I'm not a fan of torrenting and haven't bothered with them in like, geez, I think 16 some odd years. I like DDLs and I like more convenient options. I don't want to bother being an easy target, I don't want to mess with protocols, timing and any other hassle just to torrent. I am done with those days.

[–] sefra1@lemmy.zip 1 points 6 hours ago

Those streaming sites have dreadful image quality, sometimes even audio is fucked. They are useful to check bits of the first episode before you commit to download from a high quality source.

I mean, you do you, but anime is a much more pleasant experience if you download a decent encode.

I'm not even saying to download SubsPlease or Erai-Raws, just Judas, EMBER, ASW, Cloe, etc. Look pretty good and only take about 200 to 300 MB per episode.

I understand that you don't want to torrent, but, you're ruining your experience. Besides torrenting easier than what you're trying to do.

[–] gajahmada@awful.systems 1 points 7 hours ago

Just use nyaa. Download then stop seeding, if it's new-ish airing show it's probably have decent peers already.

If your ISP blocked the port then yeah understandable not wanting to mess with anything.

But if it doesn't, torrent is miles ahead more convenient these days compared to DDL.

[–] k0e3@lemmy.ca 3 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

being an easy target, I don't want to mess with protocols, timing and any other hassle

I've never heard of these issues in my years of torrenting. I just find whatever I need and download. Do you mind helping me understand those issues?

[–] remon@ani.social 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I feel the exact opposite. Going back to torrents made everything so much easier. Especially for anime which has a very active torrent community.

I start the VPN, I start the torrent client, I go on the anime-cat website and a few minutes later I can watch the episode(s). And not even using any of the *arr tools.

The biggest hurdle is really just the VPN, because it costs money (but might even be optional depending on your jurisdiction).

[–] Chronographs@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 days ago

Yeah, like I can almost understand the “torrenting is too hard” argument if you’re just going to pay for the official streams but once you want to download them just grab one of the copies that someone already did (and potentially improved)