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   Jason Evangelho (killyourfm@layer8.space)'s status on Monday, 05-Feb-2024 01:19:07 JST Jason Evangelho

   Van Halen's final album, "A Different Kind Of Truth," is no longer available on any music streaming platforms. You can't buy a digital copy of it. If you're just getting into the band now (or getting back into them) and want to check it out on a whim, you'll need to buy it on CD or vinyl, or sail the pirate waters.

   THIS is exactly why I'm gravitating back towards physical media, and why I'm digitizing my existing collection to throw on things like Plex and my iPod.

   My music, on my terms.

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     Jason Evangelho (killyourfm@layer8.space)'s status on Monday, 05-Feb-2024 03:48:16 JST Jason Evangelho

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     • Stephen Reaves :gentoo:

     @rapscallionreaves This looks awesome! Any setup time involved would absolutely be negated by all the time saved not clicking through a ton of menus for every single disc.

     I'm gonna look into this when I start ripping movies (most of the music CDs are ripped already).

     Thanks!

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     Stephen Reaves :gentoo: (rapscallionreaves@fosstodon.org)'s status on Monday, 05-Feb-2024 03:48:18 JST Stephen Reaves :gentoo:

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     @killyourfm I'm moving back to physical media. I just discovered this Automatic Ripping Machine code (https://github.com/automatic-ripping-machine/automatic-ripping-machine) and it's made things a breeze. I also wrote some scripts to recompress everything to use the same code so I can play it through jellyfin on my tv. I haven't started with music yet but it's next on my list

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     Jason Evangelho (killyourfm@layer8.space)'s status on Monday, 05-Feb-2024 03:50:22 JST Jason Evangelho

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     • Michael Bishop ☕

     @MichaelBishop I agree with you. And I think people are slowly waking up to the fact that they own nothing when it comes to media, unless they can hold it in their hands.

     We need to accelerate that realization, however.

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     Michael Bishop ☕ (michaelbishop@mastodon.world)'s status on Monday, 05-Feb-2024 03:50:23 JST Michael Bishop ☕

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     @killyourfm

     This is going to be the case for lots of music and video. It will be nonexistent in future decades because streaming services won't have it available and people will have disposed of their physical media. People should retain all physical media they have as well as purchase what they find at thrift stores.

     Future generations will discover the one hidden gem of a movie on DVD in grandmas attic.