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I downloaded the movie after seeing it in theatre to once again enjoy it from the comfort of my home. Seeing 2160p, I thought it's going to be a webcam rip but the title says webrip. Where is this leaked from that has Dolby Vision on a movie still in theatre?

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[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 93 points 2 days ago (14 children)

Its not unheard of for some scene peeps to get access to the raw digital files played in some theaters. It's uncommon because of the difficulty in acquisition and then sanitizing it so they can't figure out who ripped it, but does happen.

[–] quediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 41 points 2 days ago (12 children)

I'm really curious about the sanitation process. About the methods used to identify each copy, it has to be one of those cases of security by obscurity. I think it is a fascinating topic that I know nothing about.

[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 41 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

IIRC digital cinema files are usually DRM locked in a special format and are also imperceptibly watermarked somewhere throughout the video. They're distributed to cinemas usually on physical hard drives/SSD's. I don't know anything about the security details other than that, off to YouTube it is!

[–] gajahmada@awful.systems 17 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I think I also remember from a reddit thread many moon ago that they need to be internet connected somehow, and can only be played on a scheduled time slot.

[–] BlueEther@no.lastname.nz 14 points 1 day ago

I know a cinema manager, and yes they (new releases) all need internet acces and are time locked aswell

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