Using AMD VCE, I’ve been able to do the same with a remux, taking it from 33GB down to 5GB. My first attempt on that one got the file size all the way down to 3GB but there was some rough artifacting on the studio logos at the start and intro credits. I decided the extra 2GB was worth it for that minor bump. Bizarrely, the rest of the film seemed fine but I could have missed something since I didn’t bother with a full watch.

Spoken like someone who has no clue how to use Handbrake.

You could consider running your collection through Handbrake. It’s pretty easy to shed 90% of video file size while barely losing any noticeable quality.

This couldn’t be less the judge saying ‘I really want you guys to beat the shit out of Facebook, but we have to do this properly and you guys suck.’

By owning half of the market and preying on the technologically oblivious.

Please don’t consider this my entry for the code. I doubt anyone in here is going to want it so long as they’re educated enough. That said, the reason I’m bothering to say anything at all is to give you kudos for your generosity. Good bean.

PIA has port forwarding and retains the port between connections.

Well, if Facebook can do it and get away with it, everyone can and should, right?

It’s truly heartwarming to see police using limited resources to tackle the hard-hitting crime of the day. /s

Always. Fuck Denuvo.

If you’re looking at a group that is requiring their launcher, don’t walk away, run. There are groups doing this that are legit (or as legit as piracy gets) and the only thing you download from them is a txt with a token inside. It’s not bound to your Steam account and yes, it’s specific to games with the dreaded malware baked in. The system these people are using is to simply trick the Denuvo into thinking you’re supposed to have the game.

Options -> Advanced -> Network Interface. It’s a dropdown. Pick the connection for your VPN.

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This function exists in qbittorrent too.

Probably doesn’t want to pay for a VPN.

As much as I couldn’t give less of a monkeys about fOOtBAll, this is a massive over-step from governments (yet again). The moment countries get to order VPNs what to do, they become pointless.

So long as the game is DRM-free, you just go to the install location and run the exe file.

Roughly $0.00002/a/s/l/m

It’s been a very long time since I’ve needed it so I don’t know its standing in trustworthiness anymore but I was always decently successful with good ol’ Cpasbien

Coming from a country with an age of consent lower than 18 and possibly one of the few people who acknowledge even the US - famous for its stance on 18 - has an AoC under 18 in more than half of ots States, I understand where he’s coming from in that quote. Choosing to care only about an arbitrary age - one that so very few actually agree on outside of puritan cultures - is flawed.