TIP Amazon Prime Video and Kigo Downloader

[Hfcomms]

I watch very little network television as for the most part I think it's garbage and the commercials make you want to hurl. For many years I have downloaded various TV series and saved them to an external hard drive for viewing. I have many of the classic shows from I love lucy, to McHale's Navy, Mash, The Jeffersons as well as the various Star Trek franchises.

Problem with some of those videos is the series is incomplete (missing a few episodes) or more usually the resolution absolutely sucks. Being an Amazon Prime member you have access to their extensive video section and you can download videos but for some of them it's only for a limited time and it saves them to a folder on your hard drive which isn't labeled and almost impossible to find and doesn't save the file with the title of your video. In other words Amazon makes it hard for you to find the video on your machine and to transfer it to a different folder.

I found a neat little video converter called the Kigo video downloader;

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www.kigo-video-converter.com

It has downloaders for various services depending on which one you select. It has an app for Netflix, one for Amazon Prime and another one for Disney Plus, HULU, ect. The only catch is it is a subscription app which runs $15 a month but you can cancel whenever you want. What I have done is downloaded the app for Amazon Prime and am going through my hard drive and downloading a number of series I already have but doing it at maximum resolution and it looks so much better on the big screen.

Also doing a few series that I don't have. Right now I'm going through all six seasons of The Rockford Files and downloading them to hard drive. Amazon and the other services I'm sure don't really like this app and many of these various series are almost impossible to find anywhere else unless you want to buy the DVD's but this is pretty neat.

The Rockford Files series I am downloading now are all re-encoded at 1980p and originally they were standard definition from the mid 1970's. They look fantastic on the big screen and when I get done downloading everything I want I'll just let the subscription expire and not renew it. With everything going on having a large selection of videos available that you have already saved is going to be nice when the net and everything is sporadic.

 

[summerthyme]

I watch very little network television as for the most part I think it's garbage and the commercials make you want to hurl. For many years I have downloaded various TV series and saved them to an external hard drive for viewing. I have many of the classic shows from I love lucy, to McHale's Navy, Mash, The Jeffersons as well as the various Star Trek franchises.

Problem with some of those videos is the series is incomplete (missing a few episodes) or more usually the resolution absolutely sucks. Being an Amazon Prime member you have access to their extensive video section and you can download videos but for some of them it's only for a limited time and it saves them to a folder on your hard drive which isn't labeled and almost impossible to find and doesn't save the file with the title of your video. In other words Amazon makes it hard for you to find the video on your machine and to transfer it to a different folder.

I found a neat little video converter called the Kigo video downloader;

[OFFICIAL]Best Solution for Streaming Video Downloads | Kigo Video Converter

Here are some featured articles that can help you download movies and TV shows from Netflix, Disney+, Prime Video, Hulu, HBO Max(or Max), Paramount+ and Discovery+ using Kigo programs.

www.kigo-video-converter.com

It has downloaders for various services depending on which one you select. It has an app for Netflix, one for Amazon Prime and another one for Disney Plus, HULU, ect. The only catch is it is a subscription app which runs $15 a month but you can cancel whenever you want. What I have done is downloaded the app for Amazon Prime and am going through my hard drive and downloading a number of series I already have but doing it at maximum resolution and it looks so much better on the big screen.

Also doing a few series that I don't have. Right now I'm going through all six seasons of The Rockford Files and downloading them to hard drive. Amazon and the other services I'm sure don't really like this app and many of these various series are almost impossible to find anywhere else unless you want to buy the DVD's but this is pretty neat.

The Rockford Files series I am downloading now are all re-encoded at 1980p and originally they were standard definition from the mid 1970's. They look fantastic on the big screen and when I get done downloading everything I want I'll just let the subscription expire and not renew it. With everything going on having a large selection of videos available that you have already saved is going to be nice when the net and everything is sporadic.

I'm wondering if you will be able to view them after your subscription expires?

Summerthyme

 

[kyrsyan]

For me the issue is that we can't afford to continually stream. You know, that hidden cost of streaming services. And the one that means that while i've paid for ownership of a copy of a video, I don't actually own even that copy. Because I can only watch it on that account on that platform and nowhere else. If I don't have internet or data access for some reason, then I can't watch it at all.

I don't accept that version of owning something.

 

[Kayak]

Probably not a popular opinion, but this sounds like theft to me. You pay for streaming in order to STREAM the movie, not download it so you can watch it far out in the future once you're no longer paying for the right to stream their products.

Most streaming companies, including Amazon, allow you to download movies so you can watch them while you're offline (such as while traveling). Usually ten to thirty hours worth, depending on the service. You 'return' shows when you're full up so you can download more. My kids always download movies and shows through these legal means before we expect a power outage, and before we travel.

Now, if you buy the movie, rather than rent it or view it due to a streaming service, then yes, absolutely you should be able to download it to your hard drive. Otherwise, it's theft.

 

[kyrsyan]

Probably not a popular opinion, but this sounds like theft to me. You pay for streaming in order to STREAM the movie, not download it so you can watch it far out in the future once you're no longer paying for the right to stream their products.

Most streaming companies, including Amazon, allow you to download movies so you can watch them while you're offline (such as while traveling). Usually ten to thirty hours worth, depending on the service. You 'return' shows when you're full up so you can download more. My kids always download movies and shows before we expect a power outage, and before we travel.

Now, if you buy the movie, rather than rent it or view it due to a streaming service, then yes, absolutely you should be able to download it to your hard drive. Otherwise, it's theft.

I've tried downloading for streaming for my son. None of the shows he can watch, and prefers to watch, were available for download. But I buy DVD versions of his preferred movies regardless.

The thing I would use it for, if I did, would be the ones I purchased for myself or my son. And I purchased several before I caught on to the scheme. Then I went back to purchasing DVDs.

 

[Dozdoats]

Sorry, I fired the zon years ago.

 

[Kayak]

I've tried downloading for streaming for my son. None of the shows he can watch, and prefers to watch, were available for download. But I buy DVD versions of his preferred movies regardless.

The thing I would use it for, if I did, would be the ones I purchased for myself or my son. And I purchased several before I caught on to the scheme. Then I went back to purchasing DVDs.

Amazon's new "Prime Video" model is to put most of the popular shows on their sister network with commercials now. I only have prime because of the faster free shipping -- I wouldn't pay for the video service if I had a choice at this point. It used to be worth it, but not so much anymore. HBOMax still offers a good selection without commercials, and that's what we primarily watch, though I mostly read and rarely watch. Youngest daughter, now a senior in high school, likes anime, and HBOMax has a great offering.

Buying DVD's is absolutely the way to go, though, for favorite shows.

 

[Blacknarwhal]

Trying to download like that would likely be noticed. And since you're paying for Prime Video, your payment data--name, address, and everything else--would likely be attached. Sounds like a bad idea.

 

[kyrsyan]

We only pay for two streaming services, Disney+ and Discovery. Disney+ is 99.9% for my son. Yes, he has DVDs and mp4s of those DVDs. But I can only put so many at a time on his devices. Disney+ lets him watch all his favorites and find more.

I really need a way for him to access vidoes on the LAN, but so far there is no way to do that, and restrict what he can access, and what he can do to what he can access. At least not that I can find within my skillset. But I'd honestly still keep Disney+ for him. He's really been enjoying watching the extras related to his favorite movies.

Discovery is more for me. But I'm likely to cancel it soon just because I watch it so rarely.

I spend most of my time on YouTube watching individuals. Cooking shows, gardening shows, sewing shows, homesteading shows. A lot of them are foreign created because they don't talk. They just do. And in the process, show you how to do. The shows you can't find on channels nowadays because somebody thinks no one would be interested. I need to look and see if some of the other video creator platforms are available through my Roku.

 

[Dennis Olson]

It’s not theft IMO. If you paid to see it once, the vid is provided to your PC for your use. Thus, you’ve paid. If you want to watch it many times, that’s up to you. Now, if you burned the vids to DVD and started handing them out or selling them, that’s theft.

And no, it wouldn’t be noticed because the file is being provided to your PC. What happens to it once it’s ON your PC is untraceable by the host.

All that being said, there is precious little that I’d want to keep. The VERY few that I want to enjoy again and again, I either own as DVD or own as streamable through a service like Vudu. Most of the old tv shows are as crappy as most of the modern shows, and even then, I’d only want to keep my favorite episodes. I recently bought the series Kung Fu (3 seasons + pilot movie) for $30. I own the DVDs already, but they’re lost in the house someplace and I got an itch to binge a little.

 

[Hfcomms]

I'm wondering if you will be able to view them after your subscription expires?

Summerthyme

The subscription is just for the downloader. Once it’s downloaded and on your hard drive it’s yours. Once the subscription expires or you don’t renew you can’t download additional content from Amazon’s servers.

 

[Hfcomms]

Probably not a popular opinion, but this sounds like theft to me. You pay for streaming in order to STREAM the movie, not download it so you can watch it far out in the future once you're no longer paying for the right to stream their products.

Most streaming companies, including Amazon, allow you to download movies so you can watch them while you're offline (such as while traveling). Usually ten to thirty hours worth, depending on the service. You 'return' shows when you're full up so you can download more. My kids always download movies and shows through these legal means before we expect a power outage, and before we travel.

Now, if you buy the movie, rather than rent it or view it due to a streaming service, then yes, absolutely you should be able to download it to your hard drive. Otherwise, it's theft.

Inaccurate and it’s perfectly legal. As an Amazon Prime member there are two types of content available to you….free and paid. The free content can be streamed from Amazon’s servers or downloaded to your computer hardrive for later viewing. What Amazon’s app does is to download it to your computer for later viewing through the Amazon app. It’s just that the app hides the folder and renames the content.

What the Kigo app does is to access your Amazon account and download content you are entitled to view just like the Amazon app does but gives you the option of where to save it and saves it with the original title. It only downloads the content which is free to you. I haven’t tried the payed content but I surmise it would work the same way. Amazon would charge you for the content and you would download it.

 

[Dennis Olson]

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