I think so. No more wasting bandwidth by downloading the trailer and never watching it.
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Apple Removes Download Options From Quicktime Trailers Website
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I think so. No more wasting bandwidth by downloading the trailer and never watching it.
Agree 100%. Believe me, you're not in the minority. As much as I hate to admit it, I was one of the many who pushed for the move away from physical discs. Mainly due to the horrible environmental impact from DVD's and packaged media. However, this has allowed companies greater control over how we use the media we purchase. It wasn't long ago that most people made mixed tapes for friends, burned CD's, all legal at the time and with little to no impact on record sales as companies still raked it in. Then came the digital age around the turn of the century, and things began to change.
Yeah I got sick of optical and was dreaming of possible SD card media or flash drives but I knew the cost was too high so it was far fetched. Just looking at the XBOX 720 (I call it that) and the PS4, all your Live arcade and PSN stuff from the older gen becomes unusable on the newer console. People for the most part don't see the crappy future of co-owning content with companies.
Eh, not much we can do I guess. Hopefully one day a DOJ or EC investigation may possibly happen. I think consumers should have the right to backup video and their games and be able to use them if they paid for it. Music you can save on a disk or Flash drive so hopefully video and games get to that point.
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Have to agree with other posters, here. This is the beginning of the end.
I hope you understand. That trailer is copyright Hollywood and you don't get to keep it -- for free --
A trailer is not advertising. It's Hollywood IP, too, and you don't even get to keep their advertising for free
It's the new streaming future that Hollywood is extremely excited about. You pay Hollywood money and you get nothing, no disc, no file, not even a trailer, it seems. It's all their 'copyright' and you'll only get to rent it in future. No proof of purchase, nothing you can backup temporary bits.
And Hollywood can't wait. You can't lend it to a friend, can't play it in the car on long trips for the kids. And we will Pay, Pay, Pay, with nothing to show for it. Once Hollywood gets streaming under their control, out goes Netflix, you'll be paying the full price you pay for a disc now, for bits that just float by
Suckers.
I hope you understand. That trailer is copyright Hollywood and you don't get to keep it -- for free --
A trailer is not advertising. It's Hollywood IP, too, and you don't even get to keep their advertising for free
It's the new streaming future that Hollywood is extremely excited about. You pay Hollywood money and you get nothing, no disc, no file, not even a trailer, it seems. It's all their 'copyright' and you'll only get to rent it in future. No proof of purchase, nothing you can backup temporary bits.
And Hollywood can't wait. You can't lend it to a friend, can't play it in the car on long trips for the kids. And we will Pay, Pay, Pay, with nothing to show for it. Once Hollywood gets streaming under their control, out goes Netflix, you'll be paying the full price you pay for a disc now, for bits that just float by
Suckers.
Welp that's lame.
I used to download and save trailers to view scenes and edits in detail.
Used quicktime.
File>Export To...
Worked like a charm.
I used to download and save trailers to view scenes and edits in detail.
Used quicktime.
File>Export To...
Worked like a charm.
Here's some reasons:
- To watch them more than once without having to download/stream/cache* them again. Many people still have slow internet speeds and might like to prefer not to have to wait to load a trailer again when they can have a local copy that plays immediately.
- To keep in case you want to watch later and be certain you will be able to.
- Because you like having a local copy of a trailer you particularly like.
- To be economical with any bandwidth/download allowance limits you may be subject to.
- To watch via a different device, for various reasons. For example, as I said in my first post in this thread, I like to put a bunch of trailers on a flash drive or hard drive and watch them on my big-screen TV (apparently this is considered old fashioned or something now..!).
- Maybe they collect them, as a hobby.
*depends on your definition of these terms. Either way, saves having to transfer the data from them to you multiple times.
To add to what Porco just said and the reason as to why I download and save trailers:
I have a few thousand movies on my computer that I play throughout my house using Plex. It's nice to have the trailers for as many of these movies as possible so that when someone is over and wants to know what a particular movie is, I can show them the trailer. Sometimes I even forget what a particular movie is and need to be reminded. Having the trailer on hand and available to watch on my TV is pretty damn nice instead of having to go to a different room to my computer and watch the trailer on the small computer screen.
I have a few thousand movies on my computer that I play throughout my house using Plex. It's nice to have the trailers for as many of these movies as possible so that when someone is over and wants to know what a particular movie is, I can show them the trailer. Sometimes I even forget what a particular movie is and need to be reminded. Having the trailer on hand and available to watch on my TV is pretty damn nice instead of having to go to a different room to my computer and watch the trailer on the small computer screen.
Obvious (snarky) reason:
Apple wants you to stream the trailer directly to the HDTV when you want to see it using a shiny new Apple TV.
None of this download and steam on you own business. Especially using something besides iTunes home sharing. Why, with Plex you could stream it to things that aren't Apple products. Like blu-ray players, or directly to smart TV's you have from makers like Samsung, Sony, or LG. Or even to smartphones besides the iPhone. They can't have that can they?
This has been coming for a while now. Many years ago there was no Apple branding placed on these trailers. Then Apple started placing their logo in the lower right corner.
The problem is that Apple get a lot of 'Trailer Exclusives' and that costs them money. Movie sites can currently download the trailer and place it on to their own site, and Apple don't get the traffic that they'd hope to acquire.
The problem is that Apple get a lot of 'Trailer Exclusives' and that costs them money. Movie sites can currently download the trailer and place it on to their own site, and Apple don't get the traffic that they'd hope to acquire.
I began downloading 1080p movie trailers from apple.com in late 2005 and have 3,407 of them on my hard drive now.
I noticed the sudden lack of download links on May 22nd, and was about to call an end to my collection, but then I found hd-trailers.net providing the 1080p links from apple's server, so my collection continues to grow.... for now.
I noticed the sudden lack of download links on May 22nd, and was about to call an end to my collection, but then I found hd-trailers.net providing the 1080p links from apple's server, so my collection continues to grow.... for now.
I have never downloaded a trailer.....to keep..? I actually hate the things and often avoid them. These days they are too long and often show the entire plot of the film.
But I suppose I will join the rabble and have a moan at Apple taking away choice etc.
Boooooo
But I suppose I will join the rabble and have a moan at Apple taking away choice etc.
Boooooo
They have to fight against it. They're trying to convince themselves and the consumer that Blu-Ray is already obsolete, but they can't come close to Blu-Ray quality in streaming/downloading at 1080p, so 720p is their only hope for delivering an 'equivalently' high quality product through their dictated mediums.
Don't be ridiculous. There is not iota of proof or any evidence whatsoever why they did this, just speculations to the extreme as always.
I wouldn't call 720p grainy on my screen.
But since I'm using a 27" monitor with a resolution at 2560x1440,
a video in 720p doesn't take up much space.
I've been using the "download" method and watching 1080p in full screen.
With the new "feature" i can't seem to go full screen in my browser,
and I'm therefore left with a very very small video on the screen.
Hmm just found something a bit strange.
I was looking though the code on one of the Monsters Inc trailers where only 720p streaming is available.
I then found the url for the 720p video file and change out '720' with '1080',
to see if the url was working, and it is!!
The 1080p files are still on the Apple servers.
Here's the newest Monsters Inc trailer in 1080p:
http://trailers.apple.com/movies/di...ty/monsteruniversity-itallbeganhere_1080p.mov
A bit odd, isn't it?
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