SRL Archive - Music, Movies and TV

So, SRLers, what kind of movie collections do you guys have? Are they on a PC? or are you one with a thousand DVDs?

How did you come by them? No sources pirates ;)

If they are digital, what is your setup to watch them?


I have a small library of digital movies, I recently decided to go digital.


Is what I have so far, I haven't watched Dark Skies, or Empire State yet, but I have watched the rest and liked them. Now You See Me, was a bit confusing and disappointing with its ending.

I have a 32' LED in my bedroom to watch them on, I have it hooked up to a Roku HD, then just direct stream them in 1080p to the box. I have found that transcoding is what kills my movies (laptop not fast enough to decode and recode 1080p real time). So if they do have to transcode for the Roku to play them, I usually have a 720p version.

Also I have found that I love the PLEX channel and it is how I stream them.

Anybody have any thoughts on ChromeCast? (link to what it is here) My Roku HD was 49.99$ and I want the Roku 3 (99.99$) because it has better specs and streams smoother because of them, however I think I may buy Chromecast instead.. thoughts?

I tend to either stream movies or download them and delete them after. It's not like I'm going to watch a movie often enough to justify keeping it on my hdd.

From: BMWxi
I tend to either stream movies or download them and delete them after. It's not like I'm going to watch a movie often enough to justify keeping it on my hdd.

I may delete them if they start taking up to much space, I only have 320gb on my laptop, which is where I keep them. I usually keep them to give to friends ect.

Nice, you have Now You See Me and Oblivion. I watched those both in theaters, really good movies. :smile: I'm one of those guys with a library of DVDs since they're illegally copied in this country for, roughly, $.50 ea.

From: Flight
Nice, you have Now You See Me and Oblivion. I watched those both in theaters, really good movies. :smile: I'm one of those guys with a library of DVDs since they're illegally copied in this country for, roughly, $.50 ea.

Do the theaters you have there have English speech, English speech and local subtitles, Dubbed local speech, or Dubbed local speech and English subtitles?

From: BMWxi
Do the theaters you have there have English speech, English speech and local subtitles, Dubbed local speech, or Dubbed local speech and English subtitles?

Original English audio with the local language.

I watch most movies online through a Jailbroken APP on iphone called MovieBox, its free and grants you access to watch online/download movies at great quality with no lag or delay or buffer times, i love it.

In the past i used to download films from TPB, watch em and then delete once i finish but now days i just watch it all on iphone, that app has a mega library and all they ask from their users is to click on the ads every once in a while ;)

I have over 5000 films on one of my stepdads servers Which aren't HD and about 2700 HD films.

I know it seems a bit overkill. But to be honest I studied film… and I love it to bits, I watch a film every night, i just don't have the time to see em all xD

Got a home cinema in my house too

From: xtrapsp
I have over 5000 films on one of my stepdads servers Which aren't HD and about 2700 HD films.

I know it seems a bit overkill. But to be honest I studied film… and I love it to bits, I watch a film every night, i just don't have the time to see em all xD

Got a home cinema in my house too

Buy a popcorn & soda machine and some extra seats and you've got a theater.

From: Flight
Buy a popcorn & soda machine and some extra seats and you've got a theater.

I can probably grab some snaps if you wanna see :P

From: xtrapsp
I can probably grab some snaps if you wanna see :P

Or host an SRL party there :D

I ddl'd them all on a 1 TB HDD and use a media center to stream it. I want to get a NAS system for better streaming and "mirroring". I usually keep only movies I like. It is currently a mix between the top 250 on imdb.com and this:

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Well I have like so many family guys recorded and hundreds of DVDs..

From: xtrapsp
I can probably grab some snaps if you wanna see :P

WE HAVE A THEATER TOO! :D

Have a popcorn machine, just need some actual theater seats ( we have double couches ) and a pop machine! We set the whole thing up for roughly 6-7k including the projector, we have over 7500hrs on it, bulb was supposed to last like 4k lol.

In all honesty, i think we just skipped vacation one year for it, its easy to move with us as well.

Ill post some pics if @xtrapsp does :P


Also, not sure if this allowed to be posted, but I get ALL of my movies from Yify, guy has a full website dedicated to it, all 720p or 1080p, seed ratio is insane for a public tracker. I usually get 1mb-2mb/s, easily download a 1080p movie in 30 minutes or less. He rips them from Blu-rays, 720p are usually 800mb, 1080p usually 1.5gb or so, video quality is amazing, I watch them on the LED in my room and the theater, all look like blu-ray from the PS3. Sadly you do need atleast 25mb/s to stream them with no wait :P

From: King
WE HAVE A THEATER TOO! :D

Have a popcorn machine, just need some actual theater seats ( we have double couches ) and a pop machine! We set the whole thing up for roughly 6-7k including the projector, we have over 7500hrs on it, bulb was supposed to last like 4k lol.

Wow that's quite a setup. Ya post some pictures if you get the chance.

From: Flight
Wow that's quite a setup. Ya post some pictures if you get the chance.

Ill post some tomorrow, been out with the girlfriend all day :)

I just stream all my movies from my dedicated server

From: King
WE HAVE A THEATER TOO! :D

Have a popcorn machine, just need some actual theater seats ( we have double couches ) and a pop machine! We set the whole thing up for roughly 6-7k including the projector, we have over 7500hrs on it, bulb was supposed to last like 4k lol.

In all honesty, i think we just skipped vacation one year for it, its easy to move with us as well.

Ill post some pics if @xtrapsp does :P


Also, not sure if this allowed to be posted, but I get ALL of my movies from Yify, guy has a full website dedicated to it, all 720p or 1080p, seed ratio is insane for a public tracker. I usually get 1mb-2mb/s, easily download a 1080p movie in 30 minutes or less. He rips them from Blu-rays, 720p are usually 800mb, 1080p usually 1.5gb or so, video quality is amazing, I watch them on the LED in my room and the theater, all look like blu-ray from the PS3. Sadly you do need atleast 25mb/s to stream them with no wait :P

Oh man, YIFY is the bomb!!
Oblivion: Decent plot and cool twist but a little long and drawn out. Also the greenscreen acting (while flying the heli-flyer) was medicore (esp the girl)
Pain and Gain: Almost walked out of the theatre, overly crude sexual and too much swearing…lost respect for The Rock and Wallyberg.

We just moved to the country so internet speed is about 150 KB/s so I download on our main mac computer to external harddrive, then move to USB and watch off the PS3. I would use PS3 Media Server but ps3 can't stream wirelessly…hopefully ps4 can do this. Kinda annoying to move to USB all the time but on the flip side you can fast forward with no lag/jumping/issues.
E: Post pics :D, @xtrapsp too!

From: cause
Oh man, YIFY is the bomb!!
Oblivion: Decent plot and cool twist but a little long and drawn out. Also the greenscreen acting (while flying the heli-flyer) was medicore (esp the girl)
Pain and Gain: Almost walked out of the theatre, overly crude sexual and too much swearing…lost respect for The Rock and Wallyberg.

We just moved to the country so internet speed is about 150 KB/s so I download on our main mac computer to external harddrive, then move to USB and watch off the PS3. I would use PS3 Media Server but ps3 can't stream wirelessly…hopefully ps4 can do this. Kinda annoying to move to USB all the time but on the flip side you can fast forward with no lag/jumping/issues.
E: Post pics :D, @xtrapsp too!

Pain and Gain was stupid, I didnt like it a bit. Oblivion was only okay, didnt like the lack of "feel" the characters had even after being so long..

Do you have the "fat" PS3? As I have a slim and can stream fine with PS3 Media Server, it might be only the newer one, never tried it with my older one lol.

Pictures of the theater (messy as it is our rec room, 4 kids here)



we are having a new house built, moved about a year ago to be closer to my dads work. We had a dedicated theater room at the other house, but we are renting this one, so we cant change the structure of the walls. New one being built will have a 20 x 30 ft room roughly, over the garage only for the theater.

From: King
Pain and Gain was stupid, I didnt like it a bit. Oblivion was only okay, didnt like the lack of "feel" the characters had even after being so long..

Do you have the "fat" PS3? As I have a slim and can stream fine with PS3 Media Server, it might be only the newer one, never tried it with my older one lol.

Pictures of the theater (messy as it is our rec room, 4 kids here)



we are having a new house built, moved about a year ago to be closer to my dads work. We had a dedicated theater room at the other house, but we are renting this one, so we cant change the structure of the walls. New one being built will have a 20 x 30 ft room roughly, over the garage only for the theater.

I gotta say, that's pretty cool!

From: John
I gotta say, that's pretty cool!

It wwas worth skipping the vacations :D anyone in Michigan can come watch movies with us :P

Sorry for the quality, used a shitty cam corder + it was dark:

Screen:

Screen + Door (Remote controlled and slides open automatically, like in a spaceship from the future):


That second picture kinda gives you a realisation of the size

Part of the ceiling (Has speakers there because the surround sound works better that way):

The lights have up to 8 different dimming settings, depending on the situation.


I'l unlock the server cupboard tomorrow (people are in bed atm) to show you the sound setup.

HD Area:

>stream.

Very sweet Brad! We are hoping to get something similar setup in the new house, I felt like crying when we had to leave the setup.. we had the basement finished just for the theater, then THEY
DANG WELL MOVED.

From: xtrapsp
Sorry for the quality, used a shitty cam corder + it was dark:

o was the second picture meant to be 3d? ;)
I need a new site to stream from :/ Movie2k got blocked in UK :'( and my internet is crap.
I don't like downloading so usually get them off friends. Got all the inbetweeners downloaded and about 11 films including Dark skies.

http://youupload.org/eobxphe
My current setup, pretty ok…screen is close to my face; all I need lol

From: cause
http://youupload.org/eobxphe
My current setup, pretty ok…screen is close to my face; all I need lol

Is that not uncomfy? Surely proping it up a bit more would be better?

From: xtrapsp
Is that not uncomfy? Surely proping it up a bit more would be better?

Actually leaning back is the perfect distance to the screen

From: BMWxi
I tend to either stream movies or download them and delete them after. It's not like I'm going to watch a movie often enough to justify keeping it on my hdd.

same, netflix & hulu & going to my brothers house and taking some of his movies for the night

@xtrapsp probably one of the worst built movie rooms I've seen in a long time, at least try if you're dedicating a room to it

From: grats
same, netflix & hulu & going to my brothers house and taking some of his movies for the night

@xtrapsp probably one of the worst built movie rooms I've seen in a long time, at least try if you're dedicating a room to it

Is Hulu + Netflix good enough to cut the satellite?

From: King
Is Hulu + Netflix good enough to cut the satellite?

haven't had a tv in over 10 years if that answers your question

From: grats
same, netflix & hulu & going to my brothers house and taking some of his movies for the night

@xtrapsp probably one of the worst built movie rooms I've seen in a long time, at least try if you're dedicating a room to it

lol k. Reported for purpose trolling

From: xtrapsp
lol k. Reported for purpose trolling

Not even similar to trolling, mad somewhere else plz

From: grats
haven't had a tv in over 10 years if that answers your question

sure does :D

From: King
sure does :D

forgot to mention I set my mom & stepdad up with it on some random laptop with hdmi out.. they cancelled their cable about 2 months later

it's just crazy how expensive they are these days for the TV

From: grats
forgot to mention I set my mom & stepdad up with it on some random laptop with hdmi out.. they cancelled their cable about 2 months later

it's just crazy how expensive they are these days for the TV

I think my Mom and Stepdad pay roughly 120$/month for Direct TV, I will just have Netflix + Hulu + HDMI out for college

From: King
I think my Mom and Stepdad pay roughly 120$/month for Direct TV, I will just have Netflix + Hulu + HDMI out for college

yea I got the netflix dvd too, I get a dvd rip it to my comp send it back same day
watch it sometime, delete it
do that so I keep the dvd's going, try to get like 15+ dvds a month sometimes I watch like 5 in a day it depends.. but yea I think it's much more worth it than redbox or paying for any TV

I pay for netflix, my mom gives me like half the money sometimes they use my acc for streaming

and my brothers gf pays for hulu so we all use that one lol..

From: grats
yea I got the netflix dvd too, I get a dvd rip it to my comp send it back same day
watch it sometime, delete it
do that so I keep the dvd's going, try to get like 15+ dvds a month sometimes I watch like 5 in a day it depends.. but yea I think it's much more worth it than redbox or paying for any TV

I pay for netflix, my mom gives me like half the money sometimes they use my acc for streaming

and my brothers gf pays for hulu so we all use that one lol..

The 6 of us use my netflix, my friend pays for hulu+ and we share, I never thought about ripping the netflix dvds, do you rip regular or blu ray? and how well does it work?

From: King
The 6 of us use my netflix, my friend pays for hulu+ and we share, I never thought about ripping the netflix dvds, do you rip regular or blu ray? and how well does it work?

works fine? not sure what you mean by that
I just get dvds and use handbrake, takes about 20-30 mins