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- Nov 4th, '17, 14:35
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: What happened to Jdramacity?
- Replies: 81
- Views: 38142
Re: What happened to Jdramacity?
furransu - Let me join in thanking you for your work through the years in providing quality encodings of jdramas. To my mind, you have been the primary pipeline sustaining the community with your excellent choices. I understand your reasons but am saddened by the decision. Best wishes for you in the...
- Jun 3rd, '17, 14:43
- Forum: Tech Discussion
- Topic: AvistaZ (all questions regarding the site goes here)
- Replies: 128
- Views: 98619
Re: AvistaZ (all questions regarding the site goes here)
AvistaZ announcement - Registration open just for June 4th 2017.
- Apr 24th, '17, 00:31
- Forum: Tech Support
- Topic: furransu's site does not work for me (ever)
- Replies: 21
- Views: 8146
Re: furransu's site does not work for me (ever)
@keiko1981 Thanks for the info. I too have been wondering and hope all is well with furransu.
- Mar 24th, '17, 23:37
- Forum: Tech Discussion
- Topic: AvistaZ (all questions regarding the site goes here)
- Replies: 128
- Views: 98619
Re: AvistaZ (all questions regarding the site goes here)
AvistaZ has open registration until the end of March, 2017.
- Oct 13th, '16, 14:26
- Forum: Tech Discussion
- Topic: Please keep using x264 over x265
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6769
Re: Please keep using x264 over x265
Thank you, furransu, for considering using x264 again. I have no problem viewing x265 files on my computer but my WDTV media player that streams to my large screen TV cannot handle x265 files. I have been using a conversion program to re-encode to x264 and I find that the files generated are roughly...
- May 24th, '16, 04:36
- Forum: Japanese Culture & Entertainment
- Topic: BEGIN Japanology
- Replies: 22
- Views: 18040
Re: BEGIN Japanology
YouTube has a Begin Japanology channel with seasons 5 and 6. If you want to save episodes you can use a browser video download app.
- May 7th, '15, 15:10
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: BitTorrent trackers shutdown
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2949
BitTorrent trackers shutdown
@TorrentFreak has posted a link indicating that three of the major trackers, OpenBitTorrent, PublicBT and Istole.it, have been shutdown by the German music industry. http://torrentfreak.com/music-industry-shuts-down-top-torrent-trackers-150429/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter I've been not...
- Dec 19th, '14, 18:42
- Forum: JDrama Discussions
- Topic: [Game] What Jdrama is This?
- Replies: 3209
- Views: 571442
- Dec 19th, '14, 16:25
- Forum: JDrama Discussions
- Topic: [Game] What Jdrama is This?
- Replies: 3209
- Views: 571442
- Dec 19th, '14, 03:44
- Forum: JDrama Discussions
- Topic: [Game] What Jdrama is This?
- Replies: 3209
- Views: 571442
- Dec 18th, '14, 00:05
- Forum: JDrama Discussions
- Topic: [Game] What Jdrama is This?
- Replies: 3209
- Views: 571442
- Dec 17th, '14, 20:30
- Forum: JDrama Discussions
- Topic: [Game] What Jdrama is This?
- Replies: 3209
- Views: 571442
- Nov 27th, '14, 01:52
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Setting up a new torrent site. Who is willing to help? (take 1) [DISCONTINUED]
- Replies: 306
- Views: 201105
I have close to 900 jdramas titles on my external drives. However, I estimate that only 50% are complete with all episodes since I tend to stop downloading a series if I lose interest in it. Also before I joined DA in 2011, I used ddls from Megaupload so that the file names may be different from the...
- Nov 15th, '14, 05:52
- Forum: Tech Support
- Topic: Subtitle problem with Atsu-hime
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3402
If you are using a Mac, it is much easier to use either Movist or VLC (both free downloads) to view the RAW and subtitle files together. That way you avoid the time-consuming step of using HandBrake to combine the two files. Just make sure that the subtitle file has the same name (up to the .srt or ...
- Oct 31st, '14, 13:04
- Forum: JDrama Discussions
- Topic: [Game] What Jdrama is This?
- Replies: 3209
- Views: 571442
- Oct 31st, '14, 03:49
- Forum: JDrama Discussions
- Topic: [Game] What Jdrama is This?
- Replies: 3209
- Views: 571442
- Oct 31st, '14, 02:15
- Forum: JDrama Discussions
- Topic: [Game] What Jdrama is This?
- Replies: 3209
- Views: 571442
- Oct 30th, '14, 14:46
- Forum: JDrama Discussions
- Topic: [Game] What Jdrama is This?
- Replies: 3209
- Views: 571442
- Jun 24th, '14, 01:47
- Forum: JDrama Discussions
- Topic: [Discussion] Saigo Kara Nibanme no Koi
- Replies: 57
- Views: 27720
- Jan 23rd, '14, 03:41
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: aznv.tv invitation code (NO invite req allowed)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5482
- Jan 5th, '14, 21:07
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Media Players
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2062
I've been using an Asus Air OPlay! for about 3 years. It's not perfect (occasionally needs resetting by unplugging) but it does upscaling to 1040p and works with .srt and .ass subtitles. It reads most of the usual file formats but for some reason will not work with the latest .mp4 downloads by \( -o...
- Dec 23rd, '13, 18:01
- Forum: JDrama Discussions
- Topic: [Discussion] Dokushin Kizoku
- Replies: 27
- Views: 8996
Reaction to the finale - So the male and female leads do end up together after several false endings. And Reiko is the one to slap some sense into Mamoru. Poor guy, he took a lot of physical and verbal abuse, but then again he deserved it. The scenes with Mamoru and Yuki embracing seemed stiff and f...
- Dec 21st, '13, 21:19
- Forum: Tech Support
- Topic: Trusted site status changed
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2806
It looks like the connection to d-addicts is no longer going through a secure gateway, i.e. the connection is through http:// rather than https://www.d-addicts.com as before. Don't know that it makes any difference since there is little personal information or financial implications here.
- Dec 19th, '13, 21:44
- Forum: Tech Support
- Topic: Trusted site status changed
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2806
- Dec 19th, '13, 13:04
- Forum: JDrama Discussions
- Topic: [Discussion] Dokushin Kizoku
- Replies: 27
- Views: 8996
We'll see how this ends in the next few days. @yanie: Your comment about dramas where the male and female leads do not end up together (without deaths) got me trying to remember others. Among the older ones, Egao no Hosoku and Over Time come to mind. More recent ones include Soredemo, Ikite Yuku and...
- Dec 19th, '13, 12:23
- Forum: Tech Support
- Topic: Trusted site status changed
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2806
Trusted site status changed
When I tried to login yesterday I got the following message from Firefox. This Connection is Untrusted You have asked Firefox to connect securely to www.d-addicts.com, but we can't confirm that your connection is secure. Normally, when you try to connect securely, sites will present trusted identifi...
- Dec 16th, '13, 03:44
- Forum: JDrama Discussions
- Topic: [Discussion] Dokushin Kizoku
- Replies: 27
- Views: 8996
I am now anxiously awaiting ep11 to see how this ends. After ep09 where Yuki discovered the common thread to the good things happening to her, I figured that the Mamoru-Yuki relationship was a slam-dunk. But ep10 with Yuki asking whether Shachō identifies with Sam from Sleepless in Seattle and findi...
- Nov 7th, '13, 15:43
- Forum: JDrama Discussions
- Topic: korean file names on japanese drama
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5496
- Nov 7th, '13, 03:27
- Forum: JDrama Discussions
- Topic: korean file names on japanese drama
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5496
There is another thread on this same topic.
http://www.d-addicts.com/forum/viewtopic_141637.htm
Unfortunately there is no resolution to the problem. My assumption is that the original files are being captured from a Korean source rather than a Japanese one.
http://www.d-addicts.com/forum/viewtopic_141637.htm
Unfortunately there is no resolution to the problem. My assumption is that the original files are being captured from a Korean source rather than a Japanese one.
- Oct 21st, '13, 02:06
- Forum: JDrama Discussions
- Topic: [Discussion] ANDO-LLOYD: ~A.I. Knows Love?~
- Replies: 65
- Views: 37154
- Oct 15th, '13, 18:37
- Forum: JDrama Discussions
- Topic: korean file names on japanese drama
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5496
Yeah, me too. I've tried using Google Translate to convert from Korean to Japanese and to English but that doesn't seem to work. So I have to go back to the torrent list and try to remember which ones I chose. What a bother, although I can perhaps understand if the uploader is dealing with lots of u...
- Jun 30th, '13, 22:39
- Forum: JDrama Discussions
- Topic: [Discussion] Yae no Sakura
- Replies: 38
- Views: 26151
I just finished watching episode 18 and I am astounded that there is no mention of the role of Sakamoto Ryoma in bringing about the alliance of Satsuma, Choshu and Tosa, especially in view of NHK's Ryomaden from 2010. It's as if we are viewing a history of an alternate universe where Ryoma never exi...
- Apr 30th, '13, 02:39
- Forum: Japanese Culture & Entertainment
- Topic: Educational Dramas
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1869
- Apr 19th, '13, 03:16
- Forum: JDrama Discussions
- Topic: [Game] What Jdrama is This?
- Replies: 3209
- Views: 571442
- Apr 19th, '13, 03:07
- Forum: JDrama Discussions
- Topic: [Game] What Jdrama is This?
- Replies: 3209
- Views: 571442
- Apr 18th, '13, 22:23
- Forum: JDrama Discussions
- Topic: [Game] What Jdrama is This?
- Replies: 3209
- Views: 571442
- Apr 6th, '13, 16:17
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: SOPA/PIPA/ACTA
- Replies: 428
- Views: 120664
Effect of Megaupload shutdown Article in the Wall Street Journal (4/6/2013) cites a study that says that shutting down Megaupload resulted in a 6-10% increase in digital revenues for the US motion picture industry (who funded the research). When applied to the total revenues of the industry, this ge...
- Feb 27th, '13, 01:21
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: SOPA/PIPA/ACTA
- Replies: 428
- Views: 120664
ISPs in the US will be going after torrent downloaders of copyrighted content. http://www.ubergizmo.com/2013/02/isps-adopt-alert-system-to-warn-users-of-illegal-downloads/ This article seems to say that the actions will be initiated by the producers of content so it is likely that the major producer...
- Feb 7th, '13, 19:09
- Forum: JDrama Discussions
- Topic: Jdrama Music Games
- Replies: 0
- Views: 981
Jdrama Music Games
As an amateur musician, I appreciate the contribution of music to jdrama productions. In some cases, music plays an integral part in the story (for example Long Vacation). I find that listening to the music triggers memories of scenes and feelings associated with the drama. This interest has led me ...
- Dec 26th, '12, 19:52
- Forum: Japanese Culture & Entertainment
- Topic: Stream Japanese TV on your computer with KeyHoleTV
- Replies: 992
- Views: 837677
Message today (Dec 26) when trying to access www.117yes.com - Google translation from Chinese. The page can not be found The page that you are searching for might have been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable. Please try the following: Ensure that the browser's address bar t...
- Dec 26th, '12, 17:19
- Forum: JDrama Discussions
- Topic: [Discussion] Rich Man Poor Woman
- Replies: 264
- Views: 113753
Rich Man, Poor Woman SP planned for Spring, 2013
http://www.tokyohive.com/2012/12/rich-m ... l-episode/
http://www.tokyohive.com/2012/12/rich-m ... l-episode/
- Oct 4th, '12, 15:54
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: SOPA/PIPA/ACTA
- Replies: 428
- Views: 120664
The anti-piracy law is pretty scary in its implications. The observation that Japanese ISPs are cooperating further doesn't look good. http://torrentfreak.com/japanese-isps-agree-to-ban-pirates-from-internet-080315/ This law certainly has generated a lot of comment and perhaps a rush to VPNs within ...
- Oct 1st, '12, 16:11
- Forum: Tech Discussion
- Topic: Video Player App for Ipad
- Replies: 9
- Views: 8952
I use Azul Media Player on my iPad2 and find it to be great. It supports a wide variety of file formats including avi, mvk, mp4, flv and also supports srt subtitles under the CC option. Videos can be downloaded directly or they can be easily loaded within the app sync procedure using iTunes The onli...
- Sep 22nd, '12, 18:21
- Forum: JDrama Discussions
- Topic: Need help to identify a Jdrama? Ask here!
- Replies: 1058
- Views: 237786
- Sep 21st, '12, 18:14
- Forum: JDrama Discussions
- Topic: [Discussion] Saigo Kara Nibanme no Koi
- Replies: 57
- Views: 27720
- Sep 3rd, '12, 14:02
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: SOPA/PIPA/ACTA
- Replies: 428
- Views: 120664
- Mar 26th, '12, 20:19
- Forum: JDrama Discussions
- Topic: [Discussion] Saigo Kara Nibanme no Koi
- Replies: 57
- Views: 27720
I really enjoyed this dorama. It’s now firmly ensconced in my group of all-time favorites, and I’ll recommend it to my friends. I have the feeling that a large number of the fans of this show (including me) think of themselves as being somewhat more mature than the fans of, say, Hungry! or Renai NEE...
- Mar 21st, '12, 02:36
- Forum: JDrama Discussions
- Topic: [Discussion] Saigo Kara Nibanme no Koi
- Replies: 57
- Views: 27720
Thanks to GaussAlgorithmus for the location-spotting tour of the Kamakura sites important to Saigo kara. It was fun. I also had tried to look for some of these site with Google maps but hadn't taken it to that extent. While fooling around with this I found a YouTube video of a visit to Goryo Jinja, ...
- Feb 12th, '12, 21:18
- Forum: JDrama Discussions
- Topic: [Discussion] Boku to Star no 99 Nichi
- Replies: 124
- Views: 47987
For those fans of the theme Time Travel by Spitz, some kind soul has posted it on YouTube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYhMSppJteI
I suggest watching or ripping quickly since I suspect that it may disappear soon.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYhMSppJteI
I suggest watching or ripping quickly since I suspect that it may disappear soon.
- Feb 7th, '12, 05:41
- Forum: JDrama Discussions
- Topic: [Discussion] Saigo Kara Nibanme no Koi
- Replies: 57
- Views: 27720
Thanks for setting up this topic. This is my current favorite jdrama. I really like the characters and the dialogue. Koizumi Kyoko is great and carries the show in my opinion. And Nakai Kiichi has a knack for comedy, a trait hidden in recent things like Taira no Kiyomori and 99 Nen no Koi, although ...
- Feb 3rd, '12, 05:14
- Forum: JDrama Discussions
- Topic: Best Taiga Drama of All Time (Round 1 - Preliminary)
- Replies: 76
- Views: 47107
I'm a fan of the Bakumatsu period so naturally my top pick is Atsuhime. Second choice, if there had been an opportunity, would be Ryomaden. I am also a fan of the Sengoku period and liked Aoi Tokugawa and Furin Kazan whereas I felt that the scriptwriting for Gou was flawed. Overall, I think that Ats...
- Jan 31st, '12, 16:38
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: SOPA/PIPA/ACTA
- Replies: 428
- Views: 120664
- Jan 29th, '12, 16:19
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: SOPA/PIPA/ACTA
- Replies: 428
- Views: 120664
If you use torrent downloads, you can get some protection by using a client that only allows connections with encrypted peers (I use Transmission on my Mac) and by setting up a list for blocking connections to ISPs and other entities that may be gathering info on your torrents. http://www.iblocklist...
- Jan 23rd, '12, 19:41
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: SOPA/PIPA/ACTA
- Replies: 428
- Views: 120664
Now it appears that even torrents are being affected.
http://www.webpronews.com/megaupload-take-down-2012-01
http://www.webpronews.com/megaupload-take-down-2012-01
- Jan 23rd, '12, 16:26
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: SOPA/PIPA/ACTA
- Replies: 428
- Views: 120664
FileServe has now stopped filesharing and MyAC says that FileSonic has also terminated filesharing. It's looking very grim for j- and k-dramas and movies. Torrent downloads seem to be the only way to go right now. But I expect that ISPs will take steps to shut down torrent traffic. I hope that a dow...
- Jan 6th, '12, 22:39
- Forum: JDrama Discussions
- Topic: [Discussion] Taira no Kiyomori
- Replies: 102
- Views: 52725
Ethlenn - Thanks for the recommendations of the book and the website. I'll take a look at these. Regarding the ability of Fuka-Eri to recite long passages, because she is dyslexic, she learns by listening to audio tapes or being read to. So she is carrying on in the oral tradition of stories being p...
- Jan 6th, '12, 20:22
- Forum: JDrama Discussions
- Topic: [Discussion] Taira no Kiyomori
- Replies: 102
- Views: 52725
Can anyone suggest a good, readable translation of the Heike Monogatari? I have the version by AL Sadler but it reads like Elizabethan English. I know that the story really develops after Kiyomori's death, but I'm interested in the whole tale. In a note somewhat off the track, Murakami Haruki's late...
- Jan 6th, '12, 18:50
- Forum: JDrama Discussions
- Topic: [Discussion] GOU ~Himetachi no Sengoku~
- Replies: 929
- Views: 343944
Sorry that I missed your earlier post, bmwracer. That's the problem with jumping in when not closely following the topic. And maybe it's already been said, but I think the production team did a big disfavor to Juri by having her play Gou as the mischievous young child. It destroyed much of her credi...
- Jan 6th, '12, 17:04
- Forum: JDrama Discussions
- Topic: [Discussion] GOU ~Himetachi no Sengoku~
- Replies: 929
- Views: 343944
I haven't viewed the last 2 episodes of Gou to see whether Fuku appears, but she certainly did not disappear from the Tokugawa shogunate. According to her Wikipedia entry, she established the Ooku, the women's quarter in Edo Castle. I'm guessing that this was during Iemitsu's time as Shogun. She was...
- Jan 4th, '12, 03:19
- Forum: JDrama Discussions
- Topic: [Discussion] Densha Otoko
- Replies: 1044
- Views: 265197
- Jan 3rd, '12, 22:26
- Forum: Life & Relationships
- Topic: 23 yrs old, never had a girlfriend
- Replies: 31
- Views: 27880
The origin and development of this topic is so jdramatic! The whole thing shouts out - Watch Densha Otoko (the jdrama, not the movie). This story, supposedly based on a real-life case, is about a 23-year old socially inexperienced otaku and a beautiful office lady. While traveling on a train, he sav...
- Dec 22nd, '11, 04:22
- Forum: JDrama Discussions
- Topic: [Discussion] Boku to Star no 99 Nichi
- Replies: 124
- Views: 47987
- Dec 22nd, '11, 04:10
- Forum: JDrama Discussions
- Topic: [Discussion] Boku to Star no 99 Nichi
- Replies: 124
- Views: 47987
While this jdrama is still current, I have the same question that was previously asked by Anon but I saw no answer (maybe I missed it?). Anybody know the actor playing Kuma (Kumada Kozue), Kohei's astronomer kouhai? Her name doesn't appear in the drama's credits either in the DramaWiki or at the Fuj...
- Dec 20th, '11, 21:47
- Forum: JDrama Discussions
- Topic: [Discussion] Boku to Star no 99 Nichi
- Replies: 124
- Views: 47987
It's too bad that the ratings for Boku to Star episodes were not better. I suspect that this was due in part to running in the same Sunday time slot as NHK's Nankyoku Tairiku with Kimutaku and Ayase Haruka along with the negative publicity in Japan from Kim Tae Hee's comments about Korean ownership ...
- Dec 20th, '11, 15:56
- Forum: JDrama Discussions
- Topic: [Discussion] Boku to Star no 99 Nichi
- Replies: 124
- Views: 47987
The Spitz cover of Time Travel is included in their next album release.
http://www.tokyohive.com/2011/12/spitz- ... m-orutana/
http://www.tokyohive.com/2011/12/spitz- ... m-orutana/
- Nov 25th, '11, 23:06
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Non Asian Dramas
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2845
You can find a few non-asian dramas at http://www.asiancinematic.com/Other-Foreign-Dramas/. I am currently following Homeland from Showtime through torrent downloads.
- Apr 28th, '11, 01:37
- Forum: Tech Discussion
- Topic: How to get .avi files and subtitles to work in a Mac?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3636