dont like any of those studios either. though sometimes sayuncle and gaycest have some good stuff - I am generally not a fan of twinks (like the most stereotypical to the max ones ) and the themes are a little too much.

men dot com the worst (feels AI generated) - though the guys are attractive
bait bus - not a fan of the theme
tim tales I like (some of the men are my type and tim kruger is a legend)

tim fuck / treasure island - can make really good stuff from time to time but the guys are real ugly

disruptive media - dissapointed with this studio + ASGMax - used to have some good scenes but has gone down hill ever since the merger

lucas entertainment - very attractive guys but a little boring

one director I dont like tom moore - not sure why but his I find most of his stuff awful ( I like the other directors from fetish/fist central more and you can tell which ones he usually directs)

euro porn is just so much better overall, US companies will always use the same 'parody' style as mendotcom (though there are some exceptions) - suspect many of them are run and produced by women and 'bisexuals'. nothing against that but sometimes I think you can tell

Some others that I am enjoying lately:

• Timothy Chance
• Mateo Tomas
• Braxton Cruz
• Micael Wilson
• Choloso
• Big Big Joey
• Alex Tikas
• Baby Bear

Fan produced content can be just as faked as studio porn (maybe less so but still). You always have to consider what shot looks good, editing, actors taking breaks between, etc. With studio porn you get a bit more budget and better cameras which some people just prefer. Usually with a director that can shoot and use proper blocking etc that can make a scene more memorable, give some scene some nice dialogue, set dressing, plot (?) - some older studio porn are still memorable for that reason

Fan produced content can be just as faked as studio porn (maybe less so but still). You always have to consider what shot looks good, editing, actors taking breaks between, etc. With studio porn you get a bit more budget and better cameras which some people just prefer. Usually with a director that can shoot and use proper blocking etc that can make a scene more memorable, give some scene some nice dialogue, set dressing, plot (?) - some older studio porn are still memorable for that reason

was hoping someone could identify this film https://www.machotube.tv/movies/467186/caught-by-baseball-players

I feel like this is an old hothouse flick but I forgot the name

yeah this sounds like a good idea for non-english clips. though usually it adds a lot subs the moaning / "fucks" during sex.
I have used whisperx with mixed results. not as automated as it should be and required a few retries and manual editing of SRTs.

finding the mpegdash file or HLS link and piping that through ffmpeg usually works. though I am not sure if bigcmen has some encryption for their vids - I know that JFF/OFF content is encrypted and harder to download without additional tools.

for extension I can recommend https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/live-stream-downloader/ its good for sniffing out those links it can also download them without issues (will resort to copying the URL into ffmpeg if it doesnt download)
if the video you are downloading ends up looking garbled then its using encryption and it wont work

apart from DMCA takedowns I am thinking:

1. studio doesnt push for regular updates - wouldn't be suprised if people dont keep their subs when content is dry (they have been putting out some good content lately though) compressed collections of recent content are available on this site.
2. I do see some AdultTime content here - the bi content though is not usually uploaded I think
   3 and 4 not sure if this content is actually worth watching imo
3. not familiar with that studio
   5 carnal doesnt really offer easy downloads anymore I think?
4. kinkmen content is usually very samey, when its good its good but most updates is just more of the same imho.

@ianfontinell-0
dominant top content usually attracts twinks imho.
a lot of the guys I am watching of lately arent really dom tops but vers or just 'dom-bottoms'

on top of my head some decent tops (though not sure if that is what you are after - alot of these guys are average looking)

https://x.com/TopMonsterCock

https://x.com/TianTaoXXX

https://x.com/ReyXXL - not really a dom, just a good muscle top who loves loose holes (and fisting)

https://x.com/BeardedMasterX - moving into fetish/kink territory

sexystache is anothe one butu he is makes a better bottom

Some others that I am enjoying lately:

• Timothy Chance
• Mateo Tomas
• Braxton Cruz
• Micael Wilson
• Choloso
• Big Big Joey
• Alex Tikas
• Baby Bear

@ianfontinell-0 what are your favourite studios currently?
for me Raging Stallion, MenAtPlay, HOM, Fetish, RFC are my safe go to's for content. (hmm all naked sword owned I believe? though I think they were much better when they were independent)
Eric Videos, Crunchboy, Citebeur, Kristen Bjorn, gaysight are others that I enjoy watching

euro porn is just so much better overall, US companies will always use the same 'parody' style as mendotcom (though there are some exceptions) - suspect many of them are run and produced by women and 'bisexuals'. nothing against that but sometimes I think you can tell