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Post by nowimnothing on Apr 22, 2021 10:30:51 GMT -5
We of course do not condone any illegal activities, but here we can share theoretical tips and tricks toward building massive personal media libraries. From hardware to software, websites and settings.
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Post by nowimnothing on Apr 22, 2021 10:33:22 GMT -5
That being said, I would like to see if anyone has theoretical invites to private torrent sites that they might want to trade for a couple of theoretical invites that I might have. Theoretically you may DM me if you are interested.
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Post by šŖ silly buns on Apr 22, 2021 14:04:26 GMT -5
I can't contribute to this theoretical conversation, but this made me giggle.
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Post by nowimnothing on Apr 23, 2021 8:27:24 GMT -5
A lot of interesting film, especially from East Asia, has completely fallen down rabbit holes. Itās hard to find, often only being screened at things like film centers or having been released to VHS on some defunct label catering either to university libraries or expat communities back in 1990. But because the copyrights on these, though still active, arenāt really enforced, they are findable, but itās hard. But theyāre often hiding right under your nose, and subtitles often arenāt a problem because if itās a VHS scan theyāre right there on the tape. One place thatās surprisingly good for this stuff is Youtube. I actually saw Mishima on youtube, but that got snatched up I think. Shohei Imamuraās excellent Black Rain now has a legit youtube release, but the free versionās still there too. I lost the link (but downloaded the video), but the multilingual Full Moon in New York, about three women from HK, Taiwan, and the mainland living in New York, was tough to find because of its generic title, and when I did find it there there were no English subtitles. Looking for it in Chinese characters, though, yielded a subtitled VHS rip. Iāve actually started paying for Nitroflare, allowing my to access two movies basically for their soundtracks: Golden Dog, a TV film about a dog spy scored by Lupin IIIās Yuji Ohno, and Paradise View, scored by Haruomi Hosono (and the movieās considered a pioneering work in Okinawan cinema, about which I know nothing). Also Hard Boiled is somehow free on youtube, top of search results and everything. Another old movie that slipped through the cracks was Powell & Pressburgerās Contraband, a fun spy story from immediatelybefore WWII. I canāt remember where I found some nice cool unsubtitled French action/heist moviesā Peur sur la ville, Le casse (there it was hard finding a not-dubbed-into-English versionāeven though itās the sort of film Iād be fine with dubbed, but I know what Belmondo sounds like and I know what Omar Sharif sounds like speaking English, so I couldnāt do itāitās the same with dubbed Bruce Lee, but I can do dubbed Jackie Chan because thatās how I first heard him), and maybe Le Doulos, but I honestly canāt remember if that was one I got from a weird site, or even if I have it at all or if itās just on the list. There is lot that is hard to find even among mainstream films. For example Kevin Smith's Dogma is now out of print on DVD/Blu Ray and is not available on any streaming service. There are a ton of others that are only available on hard to find physical media like Near Dark, Jungle Fever, Gummo, Better off Dead, Dawn of the Dead, etc. With copyright law being so draconian, it is hard even for institutional repositories to preserve abandoned media. |
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Post by nowimnothing on Apr 23, 2021 20:27:26 GMT -5
Gummo will always live in my memory, or at least that still of that kid in the dirty bathtub will. No matter how hard I try to forget it. What are people charging for those movies? When I got Reprise, one of my favorite films, on DVD there were two copies available on Amazon: one for ~$^, another for about ~$60. I obviously took the formerāitās one of those things where one person was selling the disc for what it was worth, another for what someone might be willing to pay. Maybe he was just ahead of the curve on that one.  |
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Post by Floyd Diabolical Barber on May 1, 2021 17:22:40 GMT -5
I got these, and a bunch more dvd's at the local library book sale last week, 50 cents each, or three for a dollar. Buought a bunch more dvd's at a yard sale today for a dollar each. Yard sales and library sales are your friend.
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Post by WKRP Jimmy Drop on May 1, 2021 21:17:19 GMT -5
Anyone have tips on where one might procure this version of this song?
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Post by nowimnothing on May 1, 2021 22:54:59 GMT -5
Anyone have tips on where one might procure this version of this song? Can you use one of the youtube audio ripping websites? Do those still work? |
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Post by Crash Test Dumbass on May 2, 2021 7:37:12 GMT -5
Anyone have tips on where one might procure this version of this song? I use Audacity and it worked well for me. Allegedly. |
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Post by Dellarigg on May 2, 2021 9:51:09 GMT -5
The slight problem with filching from youtube, I find, is the occasional album where some of the tracks are the 'official video', where they can be topped and tailed by extraneous matter. I know iTunes allows you to crop the beginning and end of songs, but I much prefer to find the album as it would be on CD.
To be clear, I'm certainly not talking about Neil Young's 'Young Shakespeare' release here.
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Post by nowimnothing on Jul 7, 2023 9:10:56 GMT -5
I was going to post this in minor accomplishments, but then I remembered that I had this thread. I finally built a decent enclosure for my media server. I was looking for a proper server rack but I could never find anything for a decent price, even used. I ran across this record player stand for $20 at Goodwill and it was perfect. Just cut some vent holes in the back and added a fan on the side. Up to 2,500 movies and over 300 TV shows now in about 40 TB in RAID 1.    |
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Post by Dr. Rumak on May 27, 2024 15:48:58 GMT -5
I found Dogma for $1 at a thrift store today (although not the BluRay). Because of this thread, I had to buy it.
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Post by Celebith on May 30, 2024 1:00:22 GMT -5
I found Dogma for $1 at a thrift store today (although not the BluRay). Because of this thread, I had to buy it. There are a few versions of Dogma on YouTube - Theatrical, extended, director's cut, commentary tracks.... Smith has said in a few places that 'Weinstein is holding the film hostage' or words to that effect, and the rights are in limbo (fitting, for the subject matter). Here's one good version |
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