https://www.pocket-lint.com/tv/news...digital-film-library-is-in-danger-of-deletion
I never used this myself
Just a heads up for anyone that uses this..
I never used this myself
UltraViolet to close down, your digital film library is in danger of deletion
- Thread starter chaparral
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Never redeemed the codes when I was buying disc versions. Can't imagine they'll be that many people who have a stacked library.
You'd be surprised, check the Blu-Ray forums.
This is just another example of why local storage is KING. Forget giving these dumb services money & just host your collection yourself. Same thing happened with FilmStruck.
You'd be surprised, check the Blu-Ray forums.
This is just another example of why local storage is KING. Forget giving these dumb services money & just host your collection yourself. Same thing happened with FilmStruck.
What services offer that though? Aside from buying physical media or time limited downloads via specific apps?
I've just been sticking with physical media for purchases of films/boxed sets at the moment. (ditto to music too generally since it is often the same price if not cheaper and when bought via amazon you get it added to your digital library anyway)
Soldato
I rarely see the free digital copy available anymore. In fact I can't remember last time I saw it. Do Amazon still do that ? Can't see why they would seeing as they have a streaming service now. My old stuff is still available tho
They seemingly do still offer it. You can select "autorip" in the search filter.
Soldato
Well it might show in the Search filter , but I clicked on 6 different albums with Amazon supplying it and none of them offered autorip
I remember the files back in the day being too big to download. That was why I never used the codes.
Physical discs count as local storage. Ripping a friend's discs is also an option.
Ah fair enough, I just thought you might be talking about digital downloads of some sort re: "hosting" them yourself.
Though I guess I am tempted to, at some point, rip/back up all my DVDs/blue rays, stick them on some NAS drive and then just stash away all the disks/case in a box somewhere.
Soldato
Probably stopping it due to all the people who sold the codes. Of which there were many!
Soldato
I've only ever bothered with Ultraviolet once, that was a year ago with BR2049 just to see what it was like. I wasnt impressed. Talk about grind to a halt enough times. It buffered more than a steam train. I had to sign up with a Sony site & all its DRM CPU intensive/bandwidth hogging nonsense, I won't miss it that's for certain.
Soldato
Movies Anywhere in the US is the reason, most studios are moving over to that service. UV in the UK is so limited that I guess most won't see it as an issue.
This is what will push everything to a subscription model. When people realise that a DRM'd digital copy of media you've "purchased to own" can be taken away from you at a moment's notice they'll realise it's pointless to pay for digital media as anything other than a subscription.
Soldato
The UV input system is closing not the platform to view as I said in the US most studios are moving to MA, UV just can't keep going with no backers. MA links to Google, amazon, iTunes and more. You can even link your UV collection to MA in the US securing it
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how do i do this i have a lot of redeemed movies already that i can access through flixter would these transfer
Use a VPN set to US to open accounts with VUDU and Movies Anywhere, then link Vudu to My UV and Movies anywhere.
Lastly to can add google play / iTunes etc to movies anywhere so those films show up on those services.
Soldato
And by adding Google that means anything that can run youtube