What are they doing while you are watching a movie? - Blu-ray Forum

JasonR · 04-10-2009, 01:00 AM

I was looking at my firewall traffic logs this evening while watching The Incredible Hulk, and noticed something interesting. I wasn't accessing any BD-Live features, just watching the movie. What exactly are they doing while you are watching the movie? Are they collecting data, like how many times you view certain movies? No conspiracy, just curious.

Beta Man · 04-10-2009, 01:10 AM

Maybe it periodically "searches" to see if you're trying to access BD Live???

I don't know anything about the internet

JasonR · 04-10-2009, 02:04 AM

I probably would of noticed it on a normal day. I was setting up a site-to-site VPN at my house and checking the logs for authentication and saw that come up. I didn't know what to make of it. I will have to look at a few different studios to see if they do the same.

KingBing · 04-10-2009, 02:12 AM

Usually drinking!

PH3AR · 04-10-2009, 02:24 AM

i dont even have a clue of what the pic is of!

crazyBLUE · 04-10-2009, 02:27 AM

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Originally Posted by PH3AR

i dont even have a clue of what the pic is of!

I'll second that !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

JasonR · 04-10-2009, 02:28 AM

It is pretty much saying my Blu-ray player was accessing universalhighdefclub.com without me even knowing about it or accessing special features.

PH3AR · 04-10-2009, 02:30 AM

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Originally Posted by JasonR

It is pretty much saying my Blu-ray player was accessing universalhighdefclub.com without me even knowing about it or accessing special features.

ohhh, im guess thats not normal or good

JasonR · 04-10-2009, 02:31 AM

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Originally Posted by PH3AR

ohhh, im guess thats not normal or good

Meh, don't really care. I would just like to know why it is checking in with Universal when playing one of their movies.

PH3AR · 04-10-2009, 02:35 AM

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Originally Posted by JasonR

Meh, don't really care. I would just like to know why it is checking in with Universal when playing one of their movies.

maybe your blu-ray player has ADHD!

JasonR · 04-10-2009, 02:42 AM

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Originally Posted by PH3AR

maybe your blu-ray player has ADHD!

I bet yours does too!

PH3AR · 04-10-2009, 02:44 AM

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Originally Posted by JasonR

I bet yours does too!

yep i know mine does need to get it some meds, cause i came home one day and it was running around the house like a crazed dog!

X400 · 04-10-2009, 06:11 AM

the disc might be pinging the site to see if there's updated content? :/

aramis109 · 04-10-2009, 06:38 AM

I'm assuming it does it when you start up a movie. You've only capture 3 minutes- 7:53 to 7:56. This could be when you're in the menu. Did you see it continue on after that while the movie was playing?

Notice it's just going to the same link (and a Canadian version of the same link) that's a text file. I'm guessing it's just a quick "reach out and touch" hit to see if it's connected to the internet by successfully navigating to a site.

What's interesting is if you type it in a browser it gives up a bad page for me.

jw · 04-10-2009, 06:46 AM

Big Brother is watching you

.....I knew there was a reason why they wanted that ethernet hooked to the back of the player. I bet it gathers data on what users watch, do you watch the special features, do you access BD-Live, etc. Now if they put this data towards future releases, yea I am for it, but useless data collection I feel is an invasion and I have just unhooked my cable from my player

AppleCrumbDlite · 04-10-2009, 07:11 AM

I'd go with conspiracy. Life is much more fun that way. There's actually a tiny camera in your BD player and it was trying to send live feed of your home to universal

WyldeMan45 · 04-10-2009, 07:32 AM

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Originally Posted by AppleCrumbDlite

I'd go with conspiracy. Life is much more fun that way. There's actually a tiny camera in your BD player and it was trying to send live feed of your home to universal

That's exactly what I was thinking, what did you think that green light just meant it was turned on? No, it means live feed in progress. The red light means, no visuals, just collecting audio.

JasonR · 04-10-2009, 12:01 PM

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Originally Posted by aramis109

I'm assuming it does it when you start up a movie. You've only capture 3 minutes- 7:53 to 7:56. This could be when you're in the menu. Did you see it continue on after that while the movie was playing?

Notice it's just going to the same link (and a Canadian version of the same link) that's a text file. I'm guessing it's just a quick "reach out and touch" hit to see if it's connected to the internet by successfully navigating to a site.

What's interesting is if you type it in a browser it gives up a bad page for me.

Nope, does it throughout the course of the entire film.

Rob71 · 04-10-2009, 12:49 PM

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Originally Posted by WyldeMan45

That's exactly what I was thinking, what did you think that green light just meant it was turned on? No, it means live feed in progress. The red light means, no visuals, just collecting audio.

That explains the error message I got last night. It said "Rotate unit 3° to left"hat-tin-foil-smiley.gif

Teabaggins · 04-10-2009, 03:58 PM

"they" are probably sitting around picking their noses waiting for their shift to end.

04-10-2009, 01:00 AM	#1
JasonR Super Moderator Top contributor Member since:Nov 2007 Trading Score:12	What are they doing while you are watching a movie? I was looking at my firewall traffic logs this evening while watching The Incredible Hulk, and noticed something interesting. I wasn't accessing any BD-Live features, just watching the movie. What exactly are they doing while you are watching the movie? Are they collecting data, like how many times you view certain movies? No conspiracy, just curious.

04-10-2009, 02:12 AM	#4
KingBing Blu-ray Guru Member since:Jul 2008 Location:Boston, MA PSN: KingBing Blu-ray collection:224 Blu-ray reviews:20	Usually drinking! Last edited by KingBing; 04-10-2009 at 02:15 AM.

04-10-2009, 06:46 AM	#15
jw Blu-ray Archduke Top contributor Member since:Apr 2007 Location:USA Trading Score:519	Big Brother is watching you.....I knew there was a reason why they wanted that ethernet hooked to the back of the player. I bet it gathers data on what users watch, do you watch the special features, do you access BD-Live, etc. Now if they put this data towards future releases, yea I am for it, but useless data collection I feel is an invasion and I have just unhooked my cable from my player

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04-10-2009, 01:10 AM	#2
Beta Man Moderator Top contributor Member since:Jan 2008 Location:Juuuuuuuust A Bit Outside.... Home Theater Gallery:4 Blu-ray collection:268 Blu-ray reviews: 18 Trading Score:25	Maybe it periodically "searches" to see if you're trying to access BD Live??? I don't know anything about the internet

04-10-2009, 02:04 AM	#3
JasonR Super Moderator Top contributor Member since:Nov 2007 Trading Score:12	I probably would of noticed it on a normal day. I was setting up a site-to-site VPN at my house and checking the logs for authentication and saw that come up. I didn't know what to make of it. I will have to look at a few different studios to see if they do the same.

04-10-2009, 02:24 AM	#5
PH3AR Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Jan 2009 Location:Dover, Pennsylvania PSN:WORKINtheCORNER Home Theater Gallery:9 Blu-ray collection:325 Blu-ray reviews:2	i dont even have a clue of what the pic is of!

04-10-2009, 02:28 AM	#7
JasonR Super Moderator Top contributor Member since:Nov 2007 Trading Score:12	It is pretty much saying my Blu-ray player was accessing universalhighdefclub.com without me even knowing about it or accessing special features.

04-10-2009, 06:11 AM	#13
X400 Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jul 2007 Location:Kent Blu-ray collection:328 Blu-ray reviews:41 Trading Score:23	the disc might be pinging the site to see if there's updated content? :/

04-10-2009, 06:38 AM	#14
aramis109 Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Mar 2008 Location:Milwaukee, WI Home Theater Gallery:10 4K collection:4 Blu-ray collection:360 Trading Score:18	I'm assuming it does it when you start up a movie. You've only capture 3 minutes- 7:53 to 7:56. This could be when you're in the menu. Did you see it continue on after that while the movie was playing? Notice it's just going to the same link (and a Canadian version of the same link) that's a text file. I'm guessing it's just a quick "reach out and touch" hit to see if it's connected to the internet by successfully navigating to a site. What's interesting is if you type it in a browser it gives up a bad page for me.

04-10-2009, 07:11 AM	#16
AppleCrumbDlite Senior Member Member since:Sep 2008 Location:Gainesville, FL (Un)Official BD Release poller PSNetwork: Blackhawkin Raptors offed: 26 Home Theater Gallery:15 Blu-ray collection:103 Blu-ray reviews:4 Trading Score:7	I'd go with conspiracy. Life is much more fun that way. There's actually a tiny camera in your BD player and it was trying to send live feed of your home to universal

04-10-2009, 03:58 PM	#20
Teabaggins Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Aug 2008	"they" are probably sitting around picking their noses waiting for their shift to end.

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