This isn't a TV! Or is it?
During my days as a college freshman, far away from home, I often was stuck with a lot of free time (Especially on the holidays). It is then I discovered youtube. I found it amazing I could watch all these 电视 shows I just loved back home(where I had Satellite)! Of course, eventually youtobe merged with 谷歌 and took down many of these beloved shows. Therefore, I looked elsewhere: Where might I get my 下一个 fix for X-Files, Smallville, 或者 The Office, 或者 watch 迷失 season 3 after it already ended? I did not have a lot of money to be spending on DVD Season box sets.
The result is a wide 图书馆 of video sharing sites and the methods to find what I’m looking for. So let’s start at the beginning:
Television Shows
How do I word my search?
If 你 are searching for a Live-action 显示 (that is, not 动画片 或者 anime), this method is suggested:
First, remember these common 视频分享 websites:
www.youtube.com
www.sidereel.com (A website where people place 链接 to episodes from many sources)
www.dailymotion.com (Lots of French subs)
www.divx.com (a lot of Spanish and german subs - high quality videos)
www.veoh.com
www.movie6.net/tv/
link
(Fanpop is also a great place to find videos!)
Now how to word your search. Say 你 are looking for 超人前传 Season 1 Episode 2 : Metamorphasis. This might seem like a logical way to search. However, there are several different ways the people who 上传 these 视频 will word the titles and tags.
The other common ways are this:
超人前传 1x02
超人前传 S01E02
超人前传 102
Metamorphasis
你 may think 你 cannot find a particular video, but sometimes 你 can only find it 由 wording it correctly.
**File-Hosting Websites**
Now, some 电视 shows simply are too old 或者 not 流行的 enough to be found on these 视频分享 sites.
Another method I have found very useful is going to www.google.com and typing in
‘Smallville 1x02 Megaupload’
Adding megaupload brings up several results that include megaupload 链接 of this episode. However, 你 will have to download the file instead of watching a stream.
你 may also try other file-hosting sites such as sendspace 或者 rapidshare instead of megaupload.
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Anime-
Finding 日本动漫 is tricky, because it comes in many formats (Japanese dub 或者 RAW, English subbed and English dub).
Good video-streaming websites to find 日本动漫 on are:
www.anime6.org
www.veoh.com
www.sidereel.com
www.divx.com
www.youtube.com
Download websites:
link
There are many others I’m sure but these are the ones that I’ve used.
While 日本动漫 have ‘seasons’ typically they are labeled 由 the total episode number. Even if an 日本动漫 is in its 秒 season, episode 2, it will often read “<Anime> Episode 28”
Example: Death note episode 2: Showdown
Terminology to 搜索 with:
Death note 2
Death note 02
Death note Showdown
02 showdown
*Depending on what type 你 are looking for, also add : RAW, Eng sub, Eng dub. Sometimes this is not necessary as the 日本动漫 only comes in 1 或者 2 types.
*You can also use the megaupload method to find episodes.
Some new sites i've found since 写作 this article:
www.livevideo.com
www.gofish.com
www.surfthechannel.com
www.videostored.com
www.megavideo.com <--This is a great one!
I have found that sometimes it is difficult to find 视频 of 电影院 或者 tv shows because the user who uploaded it masked the video name 由 putting gibberish.
My 建议 is to try less obvious 标签 (Such as Will smith to find the movie "I am Legend", 或者 IAL --the abbreviation of the movie name) and then sort your results 由 LENGTH.
If the full movie is on the website 你 will see it near the beginning. This also works when looking for 日本动漫 或者 tv shows--most are around 22-24 分钟 long. Hour-long tv shows are 41-44 分钟 long.
---UPDATED--- 01/16/08
**If 你 need help finding a particular show/anime feel free to send me a message and i'll see if I can help :)
