• venotic@kbin.melroy.org
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    2 months ago

    Nah, I’m over that kind of shit. I used to DJ on Second Life and people were playing songs but it was obvious they ripped it from YouTube. Because the songs would either be the music video version, it would have some opening intro or an ending, worst if the video ends with asking for subscribers. Audio quality was always shit.

    I know that falls under lazily editing to cut them out, but ripping YouTube videos for audio is just a lazy form of pirating.

    • whats_all_this_then@programming.devEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Not to mention the jump in quality from the 128kbps audio you rip off YouTube (maybe 192kbps if you’re lucky) to the 320kbps mp3s you can off any self respecting torrent is MASSIVE (assuming non-shit source obviously). Heck, I can live with 320kbps. I barely notice the jump to lossless on my headphones/IEMs. 128kbps though, I’m not the most discerning listener but I can still hear the artifcats.

  • Azzu@lemm.eeEnglish
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    2 months ago

    yt-dlp was created in October 2020, Soulseek in April 2001, torrents in Juli 2001. Your “ol’ reliable” was created 5 years ago, 19 years younger than its competition. Youtube itself was founded in 2005.

    I’m not sure you know what “ol’ reliable” means ;)

  • bigDottee@geekroom.techEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Just recently started using it again… but that’s mainly because I found “pinchflat” which gives a great front end for yt-dlp and a bunch of the options. Mainly thought it was a great project that I could use to start archiving channels that I want down the line like all of Demolition Ranch, but I came to realize it’s just a great front end for yt-dlp lol

  • gonzo-rand19@moist.catsweat.com
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    2 months ago

    I used to use YouTube rips, but I hated that the music video version isn’t the same as the album version and I kept getting songs that were a shitty bitrate because they’re not all available in at least 320 kbps.

    I can hear all sorts of noise in a lot of my old files and it made my mix CDs noticeably sound like shit. I’m happy that you guys are happy using it, but for me it’s more of a last resort.

  • tkw8@lemm.eeEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Please don’t turn this community into a meme dumping ground. You can go to r/piracy for that.

    • kratoz29@lemm.eeEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Ah, and the redditors can’t cope with knowing their community has become just another meme community, and yet they feel like it is so important and the last good community for Reddit 😂

      It is actually funny the delusionalism you get when you give a quick look there.

    • idegenszavak@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      2 months ago

      No one should go to that website ever. But it’s true, we should have a dedicated piracy memes community, or do we already have one? But until lemmy is this small it wouldn’t help if the communities were even more fine grained.

    • Count Regal Inkwell@pawb.socialEnglish
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      2 months ago

      That’s great for you but I fucked up my hearing by listening to Linking Park on maximum volume in the cheapest Chinese earbuds a third world teenager’s allowance could buy circa 2006.

      … And getting stuff from YouTube takes 3% less effort.

    • Lime Buzz (fae/she)@beehaw.orgEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Well technically from youtube at least they’re either oggs or m4as. However, yeah, flacs are better if you can get real ones.

    • N0x0n@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Maybe enjoy crispy 128 .opus? Yeah flacs are on another level… But 100MB/file just doesn’t justify the negligeable quality increase you won’t even notice anymore in your late 40s !

      However, saving TB of disk space does !

  • OhVenus_Baby@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    2 months ago

    So what is the best for audiophile piracy? I’m asking for a friend who is a total audiophile. Spotify rips? Youtube rips?