Posted on 05/14/2024 10:56:06 PM PDT by FRinCanada2
https://outreach.vhx.tv/videos/s4-episode-1-promises-with-intro-for-churches-by-dallas
Streaming now available for Episodes 1-4 licensed for viewing in your Church, ministry or Bible Study Group.
Great Job - Come and See foundation releasing Season 4 via FREE license to play in your Church, Ministry or Bible Study group before releasing it to the rest of the streaming platforms —. Excellent move !!
Will be interesting to see the data on how many churches will show the production on their “movie night”.
i wish they would push out torrents for the episodes so they could be more easily passed around to help spread thee word.
Correct me if I am wrong but wouldn’t that make it too easy to edit the content rather than share?
I’ve never heard of anyone reshooting a movie off a torrent for any reason
I have not either. Just curious if that format is easy to edit. I have not heard of torrent files in many years. I remember as a kid that bit torrents is where all the “boot legging” and file sharing took place. The benefits of streaming The Chosen allows viewing data to be analyzed by the distribution team. Gives them an idea of what geographical markets are watching it.
The church viewings are important to get an idea of which denominations or faith traditions are fans as well.
Looking forward to ChosenCon 2024 in September —. How many FReepers are going ?
Dallas Jenkins and his production crew & cast need a paycheck...”The Chosen” is a licensed (i.e. paid) product. Pirated copies don’t pay the bills.
“VHX.TV” (the FR thread linked site) and “Prison Fellowship”/”Come and See” are licensing the product for church & prison group showings:
Main site: https://watch.thechosen.tv
torrents are a type of manifest used to describe the download. sometimes it’s a single file, sometimes dozens. it also includes information which allows for the files to be downloaded but instead of them coming from a single source, they are broken into thousands of digital blocks and sent from multiple sources simultaneously.
the formats used for video files, typically mp4, avi, mkv, etc, hold the video data as a series of frames and partial frames. these frames, and partial frames, are stored in a series of compressed digital blocks. when downloading a video stream, these blocks, which store image and audio data, are sent to to the viewer and collected, assembled, displayed, and then discarded.
if you have a local copy, downloaded over a torrent, you have a permanent copy and are able to watch the video whenever you want... and not at the whim of some corporate exec.
Jenkins and crew make money thru donations.
The “problem” is not knowing how many times a particular episode or portion of an episode is viewed in what geographical area. The main benefit of “free streaming”
Come and See Foundation is a 501c3 for the purpose of translation and worldwide free distribution of the content
Agreed. Using a distribution site intended for church and ministry use is brilliant because it allows the content to be viewed by hundreds or thousands in a group setting for FREE ! The facilitators of the event can report their viewing attendance numbers which is very helpful in the same manner as individual streaming produces the data needed to track the goal of reaching 1 Billion views !
it’s only ‘free’ as long as they wish to provide it.
then it’ll be gone.
if you get your own copy then you’ll be in control
uploading a torrent of each episode is free and available worldwide.
I understand and the creator has assured the fans that it WILL be free, however I do think the creator should at least have the data of views geographical around the world. It could indicate where missionaries can best spend their time and effort to grow the Kingdom in these last days.
I have no objection to the creator knowing how many times I have watched episode 1 of season 1 and from what geographical location I was in when I showed it to a group of people.
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