does anyone know what the file type should actually be of SC vids? A lot of my collection of some of the older stuff is wmv...and then mostly mp4 for the newer stuff...sometimes I see torrents and its like mov....and in my mind Im like....did someone like fuck w the file? It worries me because Im like I want the best possible quality and I know sometimes when people change the file type, it fucks with the resolution/quality which makes me hesitant to download
Most old ones were WMV and you can convert them without any loss of quality on freeconvert.com or most other conversion websites. I have no issues doing so on my files.
 
To be fair mate, lots of these studios miss out on the Models arse/ass concentrating on their prick/dicks in the models auditions.

That's why I love the The Casting Room, Chaosmen and Drake Rock as they always showed off the guys Asset's fully in all of their scenes.
Is there a poll about this stuff? I imagine the "dick" is probably more popular than ass 9 times out of 10 hence the "focus" on that. Just a guess though.
 
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does anyone know what the file type should actually be of SC vids? A lot of my collection of some of the older stuff is wmv...and then mostly mp4 for the newer stuff...sometimes I see torrents and its like mov....and in my mind Im like....did someone like fuck w the file? It worries me because Im like I want the best possible quality and I know sometimes when people change the file type, it fucks with the resolution/quality which makes me hesitant to download
you should look for the .mov files for anything released before Summer 2013 when they fully transitioned to .mp4

.mov were the “optimized” for Mac video files available for download and the highest quality available. Based on the meta data I believe the studio worked primarily with Mac hardware and software and *then* recompressed everything to .wmv

If you get a .mov compare it to a .wmv you will notice that the .wmv has a lot of compression artifacts when there is a lot of movement in the video and the colors look a bit washed out compared to the .mov

anything released before Summer 2013 that is in .mp4 is mostly likely a recompressed video from who knows where
 
you should look for the .mov files for anything released before Summer 2013 when they fully transitioned to .mp4

.mov were the “optimized” for Mac video files available for download and the highest quality available. Based on the meta data I believe the studio worked primarily with Mac hardware and software and *then* recompressed everything to .wmv

If you get a .mov compare it to a .wmv you will notice that the .wmv has a lot of compression artifacts when there is a lot of movement in the video and the colors look a bit washed out compared to the .mov

anything released before Summer 2013 that is in .mp4 is mostly likely a recompressed video from who knows where
Thanks! This is very informative

Also would you happen to know like what were the highest qualities avail for different time periods. I look back at my collection and a lot are 540p but I did recall not getting the highest quality bc I was trying to save space and now I regret it haha
 
Thanks! This is very informative

Also would you happen to know like what were the highest qualities avail for different time periods. I look back at my collection and a lot are 540p but I did recall not getting the highest quality bc I was trying to save space and now I regret it haha
I attached a video guide if you want to look up the video number with the title. The following is what I have been able to reconstruct using metadata from .mov files I downloaded directly from the site years ago, snapshots of the sean cody site on the wayback machine, and resources like the fan made video guide I attached so it may not be 100% corrent.

In 2009 the studio remastered nearly all of their backcatalog and updated the older videos to high quality 480p .mov quicktime files.

(2001 to ~2003) 240p in .wmv:

sc0001 to sc0004 were not remastered and were purged from the site. All I have been able to find have been .WMV files in 240p. This also includes additional videos that seem to have been deleted early in the site's history: sc0009, sc0010, sc0034, sc0069, sc0070, sc0075, sc0088, sc0091, sc0115, sc00127, sc0129, sc0150, sc0154, and sc0168

(2001 to 2006) 480p .mov:

sc0005 to sc0346 (except for those listed above) seem to have all been remastered to 480p with the .mov files higher in quality than the .wmv files.

(2006) 480p .mov and 540p .mov:
in 2006, they began to transition to 540p with some older videos in 480p released before completely transitioning to 540p.

sc0347 to sc0365 are 540p except for the following released in 480p: sc0350, sc0351, sc0352, sc0357, and sc0366

(2006 to 2012) 540p .mov:

sc0367 to sc1455 all were in 540p and available in .mov format

(2012 to 2013) 1080p .mov:

sc1456 to sc1633

These were the most detailed HD videos they have ever released and also some of the largest file sizes. The largest files from this era were more than 3 GB and worth the size imo.

(2013 to present day) 1080p .mp4:

sc1634 to today

These have all been in 1080p full HD but the studio seemed to have tried different compression schemes over the years to save bandwitdh. if you compare the 2013 .mov videos to videos released in 2016 you can see they lack a lot of the detail the older videos have.

files with formats not mentioned above like .avi or .mkv or were not sourced from the sean cody site and have been recompressed by fans to save disk space at the cost of losing video and audio quality. Files that are listed as 540p but you may find out there in 720p are also lower quality because these were not remastered from the original footage and were 540p videos blown up to 720p and recompressed.
 

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Oh shit. Now I'm scared it'll happen to this thread.
I got a notification that it was deleted because a model (D U S T Y) doesn't want to be discussed on LPSG. Hopefully, there aren't any posts of his scenes on this thread.