Best tools for ripping content (lemm.ee)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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While trying to find a torrent for a show, I became curious about how others are creating the torrents I know and love. Is ripping a video from a streaming service relatively easy? Are there tools y'all would recommend?

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[-] [email protected] 24 points 11 months ago

From what I recall, this sort of stuff is usually kept as a closely guarded secret by those who do it. Perhaps someone else more knowledgeable about the practice could give some more insight.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

Interesting, I wonder why that is. I guess to stay one step ahead of the corporations trying to prevent them from succeeding? I can't imagine it's to prevent others from following suit. Feels like that would be a weird motivation for people saving and disseminating content.

[-] [email protected] 17 points 11 months ago

Usually the methods are not shared because streaming services would go out of their way to break them. Just like Youtube breaks yt-dlp every now and then. But Youtube is too big to implement any serious protection, so, downloaders usually win. I heard Crunchyroll is ripped via their mobile app, albeit modified. But specifics are better left in the dark.