How I Collect and Download Jav--helpful for newbies

[Not2srius]

I've been collecting JAV for several years now and thought I would share my methods.

First, I use Internet Download Manager to acquire videos. It's a great tool that makes downloading videos easy! https://www.internetdownloadmanager.com/

Second, I use JavLuv to organize my collection (thank you TmpGuy!) https://github.com/JavLuv/JavLuv/releases

Third, I use Videoproc as needed to merge movies that come in two or three parts, or change from one format to another, or when I find an older JAV that I really like, I will upscale it using the AI super resolution feature. It's remarkable but takes a long time. https://www.videoproc.com/

Fourth, I've been using Lada to de-censor movies that I really like. Oftentimes you can find movies that are English subbed or uncensored. With Lada, I can choose the English sub and then de-censor it myself.

What sites do I use to find Jav?

1) https://sextb.net/
2) https://supjav.com/
3) https://www4.javhdporn.net/
4) https://missav.live/dm223/en
5) https://missav.live/dm223/en
6) https://www.141jav.com/
7) https://jav.guru/?ref=porndude (great sub quality)

Hope this helps and please pitch in new ideas or sources.

 

[Yorin2]

Thanks for this little write-up. I have been curating quite an impressive JAV library myself for about 20 years now. The oldest movie in my collection is from 2002. It started when I discovered JAV and Yua Aida in particular, then Sora Aoi and Yuma Asami. I have been hooked ever since.

For downloading I nowadays use torrents exclusively. Using "Download station" on my Synology NAS (behind a VPN), but since last year mostly using PikPak. Somehow torrents that appear dead can still be downloaded with ease using this (paid) cloud storage service. Depending on the historical popularity of the torrent, anything less than 8-10 years old more often than not is available via PikPak (www.pikpak.com) - it's magic. After downloading from the Pikpak cloud I move the file to my NAS.

I find movies of interest mostly via Javlibrary (www.javlibrary.com) or this site and associated torrents on BTdig (www.btdig.com).

Any movies that come in multiple parts or are not .mp4 files get converted and/or joined using FFMPEG (www.ffmpeg.org). I standardize the file naming (actress - code), update the metadata (title, tags, artist, year, genre, etc.) and use tageditor (https://github.com/Martchus/tageditor) to add the cover art as thumbnail. This process of editing tags is something from before I started using JavLuv, to make a folder containing movies look nice in Windows Explorer thumbnail view and show metadata in details view. Nowadays I manage my collection exclusively via Javluv, but I continue to update video metadata and the thumbnail before importing to JavLuv.

Javluv is fantastic and I couldn't imagine managing my library without it and Pikpak has enabled me to add a bunch of missing titles to my collection. I can't recommend both these tools enough.

Other tools I occasionally use (to try and avoid re-encoding when I change to .mp4) are ASFBin (https://www.videohelp.com/software/AsfBin) for combining Windows media files and MKVToolNix (https://mkvtoolnix.download/) for .mkv files. Lastly, MP4Joiner is a nice helper tool to keep around (mp4joiner.org/en/).

 

[Not2srius]

Thanks for this little write-up. I have been curating quite an impressive JAV library myself for about 20 years now. The oldest movie in my collection is from 2002. It started when I discovered JAV and Yua Aida in particular, then Sora Aoi and Yuma Asami. I have been hooked ever since.

For downloading I nowadays use torrents exclusively. Using "Download station" on my Synology NAS (behind a VPN), but since last year mostly using PikPak. Somehow torrents that appear dead can still be downloaded with ease using this (paid) cloud storage service. Depending on the historical popularity of the torrent, anything less than 8-10 years old more often than not is available via PikPak (www.pikpak.com) - it's magic. After downloading from the Pikpak cloud I move the file to my NAS.

I find movies of interest mostly via Javlibrary (www.javlibrary.com) or this site and associated torrents on BTdig (www.btdig.com).

Any movies that come in multiple parts or are not .mp4 files get converted and/or joined using FFMPEG (www.ffmpeg.org). I standardize the file naming (actress - code), update the metadata (title, tags, artist, year, genre, etc.) and use tageditor (https://github.com/Martchus/tageditor) to add the cover art as thumbnail. This process of editing tags is something from before I started using JavLuv, to make a folder containing movies look nice in Windows Explorer thumbnail view and show metadata in details view. Nowadays I manage my collection exclusively via Javluv, but I continue to update video metadata and the thumbnail before importing to JavLuv.

Javluv is fantastic and I couldn't imagine managing my library without it and Pikpak has enabled me to add a bunch of missing titles to my collection. I can't recommend both these tools enough.

Other tools I occasionally use (to try and avoid re-encoding when I change to .mp4) are ASFBin (https://www.videohelp.com/software/AsfBin) for combining Windows media files and MKVToolNix (https://mkvtoolnix.download/) for .mkv files. Lastly, MP4Joiner is a nice helper tool to keep around (mp4joiner.org/en/).

I used to download via torrent from www.141jav.com but noticed that the downloads were typically bigger than 5 GB. So now I use 141 to see what's new and then download from SupJav where the files are typically 2 GB. I have two big backup drives but even those can get filled.

Thanks for sharing your experience in collecting.

 

[zombierambo]

Thanks for this little write-up. I have been curating quite an impressive JAV library myself for about 20 years now. The oldest movie in my collection is from 2002. It started when I discovered JAV and Yua Aida in particular, then Sora Aoi and Yuma Asami. I have been hooked ever since.

For downloading I nowadays use torrents exclusively. Using "Download station" on my Synology NAS (behind a VPN), but since last year mostly using PikPak. Somehow torrents that appear dead can still be downloaded with ease using this (paid) cloud storage service. Depending on the historical popularity of the torrent, anything less than 8-10 years old more often than not is available via PikPak (www.pikpak.com) - it's magic. After downloading from the Pikpak cloud I move the file to my NAS.

I find movies of interest mostly via Javlibrary (www.javlibrary.com) or this site and associated torrents on BTdig (www.btdig.com).

Any movies that come in multiple parts or are not .mp4 files get converted and/or joined using FFMPEG (www.ffmpeg.org). I standardize the file naming (actress - code), update the metadata (title, tags, artist, year, genre, etc.) and use tageditor (https://github.com/Martchus/tageditor) to add the cover art as thumbnail. This process of editing tags is something from before I started using JavLuv, to make a folder containing movies look nice in Windows Explorer thumbnail view and show metadata in details view. Nowadays I manage my collection exclusively via Javluv, but I continue to update video metadata and the thumbnail before importing to JavLuv.

Javluv is fantastic and I couldn't imagine managing my library without it and Pikpak has enabled me to add a bunch of missing titles to my collection. I can't recommend both these tools enough.

Other tools I occasionally use (to try and avoid re-encoding when I change to .mp4) are ASFBin (https://www.videohelp.com/software/AsfBin) for combining Windows media files and MKVToolNix (https://mkvtoolnix.download/) for .mkv files. Lastly, MP4Joiner is a nice helper tool to keep around (mp4joiner.org/en/).

Do you run Javluv on your NAS or on your computer? I've been using Stash on a NAS for the last few years which works great.

 

[Yorin2]

Do you run Javluv on your NAS or on your computer? I've been using Stash on a NAS for the last few years which works great.

No, I have NAS storage locations mapped as network drives and point Javluv to these drives. They are then treated just like any other folder on a local drive.

 

[zombierambo]

No, I have NAS storage locations mapped as network drives and point Javluv to these drives. They are then treated just like any other folder on a local drive.

Have you tried Stash or compared them? Since all my media files are on a NAS also it's nice to have the entire collection hosted there and be platform-agnostic and be accessible through a browser. I think javluv has a lot of the same functionality but I'm not sure if that has any specific functionality important for jav that's different.