'm not sure this distribution method scales as is. I just sent Louis 5 bucks, downloaded the video, copied it to a USB drive, and then hooked it up to my Roku. I'm fine doing that ad hoc process occasionally, but if I got most of my media this way it'd get old very fast. Surely there is a better way to distribute this stuff such that it doesn't take away the nice advantages and gives most/all the money to the artist too?

neutronicus 15y ago
My mileage varies. I love that I don't have to let some "platform" like iTunes or Steam put its tentacles in my computer in order to get an individual piece of media.
Fluxx 15y ago
It's pretty close to that now. I have an RSS feed hooked up to µTorrent that automatically downloads new items I add to my RSS feed (in this case it's TV shows from a private tracker website) or newly available ones from my existing list of favorites. The downloaded files get stored to a folder on my Drobo which I could hypothetically have Plex scan and add to my media library. Instead, because I'm anal about my media sorting, I manually move them to folders by movie/show/season/artist/etc that Plex scans. But that's overkill. Plex then makes my media available on my big TV through my Mini, my bedroom TV through my jailbroke AppleTV and on my mobile devices through the Plex iOS apps. If the market ever allows for a consumer-level product to achieve this (my solution is very geeky) and it works well, it will be successful.
wdewind 15y ago
You're totally right, but those optimizations to this process don't become economically feasible until more than a few people are making a living this way. Sending Louis CK $5 right now is a simple way to make it possible for him to be an example for others in his industry, and thus create a market for the type of product you are talking about. So you've already started solving your own problem, and you didn't even write a line of code!