9 December 2023

278 points · 14 comments · view on lemmy.world

14 Comments

PleasantAura@lemmy.one · 22 pts · 2y (7 replies)

Lies. CDs are useful for ripping to FLAC and then putting away in a box somewhere never to be seen again.

moonsnotreal@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 2y (1 reply)

That's the main reason I buy cds. It is near impossible to get a flac copy online for some artists.

Hiro8811@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y

Hey................................ What artists are we talking about?

threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 2y (2 replies)

I must be uninformed. What is FLAC, and should I be using it?

name_NULL111653@pawb.social · 8 pts · 2y
  1. Free lossless audio codec.
  2. Yes.
can@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 2y

Yes. MP3 was good for making a really small file but it lost quality, flac makes a small(ish) file but no audio information is lost at all. With current storage capacities its worth it.

GraniteM@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y

Or sell it to a used music store so someone else can repeat the process.

PsychedSy@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 2y

They're useful if opsec lets you bring them into secure areas. Sealed. And they only get to leave shredded.

Blamemeta@lemm.ee · 17 pts · 2y

Better for actually owning music instead of a license

Hexarei@programming.dev · 2 pts · 2y

CDs nutz lolgottem

ares35@kbin.social · 2 pts · 2y

i actually burned a cd yesterday.. a boot disk for a utility.

only to find the system i needed it for didn't support legacy boot, and the boot image didn't have uefi support.

i had to take out an audio cd to burn it.. so yea, cd do get used here.. occasionally. probably been a year or more since that audio cd had been played.

RIP_Cheems@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

Back in my day, we used vhs. And I'm not even old.

yukichigai@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 2y

Boring. If you're gonna destroy a CD just wedge it on a Dremel and spin it until it explodes.

can@sh.itjust.works · 0 pts · 2y