Discussion New Content on Disney+ Hotstar

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With 4K and DD becoming a norm in India due to Android TV platform, all major apps should provide these services... Netflix and Prime are already ahead of hotstar in this aspect. If Disney+ content comes to Hotstar, then 4K/DD is the way to go
 
You should know streaming in this country is in poor state when pirates offer better experience than streaming provider.
Not really, there is an awareness in people on Dolby audio but people don't really care about it. For most people, movie is just a video but there are few who is well aware of other technical departments in a movie. OTT content providers should be more passionate about bringing technology to the people. Why not - as almost all movies are being produced with 4K and Dolby atmos. Hope things will change very soon!
 
You should know streaming in this country is in poor state when pirates offer better experience than streaming provider.
Yeah.. correct
Also they have very bad Encoding
If you download a 480p episode in any Streaming App, it takes around 300-400MB... while in Torrents you can get the same episode in 720p in around 150-200MB

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Look at this 👆
These are the download sizes for a 1 hour episode on Hotstar. 615MB for Low Quality???
The same episode is available in Torrent websites at just 300MB, that too for 720p Quality
 
Yeah.. correct
Also they have very bad Encoding
If you download a 480p episode in any Streaming App, it takes around 300-400MB... while in Torrents you can get the same episode in 720p in around 150-200MB

ehm14Wp.png

Look at this 👆
These are the download sizes for a 1 hour episode on Hotstar. 615MB for Low Quality???
The same episode is available in Torrent websites at just 300MB, that too for 720p Quality
Comparing to torrents will be unfair as pirates heavily compress the video degrading the quality which might be not visible to you but it's to me. Meanwhile Netflix and Amazon does compress the videos too but they cost less bandwidth to download because of their parent companies heavily invest in new technology which Hotstar doesn't. They only know to acquire content.

Can anyone confirm whether Hotstar works on Linux or not?
 
Hotstar's VIP content is accessible using third party apps. I use Chrome on mobile to stream matches as they limit the resolution to 360p for some weird reason. Same happens to most series. Talking about offline videos on Hotstar. I downloaded Raid movie thrice back last year than also in HD. It either stops downloading mid-way or the download file doesn't play. In the end I gave and streamed it. Also the fonts on subtitles on tv is beautiful meanwhile on website and app is terrible.
This is what I was mentioning. Poor state of affairs, yday I was watching India - Bangladesh match, it was unwatchable, buffering a lot and poor video quality. They don't want to give good service. Chalta hai attitude. Meanwhile, I have a 50 Mbps fiber connection.
 
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