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mont
2661 days ago
2.5GB file limit is a bit small for good quality TV shows (and especially movies).
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jhasse
2661 days ago
With HEVC 2.5GB is perfectly fine for a 2 hour movie.
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wiiittttt
2661 days ago
Maybe for 1080p. It's 10-15GB for 4k.
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GunlogAlm
2661 days ago
I think we can all agree 1080p is "good quality", right? Your average pirate probably isn't demanding 4K quality, I imagine.
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untog
2661 days ago
I'd be amazed if a majority of people were downloading 4K movies these days.
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wiiittttt
2661 days ago
Yeah, the majority are probably not, but i'd prefer to download at the highest quality available.
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darkpuma
2661 days ago
Then you understand
"How do they handle abuse though? Like, people using it to host, say, pirated TV shows?"
remains an open question.
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gsich
2661 days ago
Depends on the runtime. For low quality Netflix dumps (from Netflix, not because it got reencoded) it's usually enough, even for 1080p.
One can always split files.
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LinuxBender
2661 days ago
winrar and 7-zip can break up files into chunks of any size you specify.
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giarc
2661 days ago
Even single episodes?
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mont
2661 days ago
That should be fine, though I'm pretty sure I have some episodes that are above that.
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