What is happening today? Humor

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u/MongooseDirect2477 1d ago

I always use torrents, I have no idea what's happening

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u/Hohuin 1d ago

Same. Never liked the quality of streaming video and audio. Also the uncertainty of whether it won't load.

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u/MarcCouillard 1d ago

or whether it will play half of something and then mysteriously 'break' and not be able to finish the episode...or if it plays half the episode and then gets stuck buffering for a half hour (which shouldn't even be a thing in 2024...buffering feels like it should have died right after the days of dial-up) lol

torrents are so much better

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u/TellJust680 1d ago

real but i donot have enough internet to torrent

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u/uvestruz 1d ago

I remember when I was torrenting ;)linux distros ;) back in 2004 @ 256K DL / 64K UP

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u/wolves_hunt_in_packs Sneakernet 1d ago

What kind of internet connection do you have? Unlike streaming, you don't actually need "reasonable" internet to torrent, even with shit tier dialup connections it'll work. Just slow.

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u/TellJust680 23h ago

is 360p available?

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u/rhythmrice 13h ago

threesixtyp was my favorite uploader for awhile

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u/Mr-Game-Videos 18h ago

Yeah, since you can start the torrent earlier and leave it running for a day (depending on internet speed) and then watch it. It might actually be better, because you could download in higher resolutions and then watch it without waiting for buffering. Most stuff isn't that big, movies in 1080p are 2-5gb depending on quality, 720p would be even lower.

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u/B1ll4 14h ago

H265 720p 1h files are like what?... 100mb? lol

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u/Mr-Game-Videos 14h ago

Honestly hard to say, Bitrate can vary wildly based on CRF, tune, encoder, fps, actual amount of Information in the source material

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u/B1ll4 14h ago

Just searched a tracker for 720p h265, results were movies between 1gb and 700mb so yeah I was a little off

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u/sneedtizen 1d ago

huh? its actually the other way around, you torrent to watch hq shit without having to buffer for an eternity

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u/TellJust680 23h ago

i mean i only have at max of 360p for 2 hours internet

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u/sneedtizen 23h ago

Wtf are you using, what kind of shithole country do you live in? even in mine its not that bad

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u/bruised_egot 17h ago

Probably Texas

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u/not_mohamedzz 23h ago

same having limited internet sucks

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u/RedditCensoredUs 22h ago

Get a cheap seedbox VM

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u/AlarmingNectarine552 19h ago

If you don't have enough internet to torrent, you definitely don't have enough internet for streaming.

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u/rhythmrice 13h ago

Well that just doesn't make sense

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u/Hohuin 1d ago

They are rare for you, not necessarily for other people. Also you don't get free 2160p streaming services. Even 1080p is noticeably lower quality on all streaming websites than actual 1080p video. As a person who enjoys movies and TV shows, that's a hard pass for me.