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(DIR) Post #AcjlVK4OpFOV4tinvU by geerlingguy@mastodon.social
2023-12-12T15:01:43Z
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DRM and backwards-thinking media companies mean we can't have nice things. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CDKvdlD6uQ
(DIR) Post #AcjlgmrY7CZxYwB56m by skobkin@lor.sh
2023-12-12T15:18:57Z
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@geerlingguy Yes, it's quite fun (and sad) that we shouldn't be needing physical media for a long time anymore, but it's still the ONLY way to own content in most cases.
(DIR) Post #AcjnldZ0JffW4twZqy by hamido@fosstodon.org
2023-12-12T15:42:15Z
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@skobkin @geerlingguy Even there they tried to stop us. Years ago I bought an album, and I had a fairly high end PC based hifi system. The CD drive would skip the audio and read the low quality MP3 tracks only, it was Sony's attempt to prevent ripping them. I got in touch and fortunately they replaced it with one without the data track, but it should not have been necessary.
(DIR) Post #Acjo2HGwRqPtrjQiye by skobkin@lor.sh
2023-12-12T15:45:16Z
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@hamido @geerlingguy Sometimes I can't even fathom the purpose behind those DRM's.It often looks like they're doing it just for the sake of inconvenience. That's how stupid they look like.
(DIR) Post #Acjrb6Pr6RV2C3tf9s by hamido@fosstodon.org
2023-12-12T16:25:10Z
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@skobkin @geerlingguy That's the problem, it only inconveniences the people who buy your stuff legitimately. It would have been much faster and easier for me to have downloaded it on Limewire or KaZaA or eMule, or whatever it was at that particular time.
(DIR) Post #AcjsP4YUINBKtxlIiu by art@mastodon.sdf.org
2023-12-12T16:34:10Z
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@geerlingguy It's not piracy, it's decentralized online backup.
(DIR) Post #AcjxTG73lXuvfykSTQ by xerz@fedi.xerz.one
2023-12-12T17:30:56.137762Z
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@geerlingguy jeffed and geerlingpilled(that was a cool perspective to hear tho)
(DIR) Post #AcjxUJ6y6RSxGWCnr6 by xerz@fedi.xerz.one
2023-12-12T17:31:07.800222Z
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@geerlingguy jeffed and geerlingpilled(that was an interesting perspective to hear tho)
(DIR) Post #Ack2zPsLVH8QzZ1FmS by IAmDannyBoling@mstdn.social
2023-12-12T18:32:45Z
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@art :coolcats: ooo, I like that @geerlingguy
(DIR) Post #AclGXif3es9Bf9S1wW by tsenov@mastodon.online
2023-12-12T16:22:12Z
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@geerlingguy I quit Netflix because of the region blocking. I used VPN to access the interesting content, but year after that Netflix began to block VPNs vigorously, so I quit.Piracy it is...
(DIR) Post #AclGXjWwQXFUMGf3vk by niclas@angrytoday.com
2023-12-13T08:39:23Z
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@tsenov I quit Netflix because they didn't allow me to continue to use my account after I moved from Malaysia to Sweden, and didn't have a way to change region. - "Create a New Account"- "I will lose my history and 'watch later' list"- "Yes!"- "Go Fuck Yourself"@geerlingguy
(DIR) Post #AdVwEiGvPhoctNOeGm by AmonTheMetalHead@mastodon.social
2024-01-04T21:03:14Z
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@skobkin @geerlingguy I find the state of music management tools sadly disappointing though, I have a (legal) collection that is quite massive but finding a tool that makes it easy to consult all this n an "offline" mode is... not easy.There has be an easy to use tool out our there to keep ratings & playlists consistent over multiple machines? My duckduckgo searches so far are letting me down.
(DIR) Post #AdVwa1nY0jpFX5or1E by skobkin@lor.sh
2024-01-04T21:07:09Z
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@AmonTheMetalHead @geerlingguy Try checking out "media servers". Like Emby/Jellyfin for example. There are also some especially made for music.Maybe they'll make your life easier.
(DIR) Post #AdVxQ3Am93e0r2URSy by AmonTheMetalHead@mastodon.social
2024-01-04T21:16:18Z
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@skobkin @geerlingguy I've looked at Jellyfin and such, they come close but the "offline" features are always a sore point, either the players that connect to them don't support it or the server doesn't support it. I'd be easy if mobile phone bandwidth was unlimited where I live.... *sigh*
(DIR) Post #AdVxonBshg0MWgnzA8 by skobkin@lor.sh
2024-01-04T21:21:01Z
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@AmonTheMetalHead @geerlingguyAh, yes. If your bandwidth is capped or paid per GB, then it's not an ideal solution.For you it probably should be something about periodical synchronization to the mobile device storage 🤔
(DIR) Post #AdVyxXdA1ZuUpPIhc0 by AmonTheMetalHead@mastodon.social
2024-01-04T21:33:31Z
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@skobkin @geerlingguy easy enough to work around on android as you can restrict an app to only use wifi & not mobile data, but you need a player that can handle that without crashing and you'd still need a unified format for play-lists (eg .m3u files) that you can dump into a cloud-synced location. Eg: Say I usually use Rhythbox on my Linux Desktop, I'd still need to figure out how to export the files with a play-list.... Hmm maybe I should look more into nextcloud clients...
(DIR) Post #AdW07Dn4kCO8947N32 by skobkin@lor.sh
2024-01-04T21:46:46Z
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@AmonTheMetalHead @geerlingguyOr syncthing for example. It's P2P and therefore doesn't need a server.
(DIR) Post #AdW0bLrbIFwNs2bMRc by dside@mastodon.ml
2024-01-04T21:52:12Z
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@AmonTheMetalHead so far in all of my experiments I've had the most decent experience with solutions on top of Subsonic API (my most used being Ultrasonic backed by Funkwhale on the server, Airsonic server was also alright).But even that had its downsides and I've currently given up and just manage my music as plain files, with an "active set" on-device. But I also don't invest that much effort into it anymore. My needs are meager. Tentatively eyeing .m3u files.@skobkin @geerlingguy
(DIR) Post #AdW1r8YYdXRzBdmkrY by AmonTheMetalHead@mastodon.social
2024-01-04T22:05:50Z
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@dside @skobkin @geerlingguy funkwhale might be what I want maybe, something to test at least thx!