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by dwedge7 hours ago |
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upvoteby nemomarx7 hours ago|
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How would a downloaded file buffer? That sounds more like streaming sites, which yeah are bad. But if you download a movie or season of a show in advance I don't think you'll have the same issues. Language ones or missing subtitles maybe - you gotta check those as the download finishes and before you put it on a media server.
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upvoteby dwedge7 hours ago|
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> How would a downloaded file buffer

I've no idea. It happens sometimes and only seems to happen with certain fils. In this case I'm sure it's a jellyfin issue, but this just comes down to having to debug while someone is waiting to watch - which is exactly the time I don't want to.

As for language/subtitles it's true if it happens from the start (which I agree, is usually true) but occasionally the downloads get weird midway through.

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upvoteby whycome4 hours ago|
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At that point you’re not playing the downloaded file. You’re either playing a transcoded version of it which will buffer as a computer tries to convert on the fly. Or you’re dealing with a network throughput issue related to the bitrate of the file you’re trying to remotely play.
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upvoteby Retr0id7 hours ago|
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If you're talking about those random malvertising-supported streaming sites then sure, but torrenting is not like this at all.
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upvoteby dwedge7 hours ago|
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No, I'm talking about downloaded files. It happens maybe 2% of the time. You can't be sure the indexers are giving you the correct one.
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upvoteby autoexec4 hours ago|
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> Sure it's annoying to find a streaming service but once done it generally works.

On streaming services shows get silently censored or edited, or episodes are just outright removed (and get re-numbered so you don't even realize what was removed), and episodes get put out in the wrong order, or they aren't released at all in the right language, and there are no subtitles, only closed captions. Neither streaming or piracy are perfect, but only one them allows you to save a show to your hard drive so you know it will be there the next time you want to watch it unlike streaming where they constantly pull shows offline

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upvoteby yjftsjthsd-h5 hours ago|
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> Sure it's annoying to find a streaming service but once done it generally works.

Well that's hilariously untrue. Movies getting pulled out of streaming services is why I started to buy physical DVDs again.

> Sometimes it's the wrong episode, sometimes it's the wrong language, sometimes one particular show keeps buffering even for no obvious reason. And even though it's quite rare, you never know until you're sat with your wife or friends watching it, because who checks the show in advance?

Yes, those things do happen with commercial streaming platforms; Paramount is especially bad IME, but hardly unique.

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upvoteby autoexec4 hours ago|
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> Movies getting pulled out of streaming services is why I started to buy physical DVDs again

Me too, but sadly more and more shows aren't getting physical releases at all anymore.

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upvoteby spwa47 hours ago|
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> Sure it's annoying to find a streaming service but once done it generally works.

I have 2 words for you: "soon leaving". You may have seen them on Netflix.

And in the US you have the advantage it's generally leaving to go somewhere. In many smaller countries this is not true.

I've never those words in File Explorer.

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upvoteby rc51506 hours ago|
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"who checks the show in advance?"

Maybe I'm old school, but the primary lesson Limewire taught me was to always check the media before you show it to someone else.

Every 'issue' that you mentioned about wrong episode, wrong language, etc. If those are the costs to ride the ride then so be it. No CEO gets paid in 'had to redownload a different version'.

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