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Why Streaming Struggles
imugli:
TBH I can understand them wanting to control the experience.
I'd be happy if they just gave us decent web interfaces, like youtube.com/tv, that can be controlled by remote at 10ft.
stewart_pk:
--- Quote from: Hendrik on August 02, 2017, 03:37:35 am ---We would generally be happy to have a place in playing streamed content (if the conditions are right), but the streaming providers are generally not interested in that, not in music and even much less so in video.
I can only imagine that they view MC as giving you too much freedom and as such doesn't fit into their quite restrictive model on how they want to control your listening.
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Yes I understand that; from memory Netflix shut their doors on you.
The WDM driver, ASIO In and WASAPI Loopback are incredible features that allows us to use other software and hardware players.
But it just makes the UX cumbersome and practically impossible for the other half, kids and visitors.
But here's just a bit of a rambling to come about the music and movie industry which the thread is somewhat about, I think.
IMO PC software players have somewhat facilitated illegal consumption of media.
Many of the "MP3 and MKV torrent generation" use them to play their torrents.
If anything streaming services are to the rescue and at the same time providing a level of convenience unparalleled.
JimH:
I don't think it would be that difficult to capture and record streaming.
Software is just a tool. Like any other tool, it be used for good or bad purposes.
stewart_pk:
--- Quote from: JimH on August 02, 2017, 08:28:59 pm ---I don't think it would be that difficult to capture and record streaming.
Software is just a tool. Like any other tool, it be used for good or bad purposes.
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Yeah, but ripping discs or sharing downloaded files can be done much faster and more conveniently then having to wait for each stream capture at real time.
I've never heard of illegal movie or music downloads that have come from streaming services, have you?
If they exist they're surely a drop in the ocean.
Hendrik:
--- Quote from: stewart_pk on August 02, 2017, 10:24:17 pm ---I've never heard of illegal movie or music downloads that have come from streaming services, have you?
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I don't know about music, but for video thats quite common (called "WEB-DL" files typically), because its a better alternative to recording broadcast streams, which has the same "waiting for it to arrive" problem, on top of broadcast typically being lower quality.
Its quite popular for TV shows, because those often get onto Netflix or Amazon only hours after airing, or in some cases even exclusively on streaming.
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