Discussion TrakTV: Does it Track YOU?

[tyner]

For years I've been hoping and searching for a DVD release of this Rod Steiger classic TV episode.

A Slow Fade to Black - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Though some 20 minutes were later added by Universal for a 1967 theatrical release, it's since been only available for viewing by appointment here. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paley_Center_for_Media

Now I find that it's apparently available here.

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre 1x22 "A Slow Fade to Black"

Mike Kirsch built his studio from nothing in the 1920s; now, four decades later, he is on the way out, the victim of a corporate takeover. We follow Kirsch as he exercises his waning authority on a temperamental movie star, browbeats his alcoholic wife, rebellious daughter and longtime yes-man...

trakt.tv

But can AnyStream download it?

AND is Trackt TV safe to use?

Pirates Expose Their Download Habits Through Trakt * TorrentFreak

Trakt is a great service that allows people to track their TV-show and movie viewing habits through Popcorn Time, XBMC and other popular platforms. There's one problem though. Trakt is heavily used by pirates who may not realize that they're broadcasting their downloading habits to the rest of...

torrentfreak.com

 

[cartman0208]

I had it on my plex servers once to sync the viewing status.
But since that is now build into Plex ... I got rid of trakt

 

[RedFox 1]

I am moving this to Gen Chat.

 

[RedFox 1]

No AnyStream cannot download it. No plan for it either.

 

[tyner]

No AnyStream cannot download it. No plan for it either.

Really? I can't believe this? Why can't AnyStream download content from Amazon Prime and not from Trakt?

 

[RedFox 1]

Because there are other much more important things to work on right now.

 

[tyner]

Kind of a lame excuse. I should think individual customer satisfaction would rank among those "important things". How difficult can doing so be anyway? And as you said there's no plans to do so anyway that's a whole more like an outright refusal. Talk about an anti-user attitude.

 

[George++]

The more important things being worked on are about "customer satisfaction." Such as getting around the nasty bit of DRM going in with NetFlix at this time.

Defeating DRM is a continual process; AS defeats one scheme and the providers throw up another DRM screen and road-block.

Adding new providers means having to stay on top of more DRM. So which DRM should take priority? Eventually there will be too many providers that there isn't enough time to defeat their schemes.

Is TrakTV as popular as Prime or NetFlix? I doubt it.

ETA: FYI, I said my piece, I'm done debating something we users have little to no control over. The devs will do what the devs will do.

 

[RedFox 1]

I never heard of it, and while that in itself doesn't mean much, we have 36 pages of requests for providers from every country in the world. TrakTV is not a priority.

 

[tyner]

Has RedFox even tried to defeat TraktTV's DRM? Maybe it's a snap.

 

[RedFox 1]

I should think individual customer satisfaction would rank among those "important things"

You are the only customer that has ever broached the subject. Yes, customer satisfaction is important, but you are not our only customer. Dont make close this thread.

 

[cartman0208]

Uhm, I don't even see where trakt is hosting own content ... when I try to watch something I'm forwarded to providers hosting the content...


So that is more like some watch statistics site...

Anyway, that I-don't-get-what-I-want-so-I-pout-attitude won't get you anywhere.

 

[DavoBR]

Yes, just signed up for Trakt. Doesn't seem to host anything itself. It signposts where to find content, which I suppose could be handy. I can't see any other benefit.