NOCManMadMacHatter Premium Member join:2004-09-30 Colorado Springs, CO |
NOCMan
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2008-Apr-20 3:49 pm
[rant] 4 Hours to download Movie 8 seconds for a songThis really pisses me off. Apple seems to put limits on how fast you can download movies you rent/buy off iTunes. 2 hours for a 1.23gb movie to download. At the same time we also had songs in the purchase queue and they all downloaded in about 8 seconds each.
So much for getting a few new movies before I hit the road. |
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darciliciousCyber Librarian Premium Member join:2001-01-02 Forest Grove, OR |
I think that most movie download services could learn a lot form how things work on Usenet (e.g. up to 10 connections for faster downloads). I regularly max out my 15mb/s connection on Usenet but never ever do on iTunes, Amazon, etc... |
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Maggs Premium Member join:2002-11-29 Jackson Heights, NY |
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The server probably can't handle the load. |
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NOCManMadMacHatter Premium Member join:2004-09-30 Colorado Springs, CO |
NOCMan
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2008-Apr-21 2:46 am
Movies used to download fast. You can not even get a SD movie to start in any amount of good time anymore.
Amazon does not have this issue and neither does the xbox 360.
Apple needs to get a kick in the butt. Hate to say it, but I wonder when the steve will go away. No reason that were paying all this money and can not even get a decent download speed. |
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said by NOCMan:Hate to say it, but I wonder when the steve will go away. No reason that were paying all this money and can not even get a decent download speed. I'm sure it's Steve Jobs' fault your download speeds from Apple suck. He's out to make you suffer. FWIW, I have always gotten 3MB/sec+ from Apple's servers on iTunes and software updates in recent years. |
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NOCManMadMacHatter Premium Member join:2004-09-30 Colorado Springs, CO |
NOCMan
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2008-Apr-21 3:12 am
Yeah songs download fine. They're throttling movie downloads.
And yeah it probably the steve's fault. He's the CEO. |
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yabos join:2003-02-16 London, ON |
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How do you know it's "throttled"? I would be music and movies are on different sets of servers. They probably don't have enough servers for the movies yet. |
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joeybeeJoey Premium Member join:2003-08-12 Hamilton, ON |
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said by Maggs:The server probably can't handle the load. Apple uses Akamai services though. They should be able to handle the load. |
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Mauricio9 Premium Member join:2001-12-04 Vancouver, BC |
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said by NOCMan:Hate to say it, but I wonder when the steve will go away. Movies download slowly. Off with his head. After all, he's only the man who saved Apple and revolutionized the way you use computers and enjoy your media. Can't tolerate slow download speeds from him. A criminal trial would be appropriate as well. |
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darciliciousCyber Librarian Premium Member join:2001-01-02 Forest Grove, OR ·Ziply Fiber
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said by Mauricio9:said by NOCMan:Hate to say it, but I wonder when the steve will go away. Movies download slowly. Off with his head.[...]A criminal trial would be appropriate as well. Would the trial be before or after the beheading? |
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Mauricio9 Premium Member join:2001-12-04 Vancouver, BC |
Mauricio9
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2008-Apr-21 12:06 pm
After the beheading, of course. Death by hanging would be an appropriate sentence. |
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NOCManMadMacHatter Premium Member join:2004-09-30 Colorado Springs, CO 1 edit |
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Are you confusing mac os with Linux? Pretty closed source Drm laden products != revolution. |
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said by Mauricio9:After the beheading, of course. Death by hanging would be an appropriate sentence. Yeah, behead him first, then hang him by the neck. That's the ticket. |
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lunarPlexusNothin' Up Muh Sleeve Premium Member join:2003-02-08 Chicago, IL |
MacDraw and quarter. |
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gattaca Premium Member join:2003-05-28 USA |
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I don't understand the love affair with open source. When I choose a product, I base it on its functionality merits alone, not what development model it uses. And we already see Apple and others moving away from DRM, slowly but surely, so that point of contention (while legitimate), is becoming less of a problem everyday. |
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Mauricio9 Premium Member join:2001-12-04 Vancouver, BC 2 edits |
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said by NOCMan:Are you confusing mac os with Linux? Pretty closed source Drm laden products != revolution. If DRM and slow download speeds are so offensive to you, why on earth do you stick with Apple? A wide-open Vista awaits you. |
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NOCManMadMacHatter Premium Member join:2004-09-30 Colorado Springs, CO 1 edit |
NOCMan
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2008-Apr-21 11:43 pm
I pay for a service and I expect it to work. Jobs said SD movies would start instantly and it has NEVER done that. I have a very fast internet connection more than double the minimum requirements for SD movies to start instantly so it should work.
Apple is clearly offering one class of service for music vs movie downloads. I guess their Rental service will get ignored like the Atv has the whole time. The new UI is crap compared to the other one, and is contrary to other Apple design principles.
Lets not start on the fact that 75% of the movies became RENT ONLY after the rental service started. I'd rather not have to buy DVD's and just purchase them through iTunes and use ATV's to display them on my displays. Unfortunately Apple is making this difficult and forcing me away to go out and buy the DVD's.
I also offer Apple praise where it's due, but if they screw up I will let them and everyone else know as well. |
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Mauricio9 Premium Member join:2001-12-04 Vancouver, BC |
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Yes, like fire Steve Jobs. Great advice. |
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bobrkYou kids get offa my lawn Premium Member join:2000-02-02 San Jose, CA |
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How do you know your connection isn't throttled? Who is your ISP?
I've rented 2 SD movies so far, and they both started immediately. |
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darciliciousCyber Librarian Premium Member join:2001-01-02 Forest Grove, OR ·Ziply Fiber
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said by bobrk:How do you know your connection isn't throttled? Who is your ISP? According to the OP's mini bio with his post, his ISP is Verizon FiOS which definitely doesn't throttle downloads. |
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ifarrell join:2000-08-10 Willow Spring, NC |
I have recently rented three movies (two HD and one SD). The HD ones started after 5 to 7 minutes and played non-stop. The SD movie started after 5 seconds and played OK non-stop. And this is on a mediocre 5Mb/s TW Cable TV line. I'm damn sure Apple isn't doing any throttling otherwise I would have seen it this past weekend. Maybe they just hate you. |
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FUDBuster
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2008-Apr-22 5:21 pm
I call FUD on that one buddy. I have the same service and I've never gotten any SD/HD movies to start. Like OP said they have always been slow and music downloads are fast.
Now only if I could get FIOS then I could blame Apple for slow downloads vs just blaming my 5mbit connection and Apple at the same time.
On the same note Amazon is slow for me. Maybe it's a regional thing??? |
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FUDBuster
Anon
2008-Apr-22 5:22 pm
Posting from somewhere else before someone says ZOMG he's a Quest user |
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