Online piracy punishments dropped in UK
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nepas
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I have done that myslef for a few games,when they dont have global release dates,that way as soon as it released in the UK,I just use my legit key and away I go
That is a load of rubbish tbh,infact since ISP's started blocking access to torrent sites,The Pirate Bay has done even bettter.
https://torrentfreak.com/pirate-bay-traffic-doubles-despite-isp-blockades-140717/
Greenback
Active member
This is the bit I don't agree with even on software if you like it and it meets your needs then give the developer their money
If it lifts my halo slightly off the floor I have never pirated any franchise I have liked the originals of e.g. Assassins creed, Civilization and Tropico simply because I have enjoyed everything so have a good idea that I like it, I'm counting down the months for the new civ that will be pre-ordered on steam
Zoot
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I'll admit I used to pirate quite a lot of PC games.
Nowadays though, I've completely stopped. Mainly because of Steam, since it provides oodles of good games at ridiculously low prices (particularly in sales), makes them very easy to buy, stays totally out of the way given its really DRM, but above all provides a much superior product than the pirated version given it keeps all the games up to date for you.
Most of the ISPs here in Ireland, including my own (UPC) have it blocked. But really it's just of connecting to a Pirate Bay proxy site to get around it, and there's a huge amount of those. The whole website blocking thing is just so pointless.
Nowadays though, I've completely stopped. Mainly because of Steam, since it provides oodles of good games at ridiculously low prices (particularly in sales), makes them very easy to buy, stays totally out of the way given its really DRM, but above all provides a much superior product than the pirated version given it keeps all the games up to date for you.
Funny the way it works. The industry can't seem to stop suffering from the streisand effect. ^_^
Most of the ISPs here in Ireland, including my own (UPC) have it blocked. But really it's just of connecting to a Pirate Bay proxy site to get around it, and there's a huge amount of those. The whole website blocking thing is just so pointless.
I stole the idea for my avatar from TTL. Is that a copyright infringement?
I was thinking TTL would change his avatar to the red logo, once the new forum is here (that's a thing right?). You might have the same avatar
I think we have a case of mutiny here 
Wraith
Bettyswollocks
I stole the idea for my avatar from TTL. Is that a copyright infringement?
Nope but it'll probably end up in a whoopin'
I think this point fits in here in regards to movies (not that I pirate movies) but we buy a DVD, awesome but then Blu-ray comes out, awesome but then we have to buy the movie again and soon 4K Blu-rays should take off, oh look we have to buy it again! How many times am I going to have to pay for LOTR. That is a reason for piracy I think..
SuB
The Webmaster
I'm fairly sure unless quad layer blurays get a lot cheaper, there may end up being another format war for a 4K movie medium, remember, it's 4 x the amount of data as 1080p... ain't gon' fit on a 25GB disc
I'm fairly sure unless quad layer blurays get a lot cheaper, there may end up being another format war for a 4K movie medium, remember, it's 4 x the amount of data as 1080p... ain't gon' fit on a 25GB disc
I didn't know that.
So how will we get 4K movies? If they are done over say Netflix, I take it broadband couldn't handle it..what about fiber?
SuB
The Webmaster
I didn't know that.
Streaming services compress it, so it's more likely to fit down whatever internet you have, but you'll still need a fairly fast speed connection, and then of course there's the issue of what your monthly cap is.
I'm pretty sure you wouldn't be able to send fully uncompressed bluray quality (even 1080p) content via a stream just yet, or at least not via netflix.
That's why bluray's always look better than netflix/tv it's just compression.
4K is possible via internet, it'l just not look like 'proper' 4k until we get a format that can handle it fully uncompressed. I don't know what the throughput of optical formats is at absolute max, it might end up being a shift to a different medium altogether if they aren't fast enough, perhaps something flash based? who knows.
Greenback
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Most movies and TV shows are uploaded to the net as xvid avi's, so a 4GB movie can be compressed down to 700MB or a 2GB TV show is 375MB and during the conversion some of the quality is lost
RamboOC
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Hmm but Raw is a 2hour 45min watch but it's 6GB and still looks poo.
tried vlc?
I'll give it a go but I'll leave the topic there as we don't want outsiders thinking OC3D has naughty piracy people.
SuB
The Webmaster
You need Media Player classic HC (aka MDPC-HC) google it, it's excellent, plays anything!
as for the quality of your 'downloads' totally depends on A) the source, B) how it's been encoded and C) how much you are willing to actually download.
You can get full quality 25GB blurays if you want
as for the quality of your 'downloads' totally depends on A) the source, B) how it's been encoded and C) how much you are willing to actually download.
You can get full quality 25GB blurays if you want
RamboOC
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You need Media Player classic HC (aka MDPC-HC) google it, it's excellent, plays anything!
as for the quality of your 'downloads' totally depends on A) the source, B) how it's been encoded and C) how much you are willing to actually download.
You can get full quality 25GB blurays if you want
I find vlc better than mpc-hc because vlc has got its own equaliser, more video adjustments settings. way more advanced settings overall.
On fresh OS install i actually used it as photoshop lol!
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I've got MPC-HC on my rig and it looks absolutely terrible, the image is like a painting, colours don't blend with one another so I just use 'Video' in Windows 8 atm.
Never understood that because MPC-HC is okay on the laptop not that I've used it on there for a long time.
Never understood that because MPC-HC is okay on the laptop not that I've used it on there for a long time.
SuB
The Webmaster
Nah sorry but MPC-HC has the pre and post shaders and works better if you want low cpu utilisation with a semi-decent small-form-factor gpu.
It's widely known it's the htpc media player of choice these days.
Setup correctly it *far* surpasses VLC. audio/video offset options, proper subtitle options, better cpu utilisation (or more to the point, it doesn't use any), shaders.. pull-up or down of colour banding, including sharpening and granular stuff for putting the pop back into compressed HD footage. it's just epic compared to VLC.
If your content needs an equaliser, you need to download a better copy
