Yeah, I know. I want to work on it, but I have no time right now.
Basically every time someone requests it calls a php file that scans for every file and folder and makes a list for them, this is cost heavy (especially computing it over and over again). I would like to set up some database and do various things, but alas no time to do so. =( I could do a simple work around by moving files into folders for each day (thus reducing the time spent indexing each directory) but I felt that the negatives outweighed the good.
I'm gone a lot, uploading anime, doing requests, and when I have "free" time I just don't feel like being on the computer and instead choose to play the Witcher 3 (which sadly aint as long as I want it to be) or something completely else. I do want to do it though, hopefully I'll start putting time aside for it. I tried looking for a CMS but couldn't find anything that I wanted. I don't think that the backend would be too hard to construct, but the front end would be more challenging to get to a point I like.
To speed up things for you (a bit) instead of visiting the site everytime, just ask for the file directly: yukinoshita.eu/ddl/filename ex. ddl/[GJM] Danchigai - 02 [B3380D56].mkv or even a folder ddl/[Tsundere] Akame ga Kill [BDRip h264 1920x1080 10bit FLAC] Just keep an eye here, nyaa, or tokyotosho to get a general idea of what's available.
Join the channel with the bot using a client that supports XDCC, and write "/msg {{botname}} xdcc send {{filenumber}}", hit enter, and the download should start. I recommend using Hexchat. (http://hexchat.github.io/)
Tibb, your yuki's site is really useful to me. Several things I really hope you to improve: 1. Sort file by 'modified' column. 2. Decrease time to load all that files in the site
Solidfiles doesn't do any reencoding. But rather than using a web player, it is best to use a standalone media player to stream from the filehost, because you are guaranteed the original video and it will work with softsubs.
By the way, I just discovered Sharebeast is streamable using mpv for the files that are not split.
Thanks for the heads up. One issue is that they've reduced their max size to 250MB, which may indicate that they don't want a lot of files stored. But maybe we can try them again.
Thanks for the ideas. I want to avoid user contributions at this stage - ideally should be done somewhere which deals with it more. AniDB has some file metadata, but not all the ones you mentioned - maybe try to get them to store that too?
Tibb, Thank you for the detailed information! I'll be making good use of it. This is a new issue for me, and I'm just starting to figure it out. P.S. Does/will Yuki have any similar options?
SolidFiles will send the file over the encrypted protocol, but the page can only be viewed unencrypted. Uplea can be connected with HTTPS but the transfer of the file won't be. OBOOM can use HTTPS, but doesn't by default. The download will be unencrypted, but you can paste "https://" in front and then it will download it with the TLS protocol. TusFiles will be encrypted throughout, but Go4Up doesn't pass the secure link over (TusFiles will redirect you the secure page after), but if you deem it necessary, copy the address and add "https://" before connecting to the site. 1Fichier will be encrypted by default, although you can choose whether or not to download it with SSL (TLS?) or even inline (Note Jheberg passes "http://" and MultiUp passes "https://" to AnimeTosho) UpToBox can only be secured with a premium membership and then enabled in the account page. SendSpace is a secure link on AnimeTosho and it will download the file using the secure protocol as well. UsersFiles can be connected with HTTPS but after trying to download a file it will send it over HTTP and if you try to replace "http://" with "https://" for the direct download link, Chrome will tell you that the certificate is from *.tusfiles.net. You can ignore that and continue to download it from there.
--- Your download manager could be different, you might need to go the settings page and somewhere find the option for HTTPS.
Yeah, each site reencodes the files. A streaming site may be good for new series/HorribleSubs shows, but I doubt any of them bother to upload 1080p/720p BD's or various fansub group releases. They could have a better web player and alive links for older shows (TV versions), but you could stream higher quality stuff from here.
Of course, downloading the file is the best and some will say the only way to watch your lolis.
For re-encodes, you just have to keep a list of all known groups that do them (Deadfish, AnimeRG, JacobSwaggedUp, etc.)
Source: Again, you can tell this by the release group. Blu-Ray is almost always marked as such, and otherwise groups exclusively stick to either TV or Web rips.
Translated By: I guess this would be difficult to come across. I do know Deadfish (where this information would be most useful) posts the original group names on their website, dunno how easy this would be to scrape. IDK if Translated By is the right thing to call it however. There's groups like FFF which edit Crunchyroll scripts. Maybe calling this Subtitles From would be a better choice.
In the end, however, some things are going to be difficult for a computer to determine, but there could be a way for users to contribute and/or correct metadata.
I'd like to request the return of AnonFiles. They have been back running for a while, and look to be stable?
The reason for this request is they are/were the only https download service, and I've just discovered that some of Horrible's releases are now from a subsidiary of my ISP.
The metadata would be nice, but I'll point out that it's quite hard to get that automatically unfortunately. Some could be guessed, with varying degrees of reliability.
- Release group: can probably get that info from the tag most of the time, though I've seen the script get it horribly wrong as well - Translated by: almost impossible to determine this automatically - Audio/video info: can be determined automatically, possibly some issue if multiple formats are used (i.e. dual audio releases with audio from different sources) - Subtitle format: you could assume that if a softsub track = soft, no softsub track = hard, though this isn't always the case - Re-encode: can rely on Nyaa's "remake" flag, doesn't work on stuff sourced purely from TokyoTosho though - Source: hard to figure out unless marked in the name
I would rather see the original filename, and then have metadata that can be filtered. For example, for "[DameDesuYo] Working!!! - 02v2 (1920x1080 10bit AAC) [444B976E].mkv" you would get the following: Release Group: DameDesuYo Translated By: DameDesuYo Resolution: 1080p Video Codec: H.264 10bit Audio Format: Stereo Audio Codec: AAC Video Container: MKV Subtitle Format: Softsub Source: TV
For a Deadfish release, such as [DeadFish] Grisaia no Kajitsu - 05 - Special [BD][720p][AAC].mp4, you would get: Release Group: Deadfish Translated By: Mori Resolution: 720p Video Codec: H.264 8bit Audio Format: Stereo Audio Codec: AAC Video Container: MP4 Subtitle Format: Hardsub Reencode: Yes Source: Blu-Ray
For Horriblesubs: Release Group: HorribleSubs Translated By: Crunchyroll Source: Web ...Other fields as necessary...
For example there could be an option like "show/hide deadfish releases".
Also there could still be "animetosho.org/raw".
Personally I am using a RSS Reader which marks releases by "deadfish", "AnimeRG" and many more as already read. That way I filter out most of the releases I dont care at all about.
As I look at admin's example, I ask myself: 1. Is that format easier to read than the current? Not to me, really. 2. Would I want any sorting or filtering options based on it? In a search page maybe, but not on the main page. The incoming anime is such that if you don't visually scan it raw, you'll miss out on opportunities you may have liked. For example, the current 'Hide Nyaa Remakes' gets rid of deadfish but also a lot of the new dual audio offerings.
The current raw homepage is all that I want. For a search page, whatever.
You can stream MKV files. I use mpv (http://mpv.io/). Just start it and drag and drop a link onto the window. For Solidfiles, use the "direct download link" on the Solidfiles page, not the Solidfiles link from Animetosho. I have also tried streaming with other hosts. Usersfiles will work, but you can't seek.
VLC should also work in the same manner. I have also tried MPC-HC with KCP, but it tries to download the entire file ahead of time.
Catch-22: If you're an anime fan, you probably keep up with new releases, so 60 days is more than enough. If you're not a fan, you're probably not going to spend an extra $15/month (USD) on top of your Internet bill just to download old anime releases.
Exactly. For example it would take the "DameDesuYo", "Working!!!", (maybe the "02") and "1080p" from the torrentname "[DameDesuYo] Working!!! - 02v2 (1920x1080 10bit AAC) [444B976E].mkv".
The server is mostly disk bound, so I'd expect a naive split would be more intensive than a PAR2 calculation (which shouldn't incur much disk activity I'd think, unless the calculation requires multiple passes).
Well if splitting isn't important, that makes things easier. So the process is probably: generate PAR2 -> upload -> make NZB. Assuming the upload process is a single disk pass, there's a bit of unnecessary overhead with PAR2 generation, but it doesn't look like there's a tool which can do on-the-fly PAR2 generation without additional disk reads.
(I'm guessing that SFV files aren't that important with PAR2 verification and CRCs in most filenames)
Downsides of Usenet would be that users would need paid accounts, and the increased complexity with using it. Still, the ~8 years retention claimed by these providers sounds somewhat too good to be true. We'll have to see how it pans out, but I'm willing to give it a try.
Oh, so basically the idea is to display the original torrent name, but, when possible, add some spacing between the group name / series so that they line up (like columns)?
20/07/2015 03:06 * — Tibb