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Hosed. Getting timeouts for /details. 2 issues in general, though: (1) The BitTorrent protocol is not hospitable to linear downloading. (2) Pirated video co

by m0dest 12y ago

Hosed. Getting timeouts for /details. 2 issues in general, though: (1) The BitTorrent protocol is not hospitable to linear downloading. (2) Pirated video content is extremely incompatible with browser-based playback... stuff like MKV and AVI containers, DTS/AC3 audio, multiple audio tracks, segmented RAR files. If this works even for vanilla MP4 content, I will be super impressed - but the browser is the wrong place for this type of media app right now.

0x4139 12y ago
EZTV YIFI and many more don't pack anymore the data inside rar files, and it works, you can watch silicon valley from an EZTV torrent from here http://iflix.io/#/play/ef87a3f97c653d487dece0e6ea8e60b7731a5c24/0 http://iflix.io/#/play/ef87a3f97c653d487dece0e6ea8e60b7731a5...
- aroch 12y ago
  Yify torrents are total garbage at any rate, you'd be better off just not watching whatever you wanted to watch rather than stare at the eyesore that is Yify. Seriously, Yify encodes are like watching something through a window coated in vaseline. http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison.php?id=87460 http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison.php?id=87460 http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison.php?id=10115 http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison.php?id=10115
  - roghummal 12y ago
    Looks okay to me. Do you have a pony in this race?
    - aroch 12y ago
      No...I'd rather not watch something fuzzy. If you think it looks OK, then you may as well download proper SD rips. They'll look better with less artifacting.
  - mdpane 12y ago
    I dunno, it seems to me Yify's torrents are a great balance of file size and quality.
    - aroch 12y ago
      They're a horrible balance, a proper SD rip will look better than a Yify encode
  - m0dest 12y ago
    Yuck. This is a good example of why you're supposed to reduce the dimensions of the video if you want to reduce bit rate with H.264. If you simply reduce the bit rate, you end up losing detail. e.g. for a video with a typical level of motion, if you want to achieve 1 Mbps, encoding at 854x480 is going to look significantly cleaner & sharper than encoding at 1280x720 (even when upscaled). This is why adaptive streaming uses quality levels with varying dimensions. e.g. on Netflix, the low bandwidth streams are not 1920x1080, as that would look like garbage.
- pimlottc 12y ago
  Hmm, at least that link actually shows me a video widget but I still don't see any actual video.

by m0dest 12y ago

0x4139 12y ago

EZTV YIFI and many more don't pack anymore the data inside rar files, and it works, you can watch silicon valley from an EZTV torrent from here http://iflix.io/#/play/ef87a3f97c653d487dece0e6ea8e60b7731a5c24/0 http://iflix.io/#/play/ef87a3f97c653d487dece0e6ea8e60b7731a5...

aroch 12y ago
Yify torrents are total garbage at any rate, you'd be better off just not watching whatever you wanted to watch rather than stare at the eyesore that is Yify. Seriously, Yify encodes are like watching something through a window coated in vaseline. http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison.php?id=87460 http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison.php?id=87460 http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison.php?id=10115 http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison.php?id=10115
- roghummal 12y ago
  Looks okay to me. Do you have a pony in this race?
  - aroch 12y ago
    No...I'd rather not watch something fuzzy. If you think it looks OK, then you may as well download proper SD rips. They'll look better with less artifacting.
- mdpane 12y ago
  I dunno, it seems to me Yify's torrents are a great balance of file size and quality.
  - aroch 12y ago
    They're a horrible balance, a proper SD rip will look better than a Yify encode
- m0dest 12y ago
  Yuck. This is a good example of why you're supposed to reduce the dimensions of the video if you want to reduce bit rate with H.264. If you simply reduce the bit rate, you end up losing detail. e.g. for a video with a typical level of motion, if you want to achieve 1 Mbps, encoding at 854x480 is going to look significantly cleaner & sharper than encoding at 1280x720 (even when upscaled). This is why adaptive streaming uses quality levels with varying dimensions. e.g. on Netflix, the low bandwidth streams are not 1920x1080, as that would look like garbage.
pimlottc 12y ago
Hmm, at least that link actually shows me a video widget but I still don't see any actual video.