downloading movie files

[sxysweetnsassy1]

I haven't tried this yet as I do not have a dvd burner anyway, but since I'm thinking of getting a dvd burner, how difficult is it to download a movie file? Is it worth even trying on a 56K connection? Thanks for your thoughts.

-P.

[rainbowdemon]

Originally posted by sxysweetnsassy1
I haven't tried this yet as I do not have a dvd burner anyway, but since I'm thinking of getting a dvd burner, how difficult is it to download a movie file? Is it worth even trying on a 56K connection? Thanks for your thoughts.

-P. On 56k you would have to download 24/7 for about a week to get an average length movie!

[CCSDUDE]

Originally posted by rainbowdemon
On 56k you would have to download 24/7 for about a week to get an average length movie!

Factor in disconnect's.....low low low dialup speeds...and loads of other crap....I'd give it around 2 months....lol

So short answer; don't bother...you'll probably end up with partial files...failed downloads...loads of wait time and just an all around hassle that would be worth the 20 bucks per DVD.

When you get broadband...it's a different story....download till theres no tomorrow and download more then one file at all times.

[DigitalJunkie]

If you have been downloading movies for a while, you'll find most of them are compressed into DivX, XviD, MPEG1 & MPEG2 formats so that it can easily be downloaded. Except for MPEG1, each file will be up to apprx. 600Mb or 800Mb (high quality) which could be burned on a single regular blank CD-R disk!

All those formats can have AVI, BIN, MPG or MPEG as file extension (*.avi, *.bin, *.mpg or *.mpeg). BIN files are CD Images (VCD or SVCD) that could be burned to CDs using CD writer software such as Nero!

There are plenty of people here on Zeropaid can help you further, so go download those movies & share.

Good Luck! :-)

[mrlipring]

Originally posted by DigitalJunkie
If you have been downloading movies for a while, you'll find most of them are compressed into DivX, XviD, MPEG1 & MPEG2 formats so that it can easily be downloaded. Except for MPEG1, each file will be up to apprx. 600Mb or 800Mb (high quality) which could be burned on a single regular blank CD-R disk!

All those formats can have AVI, BIN, MPG or MPEG as file extension (*.avi, *.bin, *.mpg or *.mpeg). BIN files are CD Images (VCD or SVCD) that could be burned to CDs using CD writer software such as Nero!

There are plenty of people here on Zeropaid can help you further, so go download those movies & share.

Good Luck! :-)


fair point, but the guy's asking about dvd burners, so presumably he wants to download dvd images.

svcd and vcd movies are typicalle 2 or 3 cds as well, and a good quality divxvid would be 2 cds too.

i he particularly wants to put 2 (s)vcd movies on a dvdr, that's not a bad idea too, as it saves disc swapping. same goes for divxvid if it's on more than 1 cd as well, though.

[method77]

I am using an 64ISDN connection which basically is the same as dial up but with no disconnections. I have d/led several movies but i leave it on for a long period of time to do it. The worst part is when the movie is fake or corrupted. Then breaking the PC and beating up the guy who gave it to you is appropriate. If you plan on getting a movie, you should :
1 avoid kazaa-kazaalite
2 making sure that the file is the real one or not corrupted
3 avoid kazaa- kazaalite
and
4 avoid kazaa-kazaalite.

the best thing to do is find a friend with a good connection and ask him to d/l it for you and copy the cd.

[broadwayrock]

I understand the anoyance of downloading a movie and finding out that its fake.

But why avoid kazaalite?

For movies it has reliable speeds and one of the few places where people with fast speeds allow 56kers to download such large files off them.

You can always use Avipreview that comes with kazaalite to see whether the file is the movie it claims to be.

Download about the first 10-20mb of that file and check the file with Avipreview. it saves alot of time.

I use to download 200mb files with a 56k connection that cut off every 2 hours. That was very testing for me.

I cant imagine how you're going to cope with 700mb+ files.

Good luck!

[method77]

But why avoid kazaalite? 90% of the movies are fake.


Download about the first 10-20mb of that file and check the file with Avipreview. it saves alot of time. saves time? you know how long it takes to d/l 10-20Mb with 56k?


just avoid kazaalite!

[rainbowdemon]

Originally posted by method77
I am using an 64ISDN connection which basically is the same as dial up but with no disconnections. I have d/led several movies but i leave it on for a long period of time to do it. The worst part is when the movie is fake or corrupted. Then breaking the PC and beating up the guy who gave it to you is appropriate. If you plan on getting a movie, you should :
1 avoid kazaa-kazaalite
2 making sure that the file is the real one or not corrupted
3 avoid kazaa- kazaalite
and
4 avoid kazaa-kazaalite.

the best thing to do is find a friend with a good connection and ask him to d/l it for you and copy the cd. Beat up the guy who gave it to you ,yes! But don't break-up the comp. It does not care, and it's way too expensive to replace!!!LOL:fire

[method77]

I always blame the PC for everything
lol

[broadwayrock]

Probably 90 percent of all files on that network are fake or got viruses.

But there are alot of verified sites for kazaalite.

For a 56ker i cant imagaine another place where you can: download the file and check whether the file is fake before you finish the file.

Would you rather download 10-20mb of a file and find out its fake or download the whole 700mb file and find out its fake?

Other networks are not imune to having fake files and at least you can have a good reliabilty of getting a verified file.

Saying to avoid any P2P program is a bit extreme, especially when you are more likely to be able to get the file.

I wouldnt recomend getting software off kazaa though - too risky.

When i used to be a 56ker and tried to download 200mb files on other networks i got told to f**k off and get cut off.

Use whatever program that works for you to get that movie file that you want. But dont forgot not all people will welcome a 56ker downloading large files. That one of the main reasons i went broadband.

You could always try IRC. They dont seem to mind that much about 56kers.

[ferrarimodena360]

with that money get DSL instead,

dont get cable - as connections become slower as more users join in,

DSL - Steady (i get 35 KB/sec Flat)
so a movie worth 700mb in like 6 hrs

(no hate comments please, Cable mite work for you)

[mrlipring]

modena, cable and dsl both have contention ratios.

i'd cry if i only got 35kB/s...

anyway, i'm fairly sure that if the guy could get dsl/cable, then he'd not be using stupid isdn.

don't be stupid - use verified download sites. don't just download any old crap. ideally, don't use filesharing apps like kazaa and edonkey at all, but if you must, use them sensibly.

[ferrarimodena360]

Originally posted by mrlipring
modena, cable and dsl both have contention ratios.

i'd cry if i only got 35kB/s...

anyway, i'm fairly sure that if the guy could get dsl/cable, then he'd not be using stupid isdn.

don't be stupid - use verified download sites. don't just download any old crap. ideally, don't use filesharing apps like kazaa and edonkey at all, but if you must, use them sensibly.

35KB/sec is definately not enuff when ur downloading movies, & iso's.........
but i just download mp3.........so thats in under a minute for a song.............
plus my dsl company charges me only for 64bytes a sec, lol that like only 8kB/sec, so i pay only $20 a month

[micfis]

Download mediapeek (http://www.mediapeek.com) . It's freeware and creates thumbnails from all movies you have, so you and others can get a preview of the movies before downloading.
The cool thing is that you can browse the movies shared by others and see the thumbnails (even without downloading)- this is great!
I think it is a must for everbody sharing movies, especially if you have a slow connection, so you don't have to wait until a part of the movie has downloaded to preview it.

[ozamosi]

another nice feature that mediapeek has is that when you launches the prog the computer hangs. so if youre angry with your computer - use mediapeek!

[micfis]

mmh; on my computer it works just fine.

But they write it's still beta. Did you told them about it? Normally they must be very interested to hear of any problems...

[matt merch]

56k and movies just dont mix by the time you d/l a decent copy that new blockbuster film will be on the tv

[bruces]

I'm using MediaPeek for some time now- no problems. I think if you have problems with a beta, let the publisher know it. They give it to you for free, at last.
I use it to replace avi-preview -> I think its more convenient.

[matt merch]

try irc i have yet to get a fake file in 2 years or so of using it

[MindyFisher27]

I know that for most of us, Kazaa downloads at speeds of up to 5kb/sec (it does that for me) but you can increase your internet speed with these free utilities and hopefully it will make Kazaa go faster so you can download movies.

http://www.marketscore.com

http://www.accelerator-plus-download-online.com/

With all this stuff enabled, I've obtained a speed of 3kb/sec (that's when I'm sharing the internet with my brother) the speed'll probably go up to 6kb/sec when I'm on my own connection (that's what you get for sharing I suppose). But still, with these crummy dial up modems, I wish that downloading movies didn't demand you to download 24/7 until you get the file!!!

[ticky]

after downing a few movies i notice not all come out as uncorrupted as me and anyone else downing a 600-700mb movie would like. so i been looking and searching for applications to fix these enormous files. unfourtunately the closest ive come have been some programs that yes fix or cancel out the bad video frames but make the audio get out of sync. what would be nice is to obtain an application that downs the bad parts of the movie from p2p (kazaa-lite), if anyone out there has a solution please let me know.

[CCSDUDE]

Originally posted by ticky
after downing a few movies i notice not all come out as uncorrupted as me and anyone else downing a 600-700mb movie would like. so i been looking and searching for applications to fix these enormous files. unfourtunately the closest ive come have been some programs that yes fix or cancel out the bad video frames but make the audio get out of sync. what would be nice is to obtain an application that downs the bad parts of the movie from p2p (kazaa-lite), if anyone out there has a solution for the m@th3f@ck3n $h1t for saken unfourtunate dilemma please let me know.



Please remove your email addy...your bound to get spam cuz you plaster it all over.

Besides someone will tell you HERE...and as your getting FREE support you should do your part and check the thread in awhile...

www.virtualdub.org will help you fix outta sync audio...either you'll get lucky and selecting 'set audio to match video' will do the trick...if luck ain't on yer side...you'll have to play with preloading more or less audio at the start sync to get it to match up. And always remember....unless you wish to re-encode...use "Direct Stream Copy' for both audio and video when your trying to sync it up...

[Killawat]

modem..buwhahahahaahhahahaha..56K...such foul language

[Kevin06906]

It must be nice to have those really expensive internet connections like Oc9 and Oc12. They have like 622Mbps. I calculated the bandwidth of a 500Mb file and it takes about 6 seconds to download it. That's friggen fast.

[Lee1021]

35 Kb/s? Are you kidding? I DL movies all the time, & regularly run 90 to 130. Yes I have cable, & yes, I use Kazaa Lite. Before you DL anything, go to Fast Track Movies, Up2dat, or Iwannadownload (this one costs,but it's worth it), & you won't get files that don't work or misnamed files. If you're gonna do it, do it right. Lee

[ticky]

Originally posted by CCSDUDE
Please remove your email addy...your bound to get spam cuz you plaster it all over.

ok thanks i should of known better.

[ticky]

i found a feature in virtualdub called interleaving under ~>AUDIO menu. it some what works but it backfires because instead just fixing a specific part of a movie to delay frames or audio it makes changes from the begining of the movie which is only good if the movie error was at the begining, but while it makes the movie ok after the error (only after the error) it ruins the audio sync before the errored part or parts. the out of audio sync happens at the bad frames, after removing the bad frames which can be more then once in a movie, the bad audio sync stays and to remove looks tobe a mean b1tch . IS THERE A TOOL TO FIX SYNC FOR A SPECIFIC PART OF A MOVIE?

[FutureIverson]

Cable does slow down with other users, but in most cases it doesn't matter.My cable is faster than Dsl. Cable is still faster than DSL unless you get 100 dollar dsl. It's just that cable uploads slower. If you have 56K please don't even download movies, i remember when i did people cancelled my downloads and i got mad, i don't blame them now.

[ThePillarOfAutumn]

can i slap you hard with my ...............?

[FutureIverson]

Also on programs with pm, if you ask a couple people, some people leave their computers on all day just U/L files, so they won't respond, they'll be honest and tell you a files authenticy.

[ticky]

i remember the time when i use to down up to 150 to 200 meg files, and even with those size files it seemed to take for ever. as ridiculous as it may sound i felt lucky any time i had me a file that wasnt corrupted from a bad download. now i cannot imagen trying to download a movie on a 56k modem, not only would downloading a 600 to 700 megabyte movie take all eternity but it would also be possibly corrupted would bring tears to your eyes finding out its the wrong movie or its just another junk file. renting a movie and ripping it would be way way better all tools needed are free and available at http://www.doom9.org

[PowerMan57two]

This is for CCSDUDE's first post.

i don't think it would take around 2 months. That's a little extreme. I use to download movies on 56k. And it only took maybe 1 week or less. Files were around 800MB. And I could do it with resume p2p program. But 2 months is overboard.

[Lyncher]

honestly i dont know whats wrong with all of you that download fake movie files 75 % of the time...

ive downloaded over 80 movies on the fasttrack network (DVD rips, not those crappy TMD movies) and ive only had 3 or 4 fake ones.

some of the movies are obviosly the right ones, many people have them and none of the titles contradict each other. if theres a file with 4 or 5 different names on it, dont download it!!

[Evil_Dweller_01]

Originally posted by Lyncher
honestly i dont know whats wrong with all of you that download fake movie files 75 % of the time...

ive downloaded over 80 movies on the fasttrack network (DVD rips, not those crappy TMD movies) and ive only had 3 or 4 fake ones.

some of the movies are obviosly the right ones, many people have them and none of the titles contradict each other. if theres a file with 4 or 5 different names on it, dont download it!!

Ya thats true..

But when I used to use FastTrack (the horror!) I tried downloading some very popular movies and they still were fake..I just got sick of that crappy network, I dont care if I can download by maxing out my bandwidth..it wont do me any good if I have to redownload anyway because of a fake

[Arby]

I think that you can save yourself some time and hassle by viewing your partially downloaded file with video lan client. I'm not an expert in any of this, So others can confirm that or correct me. In addition to using vlc for that specific purpose, vlc is also an extra player, and, for me anyway, having more than one player is a good thing. Sometimes, a movie will choke on one player and play okay on another, and vice versa.

Vlc is free and it's open source. It's not great looking, but as far as I can tell, it's still being worked on and upgraded regularly. Maybe it'll look better one day.

[FutureIverson]

Originally posted by Lyncher
honestly i dont know whats wrong with all of you that download fake movie files 75 % of the time...

ive downloaded over 80 movies on the fasttrack network (DVD rips, not those crappy TMD movies) and ive only had 3 or 4 fake ones.

some of the movies are obviosly the right ones, many people have them and none of the titles contradict each other. if theres a file with 4 or 5 different names on it, dont download it!!

I agree totally, why worry about fakes with preview. With 56K it's not worth it, if you use the computer for something else like Internet Explorer it's really slow. Don't let people hate on fast trak for reasons other than downloads. Kazaa lite is fine with it's tools for movies. I wouldn't use anything else for movies or software although i don't use it for music. If you look at comments, or message users they don't usually lie and say it's real if it's fake.

Use all your resources... Preview and Communication, we're nt stuck on Morepheus from year 2000.

[mrzoot14]

ever use shareaza people get caught up on the edonkey and stuuf liek that i personally use kazaalite the newest version ok whateverbut i try to download new movies out in the theaters and first i go to fasttrack movies.com and look for best quality one availble but i try to download it and theres like 1source i was able to get 20megs by the way i'm a 56kman so i took the actuall file name using k-dat and copy and pased and used shareaza the newest availble beta version and searched for it on the "G2" Network!! turns out thre is about 50to 100 sources amazing to me so then i get in thw waiting line for 10 sources in position 4of10 2of3and so on but i'm already downloading still and 4kb/s pretty good speed for me

[Azathoth]

Originally posted by ticky
i found a feature in virtualdub called interleaving under ~>AUDIO menu. it some what works but it backfires because instead just fixing a specific part of a movie to delay frames or audio it makes changes from the begining of the movie which is only good if the movie error was at the begining, but while it makes the movie ok after the error (only after the error) it ruins the audio sync before the errored part or parts. the out of audio sync happens at the bad frames, after removing the bad frames which can be more then once in a movie, the bad audio sync stays and to remove looks tobe a mean b1tch . IS THERE A TOOL TO FIX SYNC FOR A SPECIFIC PART OF A MOVIE?

Try this site
dvdrhelp.com (http://www.dvdrhelp.com/forum/userguides/78944.php)
takes a little work but hopefully will fix ur prob.
p.s the link will take u directly to the page about fixing audio but browse the site lots of other cool stuf there too. I see u already know about doom9

[depaultuser]

It's usually possible to find out if files are fakes before you download them; just expand the search sources for a single file and look at the filenames. If the file's a fake you'll probably notice one or two of the files have a different name. If twenty people are sharing a file called "pirates of the caribbean.avi" and one of them on them is called "fight club.avi", there's a very good chance that all the files will really be Fight Club.

I only download films where all the sources have the same filename, or at least the same film in the name. So far I haven't downloaded any fakes, so it works for me.

It's also worth checking through the file sources to see if one person has added a personal comment like "this file is real, I checked it myself" or "this is the real deal, the rest are fake". When someone has added an individual comment they always seem to be genuine.

[MAUSER]

OMG, I have to lol at the speeds you lot are getting. jesus how do you manage. My lowest d/l speed is about 20kb/sec and thats per user so i limit it to 5 users but i always get 4 connections each around 20kb/sec so its about 80kb/sec for me. Just glad people share some decent bandwidth now instead of what it used to be when Kazaa first took off. 800mb movies no problem leave on while in bed get up in morning check for corruption none = burn. But then all stuff I d/l i use sites such as fasttrack movies and verified downloads so all are verified and have a lot of sources.

[matt merch]

Originally posted by MAUSER
OMG, I have to lol at the speeds you lot are getting. jesus how do you manage. My lowest d/l speed is about 20kb/sec and thats per user so i limit it to 5 users but i always get 4 connections each around 20kb/sec so its about 80kb/sec for me. Just glad people share some decent bandwidth now instead of what it used to be when Kazaa first took off. 800mb movies no problem leave on while in bed get up in morning check for corruption none = burn. But then all stuff I d/l i use sites such as fasttrack movies and verified downloads so all are verified and have a lot of sources.


lmao glad i dont have to wait to movies are on kazaa that would suck so bad and who wants avi's ?
when u can d/l svcds/vcds and watch on your standalone dvd player and tv how do u manage mauser ?

[MAUSER]

Not always avi format. plus my dvd player supports pretty much all video formats. Yamada DVD 5520 multi region. All the movies I have d/l work fine on my dvd player.

[matt merch]

i am glad i dont have to depend on fastrtrack to get movies that would suck so bad
there are far faster places to get movies

[MAUSER]

Yes I know that but I have found that the movies that I want sometimes dont have any people shareing. So I use fasttrack. I got Bruce almighty and American Wedding the other day off fasttrack. And got T3 off irc.

[Azathoth]

bad mauser no filenames.

[MainManMoe]

Originally posted by matt merch
i am glad i dont have to depend on fastrtrack to get movies that would suck so bad
there are far faster places to get movies

Hello. I have 256 adsl dial up, and according to emule maths I can achieve about 30 kb/s alltogether. On Kazaa lite I can maybe achieve 35 kb/s in rare moments. How can I "cheat" this limit? I dont understand the speeds I read here, some say like 80 kb/s, how can you have such big connection do you work for nasa or something Lol

[FutureIverson]

Originally posted by Azathoth
bad mauser no filenames.

no aza, i don't think he posted a filename. You can say the name of a movie, it's just typing out the whole filename

file. (file extension)

that is against forum rules

[rainbowdemon]

You can say the name of a movie If you are talking about a movie you saw, yes you can. But if you are talking about a movie you just downloaded, no you can not.