Re:Netflix to lose Starz, its most valuable source of new mo...
by Cyranix on Thursday September 01, 2011 @10:21PM
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I haven't torrented anything in probably two or three years (only used it for non-US releases and before I had significant income), but I've never needed to fuss with codecs/formats after using the Combined Community Codec Pack.
I had no idea there was any drama about who provided what content in that scene, but I suppose that's one more reason to welcome legitimate online video sources.
Re:Netflix to lose Starz, its most valuable source of new mo...
by w1ntermute on Thursday September 01, 2011 @10:33PM
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> I had no idea there was any drama about who provided what content in that scene
It's called The Scene[0], and yes, there are humongous drama queens in some of the biggest release groups.
> but I suppose that's one more reason to welcome legitimate online video sources.
Not really, since, as I said above, it has no effect on the end consumers of said media.
0: https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Warez_scene
I'm not sure what sites you're using, but if you use a scene-only torrent tracker, the only releases you'll see are XviD for SD and x264 for HD, which never give me any problems. And one of the fundamental purposes of the scene is to eliminate duplicates - one valid release per movie/TV show episode.
If you want to spend your time reading scene notices and follow along with the endless pissing contests between the different release groups, that's fine. But if you just want to consume the content, like I do, it's pretty hard to find a better all-encompassing, no-bullshit source than the scene. With my 20 mbit connection, I can have an HD TV show ready to go in <10 mins and a movie in <30.