While trying to find a torrent for a show, I became curious about how others are creating the torrents I know and love. Is ripping a video from a streaming service relatively easy? Are there tools y’all would recommend?

  • reminiscensdeus@lemm.eeOP
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    4 months ago

    Interesting, I wonder why that is. I guess to stay one step ahead of the corporations trying to prevent them from succeeding? I can’t imagine it’s to prevent others from following suit. Feels like that would be a weird motivation for people saving and disseminating content.

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      4 months ago

      Usually the methods are not shared because streaming services would go out of their way to break them. Just like Youtube breaks yt-dlp every now and then. But Youtube is too big to implement any serious protection, so, downloaders usually win. I heard Crunchyroll is ripped via their mobile app, albeit modified. But specifics are better left in the dark.

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        4 months ago

        I heard Crunchyroll is ripped via their mobile app, albeit modified.

        Crunchyroll doesn’t use DRM. You can use yt-dlp to download videos from it

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      4 months ago

      To stay a step ahead of other crews, I would say. It is a competition

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          4 months ago

          It is a race and being faster than your competitors means you win. It’s a game and the reward is dopamine.

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          4 months ago

          Monetization is another secret probably. Ads alone could drive millions on streaming platforms. I don’t have idea on public or private trackers, but I guess is also more than what I could win in my life xD but that’s probably me just being poor.

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            3 months ago

            Does it, are you sure? Or is it only reducing the amount of investor money they burn a little?