Without file formats it's a non-starter (unless, for me, they are all x264).
Hover over the 'download' link, see full release name, often x264/h264 is present in the name.
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Re: Show HN: movies.io — torrent search like it should be
#492Earlier quoted context omitted.
That's the thing though: we have 0 movies marked as NSFW from TMDB in our database. We'd have to have a 'Report as NSFW' link somewhere to achieve that, and that seems easy to abuse.
What I meant is that you pull 100-200 out and go through them yourself, manually. Take a look at 15 or so a day and you'd be done in a week or two. Spread them out amongst the team and it'd take less time.
Sounds like a good idea, we'll try to find some time to do that.
In the meantime, we've added a few restrictions as to which movies can be featured: they must have an artwork at TMDb, and a rating of over 5/10.
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#493Earlier quoted context omitted.
Definitely. We're thinking of open-sourcing it, but we want to clean it up first. Just a Github button away...
nah... community is always good at cleaning-together :)
I'd love to meet that community :)
Communities are generally pretty bad at product design though. Having a BDFL that has ears open but a straight cannon. We're trying to do that here.
Re: Show HN: movies.io — torrent search like it should be
#494Earlier quoted context omitted.
The crosses are a nice idea, although we'll be hard at work at improving our algorithm first (one guy in the team is fulltime on that) and see how it goes. We'll try to get as much as we can right by default until we ask for help from users :)
I would be curious to know what kind of algorithms you would be looking at. I am a researcher with research interests in "text analytics" and "social media" & if works well I would be glad to contribute.
We're currently working on an algorithm based on multiple criteria like filesize, quality, release group...
Our first goal is to find the best torrent for a chosen movie.
Maybe we'll use social medias for movie matching.
Re: Show HN: movies.io — torrent search like it should be
#495Earlier quoted context omitted.
I would be curious to know what kind of algorithms you would be looking at. I am a researcher with research interests in "text analytics" and "social media" & if works well I would be glad to contribute.
We're currently working on an algorithm based on multiple criteria like filesize, quality, release group... Our first goal is to find the best torrent for a chosen movie. Maybe we'll use social medias for movie matching.
Verified: nono13 is part of our team.
Re: Show HN: movies.io — torrent search like it should be
#496Just a thought. If you consider the site as kind of a model and example for films distribution, why can't you add a [Donate] button, and direct all the funds to the corresponding companies who produced the movies? They might even get a better idea that convenient service without any DRM junk brings them revenue. Without such option the site is questionable.
What you suggest raises several important issues: first, we'd expect of these companies to go the extra mile of taking our money and redistributing to the rightful owners (which costs, it's a great deal of work to find out who owns what, be it in the music or movie industry). Second and most importantly, there would be no way for us to guarantee that the donations you make go to them and not us. We'd get shot down be…
Well, first part is possible to resolve (but requires effort to find out who's the owner, yes). Second part can be resolved if you technically build the transparency system. I.e. those who pay will have a tracking mechanism for the transaction and would be able to confirm that their money aren't used by you. But in general I agree, it's more of a wishful thinking, in practice it requires effort. But you went so far as to make the site which offers a way to get the content completely for free. It would be fair to put at least some effort for enabling the backwards flow. If you are scared of being shut down, why not being scared of acting without respect to the creators of the movies? Linking to DRMed channels kind of defeats the purpose, since you are promoting a DRM free way.
Re: Show HN: movies.io — torrent search like it should be
#497Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's parasitical. And dishonours the intentions of the content creators.
Being a parasite requires some sort of active harm. Since the cost of obtaining a torrent is essential nil, and the creator doesn't support it anyhow, you're not harming them in the least. Now, you're also certainly not giving them any benefit, and perhaps you believe that they deserve some benefit, but that still doesn't make you a parasite any more than anybody who just didn't buy a movie. Put another way: to the c…
You're hampering the exclusivity which the creators rely upon to sell their work to distributors, and you're also forcing them to compete against another outlet (bittorrents) using their own work against them. That's pretty harmful.
By your logic, someone could set up a company called PBO which just mirrors HBO's cable feed, and there'd be nothing unethical about it.
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#498Earlier quoted context omitted.
Pirating movies is stealing. There is no other way of putting it. I'll let you decide whether you find stealing ethical or not. It might depend on your social circle. If you were a member of a gang, you'll find it socially acceptable among your social circles to kill people and sell drugs probably.
Theft is defined as unlawful deprivation of use of property. Piracy does not stop the original owner from continuing to sell. It's a lost customer, not a lost sale.
Am I even a lost customer if the original owner, never gave me the option to legally buy the product (in my country) in the first place?
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>Is it a 'human right' to make money off of Game of Thrones or Batman Begins? Is it a right to make money off of Game of Thrones? No. Is it their right to charge for content they've created? In my opinion, yes. I am a huge advocate of open source software. I'm not an advocate of taking other peoples' software and forcing it to be free, against the creators' wishes. Sharing a book, or facts from a library or notes fro…
Ah, the false dichotomy that there are no other options between piracy and purchase. > If sales don't increase, you've worked hard and not been compensated. That's the same thing that would happen if nobody downloaded it for free but only a few people purchased it.
>That's the same thing that would happen if nobody downloaded it for free but only a few people purchased it.
Agreed. In that case, I think it would make sense to conclude "there is little to no interest in my app," instead of "people want my app but would rather not pay for it."
Re: Show HN: movies.io — torrent search like it should be
#500I miss the time when torrentz.com (now https://torrentz.eu/ ) used to have magnet links. Now I have to click through to piratebay (or worse). Although I don't plan on using this, nice job. One point - I don't think you should move the search bar around. It would be better if it was in the same place all the time, whether there are results or not.
rplnt, you should try using a magnet link extension (or greasemonkey script) for your browser.
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/dmknbldjfdgmfecaai...