Time to UNSUBSCRIBE from Disney+, Netflix, etc!

UPDATE (if you want to rip 4K content): It looks like the popularity of the Pioneer drive led to a firmware update on new models that blocks ripping UHD content for now! For the most comprehensive guide to what drive to buy, and how to make sure it will work with 4K UHD content, search for "Ultimate UHD Drives Flashing Guide Updated 2023" — over on the MakeMKV forum there's a very comprehensive thread dealing with these issues. And if you ask me what drive I would recommend, the trouble is once I recommend it, they'll likely pull those units and slap on some updated firmware too! So do your research! If you don't need UHD content, and you're content with regular Blu-Ray or DVD media, then no worries, it's a lot simpler :)

There was a nice little period of time when piracy wasn't preferable Welcome back

Too complicated, i'll stick to Piracy, thank you

The only thing i get from this, is that piracy is WAAAAY more convenient

Its incredible that companies are allowed to operate in a way where you buy a movie which might be labelled as something like 'buy' but that they have the right to discontinue your licence at any time and its because they still make you stream it. My opinion is that by law they should be forced to provide you with an offline player that plays their protected content without the need for connection to a service when they offer you buy and own options

unsubscribe, got it.

Spoiler Alert: Corporations won't be happy until you own nothing and everything is a rental. Cut them off.

I foresee a big trend of moving back towards not just ownership, but ownership of physical media. I personally have been re-purchasing many CD albums I used to own, because I miss flipping through the album artwork and actually OWNING the media. People are tired of being yanked around by these fickle streaming platforms. Change is coming!

While I usually pirate everything, I understand that it's important that people rip because no one's ripping there's nothing to pirate. This video reminded me of that, so I'm off to rip what Blu-rays I do have. Then I'm gonna share them on the high seas lol

Fun Fact: If you rip your movies from your discs that you bought legitimately, it still counts as Piracy to them. :)

I love living in Switzerland, downloading movies online is legal (for private use only) Even P2P sharing of copyrighted content is legal 😅

Great video man! Just one detail, you are changing the frame rate of the movie when you do the transcode 11:20 I can see how the original video file is at 23.9 fps, when you do the transcode, you are selecting 30fps, and should be the same as the source. Hope you see this! Thanks for this great video

Here is a tip if people think that purchasing that many DVDs is expensive: libraries. The library near me has a lot of DVDs. If what you're looking for is pretty popular, chances are they'll have it. If not, request it any they'll most likely get it. Then you can just follow this tutorial to rip it.

We've come full circle. Something I was doing twenty years ago with DVD's now needs explaining to a whole new generation. Great video.

Very cool idea, but piracy sounds way more fun

or i can just torrent them for free

The problem still exists where: 1. Media companies are doing fewer physical releases. 2. If you have a large family where everyone has different tastes, your purchases could be large (not to mention they'll complain about having to wait to watch new shows months after everyone else)

Man those streaming companies became just like cable companies. Very nice video Jeff as always.

I'm also subscribed to all those services, but I only pay ~$15 a month or less. I only subscribe to one service at a time, though. I never understood being subbed to everything all at once. No one service has enough new, quality content to justify staying with it year-round, either.

My man thought he did something when he canceled his 100$/month subscriptions… Just to set up his own hardware worth probably around 1000$ and then buying blurays at 30$/piece. Not even mentioning the countless hours of ripping them, converting them through fiddly software like handbrake etc 🤦🏼‍♂️ Why not just keep Disney+ at this point and if you want to watch anything else, just rent it at 4-10$ per Movie? You’ll save so much money this way that you’ll still be able to buy a hard copy of your most favourite movies. By far the easiest legal solution to his whole problem, if you ask me.