internetarchiveJan 14, 2024
Steamboat Willie in 4k, digitized from 16mm film: https://archive.org/details/steamboat-willie-16mm-film-scan-4k-lossless
Steamboat Willie - 16mm Film Scan [4K - ProRes 4:2:2] : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Scanned by Reel Revival FilmA 16mm film scan of the now public domain Steamboat Willie cartoon. It's incomplete, missing a small scene due to early censorship...

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Show threadAdam ♿
@internetarchive you should remind people that they can use the torrents for faster downloads and to save the Archive's bandwidth
Jan 15, 2024 at 2:26amWeb
Show threadCONFIG.SYS: LOADHIGHJan 15, 2024

@voltagex @internetarchive I think the first peer of the torrents is always Archive.org, so for unpopular torrents you might still be using their bandwidth.

But other than that I agree. It's the perfect protocol for sharing.

Show threadThe DoctorJan 15, 2024
@loadhigh @voltagex @internetarchive It is. And their trackers are a little buggy. About half the time torrents won't run, but if you stop them, download the files manually, and then restart the torrents they'll run as expected.
Show threadb4ux1t3 #1️⃣Jan 15, 2024
@voltagex @internetarchive they'd do well to have a page dedicated to setting up a (trustworthy) torrent client and explain how to become a long-term seeder. :)
Show threadmammutJan 15, 2024
@voltagex @internetarchive Do they work properly for large collections now? It used to always be the case that, for large collections, the torrent would often be missing many of the files. I remember seeing many large collections that, in their descriptions, explicitly warned against using the torrent for this reason.
Show threadAdam ♿Jan 15, 2024
@mammut @internetarchive most of the time
Show threadKofaniJan 16, 2024
@voltagex @internetarchive ye! torrents not only for bad guys, but can be legal and effective