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(DIR) Post #AH1JWHwY2GwJjtjD6m by ChrisWere@linuxrocks.online
2022-03-03T01:20:45Z
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I've doing a new podcast series. This time over on my website:https://chriswere.wales/marchcast/I'd be interested to know if you folks would prefer MP3 or opus. Opus is a much smaller filesize, but I'd love feedback on it.
(DIR) Post #AH1M6htxCWbUa30Zuq by evilroda@wandering.shop
2022-03-03T01:50:07Z
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@ChrisWere I have literally never heard of opus. Is it widely usable by a lot of audio software or?
(DIR) Post #AH1METsXDnrfPE3Fce by ChrisWere@linuxrocks.online
2022-03-03T01:51:48Z
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@evilroda It's the open source codec used by WhatsApp voice messages.
(DIR) Post #AH1N186exVDY4Pr7Me by ChrisWere@linuxrocks.online
2022-03-03T01:56:24Z
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@geekgonecrazy I think so.
(DIR) Post #AH1N8BbyKEvEy4rnLE by geekgonecrazy@fosstodon.org
2022-03-03T01:56:44Z
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@ChrisWere has opus reached full browser / mobile adoption now days? I have to admit I haven’t followed it much now days 🙈
(DIR) Post #AH1iLlUmJqG33uomKO by RyuKurisu@fosstodon.org
2022-03-03T05:59:16Z
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@ChrisWere it is already supported by lots of audio players, including AntennaPod so I'd say go with opus 😎👍
(DIR) Post #AH1rFfIrKOSbhuPQOm by beerw0lf@fosstodon.org
2022-03-03T07:39:02Z
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@ChrisWere FOSS manages Opus just fine, go for it! Walled garden environments might give some excuses but who cares 🙉
(DIR) Post #AH1vyzrO8zsqJMQn4K by frank@linuxrocks.online
2022-03-03T08:31:59Z
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@ChrisWere For all those still thinking that MP3 is non-free: it has the same status as Opus. It's an open and free format since 2017. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MP3#Licensing,_ownership,_and_legislation
(DIR) Post #AH1wHLuwsEuXvwqhc0 by frank@linuxrocks.online
2022-03-03T08:35:43Z
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@ChrisWere It's a podcast, so better audio quality with Opus is not needed and I'm fine with MP3. But if it's not too much of a hassle, do both formats. And please host a RSS file, so I can subscribe to this marchcast...
(DIR) Post #AH2AOAcueNLgIiYfGC by andrewmacleod@social.librem.one
2022-03-03T11:13:14Z
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@ChrisWere just listened to the opus podcast as the Internet is crap out in the North Sea and it was perfect. BTW for your music on linux, people always overlook Kodi which I find great as a jukebox type thing and is accessible on my android devices too.
(DIR) Post #AH2BuHgu1KaxQoIk52 by mray@social.tchncs.de
2022-03-03T11:29:25Z
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@ChrisWere A yay! for Opus ❤️
(DIR) Post #AH2C2KXbJAeSaSmrMO by andrewmacleod@social.librem.one
2022-03-03T11:29:16Z
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@ChrisWere forgot to say, make sure you use icon wall to make it like a jukebox you find in the pub. For a simple mp3 player with good visuals, I still use Winamp 5.56 via wine. It was the best version before it had too much bloat.
(DIR) Post #AH2C2KxpjddRtp3oFU by ChrisWere@linuxrocks.online
2022-03-03T11:30:05Z
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@andrewmacleod Winamp via WINE? That's a full alpha move right there!
(DIR) Post #AH2CFXivbfLdElNyDo by andrewmacleod@social.librem.one
2022-03-03T11:34:33Z
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@ChrisWere it's a bit overkill but nothing beats winamp 5.56. Xmms tried but if you give it a shot, you'll see what I mean. It does have some drawing issues on gnome, but for some reason it's lightning fast on lxde
(DIR) Post #AH2DvfDGFg3ka6DqBE by spelk@linuxrocks.online
2022-03-03T11:53:08Z
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@ChrisWere On #FDroid a #music #app I've enjoyed using because of its simplicity & its use of file/folder structure to organise your music. It's called Sicmu player. https://f-droid.org/en/packages/souch.smp/
(DIR) Post #AH2viGtnjcyPOLXoZs by mikael@merveilles.town
2022-03-03T20:00:23Z
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@ChrisWere If I was you (and I'm not), I'd publish two feeds. One for Opus and one for MP3. Personally I'd pick the former.
(DIR) Post #AH3oXooqm82yt2G0Lg by Ethanol6@linuxrocks.online
2022-03-04T06:17:55Z
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@ChrisWere Opus. I hadn't heard about bandcamp, thanks for the update.
(DIR) Post #AH48CYnl8CnCD8t5Hc by fnt400@mastodon.uno
2022-03-04T09:58:18Z
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@ChrisWere why not also on Gemini anymore?
(DIR) Post #AH6Fo6MwNZVv1p6xtY by guigui3000@mastodon.tetaneutral.net
2022-03-05T10:32:39Z
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@ChrisWere Looking forward to new episodes! Any chance we can get them on your gemini instance, though?Re: music players on F-Droid. My choice has been Vanilla Music for some time. But VLC works well, too.
(DIR) Post #AH6GBM1WLHBuEyBDhw by Zergling_man@birds.garden
2022-03-05T10:38:04.451600Z
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@guigui3000 @ChrisWere I'll check out vanilla music. I swapped from VLC to auxio because I got sick of the weird UI (when scrolling active playlist, you have to swipe up a bit before going down to avoid minimising it instead of scrolling up), and not including video files. Auxio doesn't do that either, but it keeps the order when playing shuffle, and the default behaviour of queuing everything when selecting a song is great too.I definitely recommend trying out mpv-android. It's an experience.