downloading tv shows

Post by **spiderfrommars** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 6:05 pm

Any way of downloading old tv shows legally in the UK?

I'm feeling a bit stupid, but itunes only gives me the option of music, podcasts, etc.

Brendocon · Post by **Brendocon** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 6:44 pm

spiderfrommars wrote:Any way of downloading old tv shows legally in the UK?

No. You'll have to breach copyright law like the rest of us.

Post by **Kaylee** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 7:20 pm

www.tv-links.co.uk

not legal tho.

All the channels at the moment AFAIK only put up current shows from the last 7 days online.

Post by **spiderfrommars** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 7:36 pm

Karl Lynch wrote:www.tv-links.co.uk

Any others?

Trying to catch up on Smallville and House.

wideload · Post by **wideload** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 8:01 pm

I would suggest torrents

Post by **spiderfrommars** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 9:43 pm

Any experience with torrents so far has been usually frustrating. But cheers for the PM Ob.

I'll take a look.

edit - I'd like to add the point that I would pay for stuff if it was available online from official sources. And by that I don't mean a £39.99 box set when I'll only watch each episode once.

What are people's thoughts on the issue?

wideload · Post by **wideload** » Sun Aug 26, 2007 3:01 am

spiderfrommars wrote:Any experience with torrents so far has been usually frustrating. But cheers for the PM Ob. I'll take a look.

edit - I'd like to add the point that I would pay for stuff if it was available online from official sources. And by that I don't mean a £39.99 box set when I'll only watch each episode once.

What are people's thoughts on the issue?

You can buy them off itunes
http://www.apple.com/itunes/store/tvshows.html

Personally, I would just get bittorrent and get them for free. Once you get used to it, its incredibly simple. You just get the torrents running. Check back in a day, and you have an entire season.

Post by **snarl** » Sun Aug 26, 2007 3:02 am

Just nick it.

The greedy **** tv people will only spend the extra money on even more drugs and hookers - we're saving their morals.

Post by **spiderfrommars** » Sun Aug 26, 2007 11:28 pm

Y'see, these downloads just sit in my library and refuse to play in realplayer or anything.

Feck.

Obfleur · Post by **Obfleur** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 6:52 am

VLC media player!

Post by **Best First** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 10:34 am

spiderfrommars wrote: edit - I'd like to add the point that I would pay for stuff if it was available online from official sources. And by that I don't mean a £39.99 box set when I'll only watch each episode once.

What are people's thoughts on the issue?

totally agree - really want to catch up on doctow who and would happily pay a few quid to download eps, for example.

Post by **Kaylee** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 10:48 am

I've never understood why we can't have a subscription based download service. Build a huge library of TV shows and say for £15 a month you can watch as many as you like.

I'd buy that for a dollar.

Post by **spiderfrommars** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 10:50 am

Obfleur wrote:VLC media player!

Nope, that doesn't work either.

I've got lots of pretty new applications on my desk top tho.

Post by **Kaylee** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 11:23 am

spiderfrommars wrote:
Obfleur wrote:VLC media player!
Nope, that doesn't work either.

I've got lots of pretty new applications on my desk top tho.

What sort of files are they?

If they're from iTunes then they will need to play in iTunes for DRM and stuff.

If you've got them from torrents they're liable to be ISOs and things like that there- which will need burning onto a DVD to play.

wideload · Post by **wideload** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 1:22 am

You can also use Daemon tools to watch the .iso files w/out having to burn them. Its basically works as an emulator and creates a false dvd drive.

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