I'd really like to know which of my files were not "eligible". I selected a folder which had 9,192 MP3 / M4A files in it, and only 6,822 were "eligible". I'm fine with some not being able to be uploaded, but please tell me which ones.
Amazon announces unlimited MP3 storage with any Cloud Drive plan
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#22I'd really like to know which of my files were not "eligible". I selected a folder which had 9,192 MP3 / M4A files in it, and only 6,822 were "eligible". I'm fine with some not being able to be uploaded, but please tell me which ones.
Completely, 100% never mind. There's a small, not-so-obvious link for "Music that cannot be uploaded"
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#23No FLAC support?
The Cloud Player Web and Android apps don't support FLAC, and the unlimited storage only applies to MP3 and AAC files.
But you're able to store any kind of files in Cloud Drive if you just want access to them to copy to different computers.
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#24If I wanted to sue people for having pirated copies of my content, the first thing I would do is ask everyone to upload all their files to my servers so I could inspect them. If I paid them, they probably wouldn't even realize that I was out to get them.
How could they really know if the music you uploaded was pirated? Even if your stuff is tagged with scene groups, that's not even close to proof that you pirated it.
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#25If I wanted to sue people for having pirated copies of my content, the first thing I would do is ask everyone to upload all their files to my servers so I could inspect them. If I paid them, they probably wouldn't even realize that I was out to get them.
How could they really know if the music you uploaded was pirated? Even if your stuff is tagged with scene groups, that's not even close to proof that you pirated it.
I imagine through fingerprinting, checksums of files, etc. Though that's not fool-proof as people can an do change the metadata, filenames, etc of the files they download. (That's not even touching people that download FLAC and then convert to mp3 for 'actual usage').
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#26Q: What is the cloud?
A: The cloud is a term used to describe the Internet. [...]
Hm; that kind of straightforwardness is actually kind of refreshing.
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#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
How could they really know if the music you uploaded was pirated? Even if your stuff is tagged with scene groups, that's not even close to proof that you pirated it.
I imagine through fingerprinting, checksums of files, etc. Though that's not fool-proof as people can an do change the metadata, filenames, etc of the files they download. (That's not even touching people that download FLAC and then convert to mp3 for 'actual usage').
Easy enough to claim fair use. "I had this on CD, but it was more convenient to download it rather than rip it myself." seems pretty bulletproof to me.
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#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
Very frustrating for anyone who is on mobile or happens to like how their text renders. These images are flat out difficult to read in places. But since I bought an MP3 album a while back, I effectively have a free cloud to store my 40GB of music in. I'll take text-ful-images for that.
Are you planning on actually using it? I uploaded some music to Amazon's mp3 when it first launched and more to Google's MP3 and I have found very little need to use either one. I obviously can't fit all my music on my phone (an android) but I generally am ok with the music I have at any particular time and swapping.
I hate syncing my Fascinate with my computer. Almost more than anything. Data sync across two computers, a laptop, a chromebook and an Android phone is a nightmare.
I currently serve my media off of SubSonic but the interface is tired, the API is restricted and pay-walled, and the Android app sucks. Amazon solves all of this.
I definitely will be using it. Plus I can buy cheap-o Class 6 SDcards.
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#29Amazon seems to use images of text an awful lot. Anyone know why that is?
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#30I wonder how much verification is done that the files are MP3? You could reasonably put other data inside MP3 containers and use Cloud Drive as a nice, inexpensive backup solution.
Time to start writing a tool ;)