Show HN: movies.io — torrent search like it should be(movies.io)
movies.io
Show HN: movies.io — torrent search like it should be
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I don't like it that much.
Yes, it's deadly simple, but what I actually like on sites like PirateBay or demonoid is the discussion below the torrent. Yes, it is sometimes idiotic and distracting, but if it's bad quality/a different movie/contains a virus, someone will mention that.
With your website, I have no clue at all what I am downloading. What is the format? How is the quality? Is it nuked? Is it DVDrip/camrip/webrip/...?
I don't know any of that from your site. I see just a link and filesize. Who knows what the file actually is. I personally find the quality more important than the number of seeders/leechers.
Yes, it's deadly simple, but what I actually like on sites like PirateBay or demonoid is the discussion below the torrent. Yes, it is sometimes idiotic and distracting, but if it's bad quality/a different movie/contains a virus, someone will mention that.
With your website, I have no clue at all what I am downloading. What is the format? How is the quality? Is it nuked? Is it DVDrip/camrip/webrip/...?
I don't know any of that from your site. I see just a link and filesize. Who knows what the file actually is. I personally find the quality more important than the number of seeders/leechers.
That's mighty purty.
Bug: if you try to type in something that doesn't exist, say an actor's name like Walter Matthau, it autocorrects so aggressively you can't finish typing
Feature requests: If it's available on Netflix/other streaming services, show a link.
Oh, and this seems like a very bad place to actually log-in.
Bug: if you try to type in something that doesn't exist, say an actor's name like Walter Matthau, it autocorrects so aggressively you can't finish typing
Feature requests: If it's available on Netflix/other streaming services, show a link.
Oh, and this seems like a very bad place to actually log-in.
☑ Massive market opportunity
☑ Tons of room for product innovation
☑ Potential for significant revenue
☐ Ability to do business without being sued out of existence.
☑ Tons of room for product innovation
☑ Potential for significant revenue
☐ Ability to do business without being sued out of existence.
I built a somewhat similar product http://www.dexy.tv but it only links to 'legit' content (netflix, hulu, amazon, etc).
nddrylliog, send me an email if you're interested in potentially collaborating so you can list both kinds of content. Really like what you've done on the UI side.
nddrylliog, send me an email if you're interested in potentially collaborating so you can list both kinds of content. Really like what you've done on the UI side.
A lot of torrent movie downloaders check for the "type of" print available - CamRip, Blue Ray RIP, DV RIP etc. It would be great if you could display these after the search goes through. It would make the movie download decision 1-click.
is it legal to download movies from these torrents? I believe no, correct me if I am wrong
http://techland.time.com/2011/08/30/expendables-piracy-lawsu...
http://techland.time.com/2011/08/30/expendables-piracy-lawsu...
How do you plan on staying online?
Not working in konqueror and midori. In opera I had to hit enter twice - but only once, then it worked normally.
Background images that are even bigger than 700 KB and every single click on a link has a new one? Is that really necessary?
While the search is all nice and stuff, what about browsing available stuff? Is that an intentionally lacking feature because you say "please don't download content that you haven't bought" anyway?
Background images that are even bigger than 700 KB and every single click on a link has a new one? Is that really necessary?
While the search is all nice and stuff, what about browsing available stuff? Is that an intentionally lacking feature because you say "please don't download content that you haven't bought" anyway?
I'm not too familiar with the inner workings of P2P technologies of torrent and magnets, but is "snooping" possible with magnet downloads ? Like in the case of torrents, MPAA often hops on to a tracker, doesn't send/receive any data, but all it does is log the public IPs of all peers on the tracker. Is this a problem with magnet downloads as well ?
I torrent stuff, like a substantial portion of humanity. Except music (Spotify) and games less than five years old. Movies I torrent without a care, unless they're indie or similar. Anyway, I digress, I'm just saying I'm not going to hypocritically pontificate, just comment on the product.
On the actual site: I like the straightforward process you've gone for. A search for 'Dracula' returns multiple, relevant results with the year of release where it's available. It's very easy to find what movie I want. A downside is the download options, all I'm presented with is some links with the filesizes, that's not enough information in my opinion, but I suppose there's not actually much you can do about that. It's a downside because it's not immediately clear if it has subtitles, what language it might be dubbed in and if it is HD or not.
It's a pretty well executed idea that's naturally going to be a bit rough 'round the edges, but it's a great start.
On the actual site: I like the straightforward process you've gone for. A search for 'Dracula' returns multiple, relevant results with the year of release where it's available. It's very easy to find what movie I want. A downside is the download options, all I'm presented with is some links with the filesizes, that's not enough information in my opinion, but I suppose there's not actually much you can do about that. It's a downside because it's not immediately clear if it has subtitles, what language it might be dubbed in and if it is HD or not.
It's a pretty well executed idea that's naturally going to be a bit rough 'round the edges, but it's a great start.
I'd like to be able to set a minimum quality for torrents that appear in the RSS of my watchlist. This allows me to add it to the watchlist when it's widely promoted when it launches, and watch it when eventually a good torrent appears of the movie.
I've been looking for an aggregator that does this for a long time, but still haven't found it.
I've been looking for an aggregator that does this for a long time, but still haven't found it.
It certainly looks nice, but it's not really accurate. E.g. the page for Moon links to Twilight torrents: http://movies.io/m/9t
I've always wondered why all torrent sites look like ass. Nice job with this.
"please don't download content that you haven't bought"
It's kind of hard to purchase The Avengers (2012) given that it's currently still running in theaters.
It's kind of hard to purchase The Avengers (2012) given that it's currently still running in theaters.
Warning to those at work, there's at least one NSFW image in rotation on the landing page.
Pretty.
I searched for the film 8 1/2 (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056801/)
Two things:
1. The director's first name is wrong.
2. No results (maybe due to the ½ symbol.)
EDIT: here http://movies.io/m/fI
I searched for the film 8 1/2 (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056801/)
Two things:
1. The director's first name is wrong.
2. No results (maybe due to the ½ symbol.)
EDIT: here http://movies.io/m/fI
Why? torrentz.eu is more generic and works better on fuzzy searches. And I don't care that you parsed wikipedia.
I've tried searching for some anime and it's not pretty, suggest offers you some transliterated or authentic japan which is confusing.
I've tried searching for some anime and it's not pretty, suggest offers you some transliterated or authentic japan which is confusing.
There is one book from a portuguese writer where the argument is something like this: press a button, you'll get a million dollars and somebody (that you don't know) in a very far way place dies. Nobody will know about it just you. Will you press it or not?
Piracy is the same. Is so easy to get and normally nobody will know, just a smaller reward and smaller consequences too. Most of people just press it..
disclaimer: I and nearly everybody somewhere during is life press it, specially if the "reward" is larger. A videogame in my country is around 75€, minimum wage less than 500€, unemployment rate among younger around 40%.
disclaimer: I and nearly everybody somewhere during is life press it, specially if the "reward" is larger. A videogame in my country is around 75€, minimum wage less than 500€, unemployment rate among younger around 40%.
Nice job, the first thing I would like to see is a tag for CAMS and TeleSyncs.
At least in Opera the search function is not really working. Neither pressing Enter no clicking on the magnifying glass does the trick.
It needs to be able to distinguish the different types (DVDRIP, TS, etc...)
I like the UI and the execution. I don't know why it is limited to movies. The UI could easily be used for music too.
I want this except with paying to get an actual license.
I'd like to hear some talk about how the post went to the frontpage very quickly, generated some very interesting comments and then got buried (atleast temporarily)?
Was this a result of people flagging the post due to the (some would argue) unethical function of the site?
Was this a result of people flagging the post due to the (some would argue) unethical function of the site?
Feature request: The background images look very nice. I'd like to be able to easily hide all the text and just view the background (But, please don't 1) dim the text - completely hide it, 2) use one of those stupid LightBox thingies)
How do you choose the splash screen for the different movies? It seems that for each movie I tried you have a very good screen-cap that is obviously not something random, and yet it is also not the official poster.
Did someone select these screens by hand?
Did someone select these screens by hand?
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YES! Thank you! I have been thinking about building this forever, but have never actually implemented it due to the fuzzy legal issues (read: it's totally illegal) and imminent shut down.
Love the interface. Love the simplicity. Love the graphics. Love the lack of [unnecessary] technical details and inclusion of details about the actual movie (rating, genre, summary, cover photo, etc).
Only thing I can think of to improve this is including a trailer on the download page. Yeah, IMDB is linked and that has trailers, but not quite as cool :) Also, related movies would be awesome.
Love the interface. Love the simplicity. Love the graphics. Love the lack of [unnecessary] technical details and inclusion of details about the actual movie (rating, genre, summary, cover photo, etc).
Only thing I can think of to improve this is including a trailer on the download page. Yeah, IMDB is linked and that has trailers, but not quite as cool :) Also, related movies would be awesome.
BUG:
- Resource interpreted as Font but transferred with MIME type text/plain: "http://movies.io/assets/Lato-Reg-webfont-6690edfe4c4ab548613...
- Resource interpreted as Font but transferred with MIME type text/plain: "http://movies.io/assets/Lato-Lig-webfont-653131606c56b81c0ae...
(Safari 5.2 beta, OS X Lion 10.7.3, though that is clearly irrelevant!)
- Resource interpreted as Font but transferred with MIME type text/plain: "http://movies.io/assets/Lato-Reg-webfont-6690edfe4c4ab548613...
- Resource interpreted as Font but transferred with MIME type text/plain: "http://movies.io/assets/Lato-Lig-webfont-653131606c56b81c0ae...
(Safari 5.2 beta, OS X Lion 10.7.3, though that is clearly irrelevant!)
1. Whether or not this is actually illegal, it is clearly unethical and not in the spirit of good clean business and technology practices we should all be aspire to.
2. That it quickly made it to #1 on Hacker News.
3. That I seem to be one of the few who cares while most others nit on details.