Classic Films Re-Released by Internet Archive

[Jason Dunn]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.archive.org/movies/collection.php?collection=feature_films' target='_blank'>http://www.archive.org/movies/collection.php?collection=feature_films</a><br /><br /></div>Jake Ludington says: "While the debate rages on over what is acceptable to do with content still under copyright, plenty of good content finds itself in the public domain on a regular basis. One of the greatest horror movies of all time, Night of the Living Dead is one such public domain offering. Archive.org, a non-profit dedicated to disseminating content, makes the 1968 classic horror flick available for download in MPEG-1, MPEG-2, and MPEG-4 formats, in addition to providing a QuickTime stream. This is exactly the sort of content Bit Torrent users should be sharing."<br /><br />I'm in the midst of downloading the 3.84 GB MPEG2 version of this film, which I plan on converting to a WMV9 format and putting on my Pocket PC for viewing on a plane trip I'm taking in early April. I think providing a service like this is fantastic, although I'd shudder to see their bandwidth bill. 8O

[foldedspace]

You blew it up! The site is currently down...heh.

[`helios]

I'm actually getting great bandwidth from the site, all things considered. I'm also downloading Night of the Living Dead at around 200kbps, but the download is going in minus... the completed percent is -18%, and the download status bar is all the way finished.

It would be nice to have a classic, this one's going right to DVD when it's done downloading..... in 6 hours

[Jason Dunn]

I'm actually getting great bandwidth from the site, all things considered. I'm also downloading Night of the Living Dead at around 200kbps, but the download is going in minus...

I was going to freak out when I thought you were saying 200 KBps, but you're saying 200 kbps, which is 25 KBps, right around the 22 KBps that I'm getting right now. What browser are you using? Is it really measuring it in kbps? Only broadband providers who are trying to trick people into thinking their service is faster than it really is use kbps. :lol:

[Paul Martin]

If you want to verify your actual speed, try AnalogX's NetStat Live. It's free and can be downloaded here (http://www.analogx.com/contents/download/network/nsl.htm).

[Jason Dunn]

If you want to verify your actual speed, try AnalogX's NetStat Live. It's free and can be downloaded here (http://www.analogx.com/contents/download/network/nsl.htm).

AnalogX makes some great software, but in this case it's pretty easy to see the download speed - Internet Explorer tells you. :D

[Paul Martin]

Sorry :) I hadn't had my coffee yet. I was reading that there was some uncertainty of the bandwidth speed connection itself. :oops: Now, back to my cave. [/uncloak]

[Russell]

I'm actually getting great bandwidth from the site, all things considered. I'm also downloading Night of the Living Dead at around 200kbps, but the download is going in minus... the completed percent is -18%, and the download status bar is all the way finished.

It would be nice to have a classic, this one's going right to DVD when it's done downloading..... in 6 hours

Somehow, mine was running at 80 to 113KB and downloaded 237 MBs worth in about 30 min. :rock on dude!:

[dean_shan]

This is awsome. Archive.org just keeps getting better and better.

[Jason Dunn]

Still downloading, two days later - another 13 hours to go. I'm impressed the connection hasn't dropped though. 8O