Okay so for context: I’ve never really downloaded movies right after release, the movies that I’ve downloaded were all released at least few months before the time of download, so I don’t know how movies releases work.

So when a movie is released, how long does it take for there to be a high-quality pirated version of it? I can’t seem to find the movie on an online platform even if I were to pay for it. Are movies exclusive to an actual theater when they first get released? Right now I’m searching for that movie that was just released and all I find is HDCAMs. Does this mean that someone just secretly recorded it in a theater?

Oh btw, the movie I’m talking about is about a scientist that was involved in (at the time) a secret government weapons program during WW2. The movie was released very recently. (Hey, I didn’t mentioned the name of the movie, I hope I’m not breaking the rules 😉)

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    If the movie is not available on any physical media or online streaming sources yet, the best you’ll find is what’s known as a cam, which is the dude sitting in the theatre in a hoody recording like you see in the warning of what not to do before the movie starts.

    A lot of trackers don’t allow them because the quality is so bad, I see them a lot on TL tho. I think they even have some exclusive releasers.

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        Buddy I’m pretty sure people are getting jerked off at the movies, people probably relieved when the person next to them is just recoding with a camera.

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        Sometimes it’s the operator in the projection booth doing the recording, not a visitor in the theater.

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    It depends on the movie and how they market it. Usually once it hits streaming services good rips will be available very quickly.

    Personally I don’t bother with CAMs or TSs, I’d rather wait until there’s a good rip.

    Use Radarr, set the quality you want, watch stuff when it shows up.

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    Once it’s released on a streaming service, quality private trackers will have it within minutes.

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    My rule of thumb is to just wait till the blu-ray is released. Ill either get a remux or a very solid encode. Web-DLs can usually be found earlier than the blu-ray release too (usually like month, or a few weeks, before the BD release). I’m not saying rips or cams cant be “good quality”, but I would rather watch an actual scene release or closer to the quality of a physical counterpart. I’d rather be patient and just wait for better releases.

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      I totally agree with this approach. Web-DL is good enough for me, but cam is really a non-starter.

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    On rare occasions a high quality copy gets leaked early. But most of the time, all you’ll get is CAMs until the movie is released on a streaming service, then that will get ripped in full quality. This typically takes around 6 weeks these days. After that you wait another 6+ months for the Bluray release which is higher quality still.

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      Yep no magic to get movies early anymore, the people who upload them can get them when everyone else can.

      Those pre-release DVD Screeners and early regional releases to compete with bootleg market are a thing of the past.

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        I found that Bluray rips can come earlier than the release date, but I assume that’s because of the time required to get the whole product supply chain up and running. And insiders can a copy of the physical disc early in that process. But for streaming, yeah same time as the rest of us.