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Torrent system is alive and well. Mega shout out to seedhost.eu for their one-button panel for everything. VLC will even open media over http, so one doesn't e

Torrent system is alive and well. Mega shout out to seedhost.eu for their one-button panel for everything. VLC will even open media over http, so one doesn't even have to mirror it locally from the Netherlands (although I do for the kids content, just to provide them a curated selection).

ProjectArcturis 3y ago
I looked at seedhost, and it looks like a regular host -- what special thing does it do for media?
- adastra22 3y ago
  It keeps DCMA violation letters from being sent to your ISP.
  - rokkitmensch 3y ago
    heh this but also a fully configured mini http server of your own with buttons to eg install and run transmission's web ui and make the files show up in your little website/Nginx directory host. it's just so gloriously cpanel , you know?!
  - dmix 3y ago
    I've received plenty of those letters but they never do anything about it. Just toss it in the garbage. I'm pretty sure they are just scare tactics the ISPs volunteer to partake in.
    - adastra22 3y ago
      Some ISPs will drop you as a customer after too many.
ilrwbwrkhv 3y ago
Not just alive and well but massively better. Open source software to do everything from watchlisting movies, downloading them when they are available in the highest quality and just seamless media management. Everything is so much better with piracy.
- mlrtime 3y ago
  The UI may be better but not the actual quality of the videos.
  - MaxikCZ 3y ago
    What? Especially the quality of videos. Show me at which streaming service I can view 50GB movies.
  - ilrwbwrkhv 3y ago
    Wat??? Thats ridiculous. The quality of the video and audio of pirated media is one of the main reasons for pirating. They are superior to every streaming service.
- dmix 3y ago
  Yeah my Kodi torrent/streaming app on my $50 TV android box has tons of playlists, one each for Netflix/Prime/etc containing every movie/show on them and also trending lists, iMDB lists, etc. It’s a shame the set up process and UI is typical OSS tier otherwise I’d be telling everyone I know to use it.
  - xtracto 3y ago
    >It’s a shame the set up process and UI is typical OSS tier otherwise I’d be telling everyone I know to use it. Thats why popcorn time was solo great. Too bad theres just not a comparable experience in 2023. Apparently all "rebel" Z and alpha gen kids are busy trying to make some quick buck. There's so fewer idealistic folks willing to share, compared to my generation in the 90s and 2000s.
elwell 3y ago
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- Brian_K_White 3y ago
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- imgabe 3y ago
  The people who control the IP for most media did not create it.
  - elwell 3y ago
    But they may indeed pass along royalties to the creators. You're just trying to justify your wrongdoing.
    - imgabe 3y ago
      I pay for four different streaming services. If it's not on one of those, I'm going to pirate it. Also, since I live outside the US various services won't even let me give them money if I wanted to. I assume they are then ok with people pirating their stuff since they don't want to offer any option to give them money.
      - elwell 3y ago
        I already own a car, one which I paid an unfair amount for, and I will very well take this new car I see on the dealership lot that someone seems to have left keys on the seat. Yes, and it is 9pm, the dealership is closed and won't take my cash offer; I would otherwise pay them for it. In fact, I found out after I took the car that the dealership actually closed its doors permanently the next morning, so I wouldn't have been able to buy it even if I had waited.
        imgabe 3y ago
        If you could take a copy of the car, leaving the original at the dealership, and the likelihood of experiencing any penalty were the same as pirating a movie, yes you would. Nice false analogy though. If it were possible to make infinite perfect reproductions of cars at near zero cost and you were arguing that we shouldn't so car dealership owners can continue to be rich, you're a sucker.
briHass 3y ago
Sounds like setting up a torrenting system is in my future, since my beloved newsgroups are dying a slow death. The big killer for newsgroups is indexers. Posts of content to the newsgroups have to be obsfucated to avoid near instant DMCA takedowns, which means that only a handful of indexers are given the 'keys' by the pirate release teams. That centralization makes the indexers a big target, and prevents just starting new ones quickly. To add to that, running an indexer still requires fairly decent hardware, especially with all the automated (*arr) tools that hammer APIs for searching. The ones that are left charge pretty high prices for access, especially considering they could (and have) just shut down without warning after you've paid some large yearly/lifetime fee. It was beautiful while it lasted.
- BLKNSLVR 3y ago
  You could run your own personal instance of a DHT scraper / indexer via bitmagnet[0]. Make sure to read the docs for minimising database size and traffic volume pending available resources. [0]:https://bitmagnet.io https://bitmagnet.io [1]:https://github.com/bitmagnet-io/bitmagnet https://github.com/bitmagnet-io/bitmagnet
mlrtime 3y ago
One problem is that nobody is ripping UHD versions of these shows/movies. This is one reason I still pay for Netflix/Prime. After seeing UHD/HDR/DV on a large OLED I can't go back. "Quality" OCD kicks in.
- unforgivenpasta 3y ago
  Finding high quality for older or non-english shows might be of some difficulty but they're quite common for shows and movies released for english audiences This is just a guess but requiring Widevine L1 might be enough deterrence for some groups to wait for highest quality BluRay releases
- mdhen 3y ago
  Yes they do. On public trackers even. Almost everything i download is 2160p and DV.
- squigz 3y ago
  This isn't true in my experience, but if you'd like to share a couple examples of shows that you weren't able to find, I'd be willing to verify whether UHD rips exist

ProjectArcturis 3y ago

I looked at seedhost, and it looks like a regular host -- what special thing does it do for media?

adastra22 3y ago
It keeps DCMA violation letters from being sent to your ISP.
- rokkitmensch 3y ago
  heh this but also a fully configured mini http server of your own with buttons to eg install and run transmission's web ui and make the files show up in your little website/Nginx directory host. it's just so gloriously cpanel , you know?!
- dmix 3y ago
  I've received plenty of those letters but they never do anything about it. Just toss it in the garbage. I'm pretty sure they are just scare tactics the ISPs volunteer to partake in.
  - adastra22 3y ago
    Some ISPs will drop you as a customer after too many.

ilrwbwrkhv 3y ago

Not just alive and well but massively better. Open source software to do everything from watchlisting movies, downloading them when they are available in the highest quality and just seamless media management. Everything is so much better with piracy.

mlrtime 3y ago
The UI may be better but not the actual quality of the videos.
- MaxikCZ 3y ago
  What? Especially the quality of videos. Show me at which streaming service I can view 50GB movies.
- ilrwbwrkhv 3y ago
  Wat??? Thats ridiculous. The quality of the video and audio of pirated media is one of the main reasons for pirating. They are superior to every streaming service.
dmix 3y ago
Yeah my Kodi torrent/streaming app on my $50 TV android box has tons of playlists, one each for Netflix/Prime/etc containing every movie/show on them and also trending lists, iMDB lists, etc. It’s a shame the set up process and UI is typical OSS tier otherwise I’d be telling everyone I know to use it.
- xtracto 3y ago
  >It’s a shame the set up process and UI is typical OSS tier otherwise I’d be telling everyone I know to use it. Thats why popcorn time was solo great. Too bad theres just not a comparable experience in 2023. Apparently all "rebel" Z and alpha gen kids are busy trying to make some quick buck. There's so fewer idealistic folks willing to share, compared to my generation in the 90s and 2000s.

elwell 3y ago

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Brian_K_White 3y ago
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imgabe 3y ago
The people who control the IP for most media did not create it.
- elwell 3y ago
  But they may indeed pass along royalties to the creators. You're just trying to justify your wrongdoing.
  - imgabe 3y ago
    I pay for four different streaming services. If it's not on one of those, I'm going to pirate it. Also, since I live outside the US various services won't even let me give them money if I wanted to. I assume they are then ok with people pirating their stuff since they don't want to offer any option to give them money.
    - elwell 3y ago
      I already own a car, one which I paid an unfair amount for, and I will very well take this new car I see on the dealership lot that someone seems to have left keys on the seat. Yes, and it is 9pm, the dealership is closed and won't take my cash offer; I would otherwise pay them for it. In fact, I found out after I took the car that the dealership actually closed its doors permanently the next morning, so I wouldn't have been able to buy it even if I had waited.
      - imgabe 3y ago
        If you could take a copy of the car, leaving the original at the dealership, and the likelihood of experiencing any penalty were the same as pirating a movie, yes you would. Nice false analogy though. If it were possible to make infinite perfect reproductions of cars at near zero cost and you were arguing that we shouldn't so car dealership owners can continue to be rich, you're a sucker.

briHass 3y ago

Sounds like setting up a torrenting system is in my future, since my beloved newsgroups are dying a slow death. The big killer for newsgroups is indexers. Posts of content to the newsgroups have to be obsfucated to avoid near instant DMCA takedowns, which means that only a handful of indexers are given the 'keys' by the pirate release teams. That centralization makes the indexers a big target, and prevents just starting new ones quickly. To add to that, running an indexer still requires fairly decent hardware, especially with all the automated (*arr) tools that hammer APIs for searching. The ones that are left charge pretty high prices for access, especially considering they could (and have) just shut down without warning after you've paid some large yearly/lifetime fee. It was beautiful while it lasted.

BLKNSLVR 3y ago
You could run your own personal instance of a DHT scraper / indexer via bitmagnet[0]. Make sure to read the docs for minimising database size and traffic volume pending available resources. [0]:https://bitmagnet.io https://bitmagnet.io [1]:https://github.com/bitmagnet-io/bitmagnet https://github.com/bitmagnet-io/bitmagnet

mlrtime 3y ago

One problem is that nobody is ripping UHD versions of these shows/movies. This is one reason I still pay for Netflix/Prime. After seeing UHD/HDR/DV on a large OLED I can't go back. "Quality" OCD kicks in.

unforgivenpasta 3y ago
Finding high quality for older or non-english shows might be of some difficulty but they're quite common for shows and movies released for english audiences This is just a guess but requiring Widevine L1 might be enough deterrence for some groups to wait for highest quality BluRay releases
mdhen 3y ago
Yes they do. On public trackers even. Almost everything i download is 2160p and DV.
squigz 3y ago
This isn't true in my experience, but if you'd like to share a couple examples of shows that you weren't able to find, I'd be willing to verify whether UHD rips exist