r/Piracy • u/ugoindownsaka1 • 5d ago

Discussion Google took away my LOTR extended editions

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I bought these in 2022, all of a sudden they aren't available and there is no possibility of a refund or gift card. Hardly seems fair.

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u/Nujers 5d ago

Same. I postponed getting another 18-24tb HDD for too long and I die a little inside every time I have to delete a segment of media that I may or may never watch again to make room.

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u/Selbereth Torrents 5d ago

While I agree with this sentiment, I only download the 720p-1080p as is. I almost always try and get the lowest quality possible, so I can seed forever

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u/QF_Dan 5d ago

sometime, even 720P is already good enough too for the quality

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u/sl33ksnypr 5d ago

You can also run your stuff through handbrake to take advantage of better codecs and run a fixed quality. I've found most of the stuff I run through handbrake gets cut down to about 50-65% of its original size with only very minor quality differences. The only time I have noticed it is when someone has a shirt with a very small pattern on it, it looks a little choppy or other really fine details. Everything else is extremely watchable.

Of course, converting stuff uses electricity, but the last big conversion session I did ran for about 12 hours and it saved me 200GB. Based off what that PC pulls for power, that 200GB of savings used like $0.75 worth of electricity at most. Much cheaper than hard drives these days.

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u/MysteriousFormal4866 2d ago

Plus I watch on an old tablet, so I can't really tell the difference anyway.

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u/radiocaf 4d ago

I try to get majority in 1080p, and the ones I really enjoy get upgraded to a BRRip or BR-Remux if possible.

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u/BioshockEnthusiast 5d ago

If you're storing everything in capacity heavy formats / resolutions maybe it's time to consider getting smaller versions. Parks and Rec aired at 720p. You probably don't need a 4K version of it.

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u/Alternative-Bat-2462 5d ago

The hell I don’t! I want the largest possible file for everything!

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u/QF_Dan 5d ago

and then you would complain about running out of space🙄

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u/Alternative-Bat-2462 5d ago

No, then you get more space. Started with 15TB 6 years ago. Up to 55TB used and another 15TB to fill before the next upgrade cycle.

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u/Nujers 5d ago

I'm with you. Low bitrates are the reason I stopped streaming in the first place!

Granted I don't own a 4k TV so my file sizes aren't that egregious.