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Re: My husband was right about DVDs

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Post by jonathantf2 »

56friends wrote: post #80
ubermonkey wrote: post #58

I'm a very happy Apple Music subscriber, but I'm also 52 and so own thousands of CDs and hundreds of LPs. I subscribed to AM for a possibly non-intuitive reason: for me, the "all you can eat" aspect is secondary. The driver was "stop syncing my phone." My library is too large to carry on my main computer, so the "music computer" had to be the one running iTunes and whatnot. Getting something new on there was a hassle…

Interesting. Do you know if this extends to basically all digitized music regardless of the specifics of artist/label streaming preferences? Eg King Crimson’s catalog was never added to Spotify, if I link my ripped CDs to AM, would it make it available for me to stream on my phone?

I believe, yes. I have various live versions of albums that have been ripped from streams and radio, Apple tries to match them to their library to save space and then just lets you wifi sync them. Shows up right next to the other music in your library.

Re: My husband was right about DVDs

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Post by zirgs »

harvey9 wrote: post #259
jzellis wrote: post #9

If only there were some way to download anything you wanted even if it was never released on DVD or Blu-ray and isn't on streaming anymore....

If you're alluding to torrents, it's common that obscure stuff is not being seeded.

What's the point of seeding content on public trackers?

Re: My husband was right about DVDs

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Post by dageshi »

snapplebobapple wrote: post #43

Her husband ian't right about dvds, the government is wrong about how they are regulating streaming services. The government needs to enforce reasonable content licencing across all the services like they did with music and radio stations decades ago so all content is on all services and the services start competing on vectors that actually matter to consumers like interface design and fast content delivery networks.

Radio and streaming isn't equivalent though, streaming is the end product, radio was basically advertising for the music.

We live in pretty much the golden age of content where more is produced than ever before and more is being spent on it than ever before I cannot see how what you're proposing doesn't end up with a decline in both of those things because there would no longer be competition in content.

Re: My husband was right about DVDs

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Post by lrvick »

maxwell wrote: post #251
harvey9 wrote: post #242

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can someone clarify this chain for me? Keeping a gun to defend your home against the government is probably futile because the government always has more weapons and more fighters than you. The other three cases were all wars - an apples to oranges comparison.

You think members of the U.S. military would side with the government and execute orders against American citizens on American soil?

They are trained to do anything they are told. Anything.

Remember the Chinese military had no problem mowing down protestors if their bosses give the order.

That said, it is easier and safer to defend yourself from a government in modern society with information and free uncensored communication than with guns.

Re: My husband was right about DVDs

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Post by cogman10 »

BaseballPhysics wrote: post #83

And this is why I've rebuilt my digital music, tv, and movie collections. For the media I care about, I want to own it, not license it, thank you very much. When streaming first came out I ended this practice. Then, the licensing disputes started and content started moving or disappearing. That's a trust they won't earn back.

I recently went through this. Every TV channel having a streaming service is just nuts.

Particularly flagrant is the likes of Disney, who owns Hulu, Disney+, ESPN+ and will happily sell subscriptions to all 3 + addons throughout.

Also abhorrent is the fact that these slimy companies are constantly moving content around the services, trying to get you subscribe to everything under the sun just to follow a favorite TV show. "Oh, it's on amazon, now netflix, now hulu, now disney+, now paramount+, now peacock, now britbox, now acorn"

Re: My husband was right about DVDs

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Post by dns_snek »

harvey9 wrote: post #259
jzellis wrote: post #9

If only there were some way to download anything you wanted even if it was never released on DVD or Blu-ray and isn't on streaming anymore....

If you're alluding to torrents, it's common that obscure stuff is not being seeded.

Private trackers and usenet generally don't suffer from this issue but it requires a few hours of work upfront, less if you know someone who can help you.

Re: My husband was right about DVDs

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Post by tomxor »

LinuxBender wrote: post #2

Not just DVD's but also music CD's. Plenty of music from the 1960's through early 2000's is no longer online for either contractual disputes, or cultural cancellation and other reasons I have yet to figure out. I assume some of this transition must be the cost issues of producing physical CD's vs. delivering online or renting the music online. When it is only available as a stream online I call it renting and every d…

Same here, although I no longer have a CD player which is kinda worrying. On my TODO list to convert them all to lossless FLAC or something to replace my previously more conservative lossy settings from when $/GB was far greater. Bookmarked the article posted on HN the other day about doing this in a reliable way.

The other thing about music is it has a far higher re-play value than Film/TV... some specific albums I've listened to thousands of times, and there is simply no way I would rely on some streaming service for that. I'm not sure what the younger generations do for their favourites... or maybe it's not like that any-more, maybe their music is more ephemeral and "trending". Pretty much all of my music with replay value is from way before 2000, back to 80s - I'm not even that old.

Re: My husband was right about DVDs

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Post by Fnoord »

zirgs wrote: post #266
jasode wrote: post #19

>I still don’t actually use our DVDs and Blu-rays all that often. But every time I see them lining the shelves, I feel a bit of comfort. Because when I do need them, they’ll be there. The importance of that type of redundancy depends on the viewing habits of a particular person. In the case of my friend, the "don’t actually use our DVDs all that often" really was "never re-watched the DVDs she owned" . She had a DVD…

This is why I don't have a DVD/BD player and only use streaming services. I almost never watch the same movie more than once.

Me neither, but there are some exceptions. The original Star Wars trilogy, LOTR, Dune, ...

My wife loves Harry Potter.

So we got these ripped. We ditched her DVD collection after ripping everything. Legal copies, saving space. Don't even think we brought them to some second hand store.

Re: My husband was right about DVDs

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Post by mrkstu »

56friends wrote: post #80
ubermonkey wrote: post #58

I'm a very happy Apple Music subscriber, but I'm also 52 and so own thousands of CDs and hundreds of LPs. I subscribed to AM for a possibly non-intuitive reason: for me, the "all you can eat" aspect is secondary. The driver was "stop syncing my phone." My library is too large to carry on my main computer, so the "music computer" had to be the one running iTunes and whatnot. Getting something new on there was a hassle…

Interesting. Do you know if this extends to basically all digitized music regardless of the specifics of artist/label streaming preferences? Eg King Crimson’s catalog was never added to Spotify, if I link my ripped CDs to AM, would it make it available for me to stream on my phone?

The feature is called iTunes Match- you can actually get it standalone from Apple Music (at least you could, not sure if they have changed anything recently,) but AM includes it:

Links:

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204146 https://discussions.apple.com/thread/253762018#:~:text=Yes%2....

Re: My husband was right about DVDs

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Post by midasuni »

We’re watching Harry Potter with the kids, probably haven’t watched the blu rays since they were born (now 10)

Popped in deathly hallows part 2 this very evening a few minutes before everyone was ready. Couple of kites later I turn on the tv and it’s playing some advert for some rom com or some sort

It reminded me why I stopped buying dvds. They aren’t happy with selling me a product for a cost, they have to double dip by advertising stuff.

Eventually I’m sure streaming will go that way, and once again The High Seas will be the only way to get the product. If there one thing the entertainment industry can be counted on it’s killing the goose.

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