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.

 

[Scheer]

Thanks for the info.

I download films using sharing hosts. I've found the most reliable sharing hosts are Rapidgator (especially for JAV) and Keep2Share and they also have the most diverse sources, particularly Rapidgator. Filejoker is of course still with us but their terms are not generous. Uploadgig is good but I only know of Javguru, Maxjav (sometimes) and sextb that use it.

So Rapidgator is my sharing host of choice which means supjav is my main source these days. Other Rapidgator sources are JavLibrary, MaddawgJAV and javdaily.

I used to use javguru and Maxjav but javguru is no longer available in my country and Maxjav keep changing their sharing hosts. I find sextb.net next to useless as many of the films they claim to have on Keep2Share are no longer available.

Some comments on the sites I use:

Maxjav is a very well run site with no adverts, its only weakness is the sharing hosts.
sextb is a pain in the butt with adverts and missing files and the need to log in. I use it as a last resort.
supjav is excellent for its film availability, mostly, but has frequent adverts which are a ruddy nuisance but I put up with them because of the films available.
akiba-online seems a well run site but the search box can be frustrating, sometimes seeming to list every other film but the one I want. Unfortunately many of the links are dead.
new-jav.net is a Filejoker site which claims that it has no dead links. It does however have lots of dead links but very ocassionally it has what I want.
Javlibrary I use fairly often as an alternative to supjam for downloading but it is also very useful for its comprehensive film listings. It's also good for listing the works of individual actresses and those of studios/labels. Of course it is also frustrating because a lot of these films are not available or use odd file hosts.
AsianScreens is also a good listing site, particularly for actresses (this site sells DVDs).

After finding an interesting video on supjav, I check out more details using the thumnails on here. This site is the best for this and such past posters as Yipman, khanav and Bodyn in particular have often provided 2 or 3 minute spacings of thumbnails which I appreciate. Failing good info on here I look at JavLibrary, then maybe AsianScreens.

If the supjav download is not available I go to other sites mentioned but ocassionally resort to using Google - e.g. 'SOE-234 FHD Rapidgator'. This sometimes works amazingly well, giving me the exact Rapidgator download page, or a Rapidgator list, or a site where the link might be, but quite often it doesn't! The Rapidgator list looks good, probably a list of an individuals files but I have no idea how to use that list other then tediuously wading through it.

I just download without any Download Manager.

I have an alphabetical list of the film numbers I've got which I type using Microsoft Works. I use their serial numbers (SOE-234 etc., and their pixel size (I want FHD/1080, so for 1280 I write SOE-234S, 720 SOE-234s. Where the mosiac has been removed - SOE-234M).

I use JAV differently from most I think. I edit the films to make scenarios I like. Therefore after downloading I use Digiarty's WinXvideo AI (this seems to be broadly similar to Digiarty's Videoproc mentioned by the OP). This can cut out parts I don't want, convert to other film types (I use mp4) and also does AI Super Resolution (I'm not impressed so far but it's early days!). If conversion doesn't work here I try Nero Recode or even Nero Video (which I use for editing films, along with Wondershare Filmora, notably for reversing some scenes which it is good at). After saving only the bits I want I store them on external hard drives (two, one as back up) for later editing. I give the edited videos my own titles that suit the way I use them.

I've only just heard of LADA and love the idea but it's probably beyond my abilities at the moment. Maybe some more easily used software will be developed or I might give it a go if I get brave enough!