But then it’s in DVD quality. Why not just pirate a full quality version?
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ghostermonster@discuss.tchncs.de 10 months agoWhy I went to DVDs. There is libre software to rip them and depending on country it’s legal, so basically you get a DRM-free legal copy with ability to archive or lend to a friend.
buckykat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 months ago
Deftdrummer@lemmy.world 10 months ago
This. My only media expense monthly is my VPN at $10. Everything is pirated.
Even that though - I just download only my favorites for the collection. Everything else is available on stand alone websites these days (multiple) so if you’re paying for a streaming service or really even using bittorrent then you’re living in the past as far as movies go.
can@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
What should I be using instead of (q)bittorrent?
Lev_Astov@lemmy.world 10 months ago
fmhy.net will tell you.
errer@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Blurays exist and they’re pretty cheap from thrift stores (often just $3)
buckykat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 months ago
Piracy is free though
mwguy@infosec.pub 10 months ago
Ya but Blu-ray is a PITA to rip sometimes.
ghostermonster@discuss.tchncs.de 10 months ago
It’s really good quality. In my opinion low resolution only matters in static images or when video is paused, I’ll take high bitrate and superior sound every day instead of today’s streaming.
Sure you can just download, super convinient and gives best results. But sometimes it’s good to do things the way that can scale in society or just actually own something you like :).
floofloof@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
DVD isn’t very good quality. I don’t really care and I have a tiny TV, and DVDs still don’t look very good on it.
ghostermonster@discuss.tchncs.de 10 months ago
I have 4k TV and 5.1 studio speakers and noone in my house can see the difference from modern streaming besides a little grain on still images. Always buy newer, at least two-layered disks, they are much better.
Of course that’s nothing compared to 4K/DTS/DA/HDR Blu-Ray rip, but it’s not that the movie is not watchable. DVD is the basic experience, 2010s cinema like, where Blu-Ray is just a crispy fresh layer added.
DM_ME_SQUIRRELS@lemmy.world 10 months ago
The video quality is shit and it’s extremely obvious in my opinion. Even the sound is inferior to a good torrent with Dolby TrueHD/DTS HD sound.
ghostermonster@discuss.tchncs.de 10 months ago
Comparing to max quality >10-30GB torrent is not fair. You need to compare it to other DRM-free legal options, oh, there’s none. Side to side with Blu-Ray, really bad. But Blu-Ray is many times more expensive and less freedom friendly. Side to side with Netlix-like streaming, assuming you don’t use some high-end service, DVD is just better in real watching and not pausing and glaring at pixels.
ALostInquirer@lemm.ee 10 months ago
What software would that happen to be, supposing it’s not MakeMKV?
ghostermonster@discuss.tchncs.de 10 months ago
Plain VLC can do it. You may need to at least install libdvdcss and libdvdread packages, they are 100% open source and easy to obtain, but you need to read the guide for specific OS because some system distribution repositories does not ship them by default for legal reasons in a few countries.
ALostInquirer@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Thanks! I’ve read that VLC can do it before, but I’ll look into giving it another shot sometime. The guides I found weren’t exactly the best, but with the mentioned packages I should be able to better narrow the searches to better guides, I think.
BlueSquid0741@lemmy.sdf.org 10 months ago
I’m pretty sure handbrake can rip as well as re-encode.
bob_wiley@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I’ve been looking at going back to physical media as well. I’ve about had it with this nonsense.
rh4c6f@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I’ve been buying preowned DVDs off ebay every few weeks or so for the last year. I don’t even bother looking to see if they are available to stream anymore.
GladiusB@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Probably cheaper too