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I’m with you. 720p unless I can’t find lower than 1080 — for my setup there isn’t much point. The TRaSH guide parameters make my head ache thinking how much I’d be shelling out on bandwidth and storage for no discernible difference on my home theatre.
I’ve had good experience stitching parts together with handbrake. Honestly, it’s much easier than importing to an editing suite (and getting the export settings right 😬).
Oh, like online piracy. Got it! 🤣
I use the LibRedirect browser add-on to use Invidious on desktop and NewPipe on Android. Never use youtube.com, problem solved.
Yeah, there are piracy websites that comply with DMCA notices but, like Youtube in the olden days, it’s basically whack-a-mole on the copyright holders’ part because they have to give individual notices for each pirated copy. So like you say, you can probably find other copies anyway.
If the way you navigate online life is based on your reflections regarding safety, convenience (and anticorporate, possible anticapitalist sentiment), why not pass your advice on? It might save your kids from getting caught pirating.
Wow, most Onion-worthy headline not actually on The Onion in a good while 😰
If you just want to preserve it (and the software is not currently in commercial supply), upload it to archive.org?
“Deck” is just jargon for a slideshow covering the key points investors will want to hear. Some search results to get you going.
OP’s question is “given the above arbitrary and largely unfounded claims, how would a post-piracy world look?” which is… not straight. It’s not just based on anecdotal premises, it also demands answers that don’t call those into question.
I think your examples apply only to a specific use case. In particular, for movies and TV shows — illegal streaming sites only account for one part of pirated material. I would assume many more simply download film/TV.
Can’t speak to the others but I’m fairly sure that pirates will find a way to pirate no matter the obstacles.
I just doubled my storage, and honestly I’m considering gradually replacing as many videos as possible with x265 versions just to make the disk space last.
Everybody seems to favour Trash Guides. Just as a counterpoint:
He is super focused on the highest quality available. Unless you’re watching on a huge 4k/UHD screen with professional a sound system, take those guides with a grain of salt. Modify the values to your own screen resolution. If your screen is an older model it may not accommodate more than 1080p or even 720p video anyway.
Bandwidth may also be an issue depending on where you live and what your ISP provides. If so, downloading larger files than your screen/projector affords is a double waste. Go for h265 instead of h264 and save yourself the wait. You can always download them in a better quality when you upgrade your home theatre.
I want to make clear, I would have been lost in the *arr settings if not for the Trash Guides, but man. They’re absolutely written for somebody with ample bandwidth and a huge home cinema setup.
And instead they get the entire network no matter what instance they sign up for. Well, somewhat less than the entire network, apparently…
(I say this knowing full well how many think they’re “on the internet” even though they never leave Meta’s corporate web)
Should work even if you’re on the move, provided you have Wireguard or such to tunnel into your LAN.
multiple VPNs in different countries
Is this the new seven proxies?
I’ve been using this one without a hitch for a while: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/scihub-downloader
I used one in the past week but tbh I didn’t notice which one. I just had the Firefox add-on find a pdf from its doi.
Whatever else does one download with a torrent app? I mean, I hear there are illegal uses but YOU WOULDNT STEAL A CAR
Yeah, but we’re not looking at the root cause here. Their purpose is to train energy glutton, error prone “AI” even if experience teaches us that those ML models fuck up more often than confirmation bias allows.
“AI” is a bourgeoise and Capitalist tool and, same as with cryptocurrency, we cannot dismantle the master’s house with the master’s tools. Fuck AI down the drain. Make things with your own minds, your own hands.