[Admiral Wonderboat] Physical Media Forever
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Yeah, DVD players and Blu-ray players are going the way of the VHS player. It's becoming increasingly difficult to find one that isn't super locked down by some form of DRM and just works.
And if you're trying to find one for computers, forget about it. You spend an arm and a leg trying to find anything that isn't just your typical DVD only, no Blu-ray or 4K. Blu-ray is a little more pricey, but any type of actual 4K player for computers, you're spending $$$ unless you're willing to try to patch it with a custom firmware.
The software that can legally play a UHD bluray doesn't even work with modern CPUs since it requires the SGX instructions. You have to get a specific drive that's not made anymore, flash it with custom firmware and rip the movie with MakeMKV.
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@admiralwonderboat@mastodon.social among other places
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::: spoiler SpoilerJen is loading DVD's into a donation box.
Admiral: Stop!! You can't get rid of our DVD's! What if the streaming sites go down?!
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Admiral: What'll we watch if there's an apocalypse? The NEWS?!
Jen: You're right! DVD's are essential for survival!
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Admiral: We still have a DVD player, right?
Jen: I mean... probably:::
dvd disks degrading
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USB DVD readers are still available if you look
And they're basically free. I think I paid $20 for my last one, new.
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@admiralwonderboat@mastodon.social among other places
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::: spoiler SpoilerJen is loading DVD's into a donation box.
Admiral: Stop!! You can't get rid of our DVD's! What if the streaming sites go down?!
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Admiral: What'll we watch if there's an apocalypse? The NEWS?!
Jen: You're right! DVD's are essential for survival!
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Admiral: We still have a DVD player, right?
Jen: I mean... probably:::
When I was a kid I suddenly became aware that I had too many DVD players in my room. At one time I had 4: a DVD TV, PS2, laptop and Xbox 360.
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I literally have a salvaged disk drive from an old computer connected up to a SATA adapter. Lol.
I do too. I haven't used it in about 10 years, and this is at least the fourth computer it has been in. Maybe I don't need it anymore, but if I throw it away, then I'll surely have to read a DVD.
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@admiralwonderboat@mastodon.social among other places
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::: spoiler SpoilerJen is loading DVD's into a donation box.
Admiral: Stop!! You can't get rid of our DVD's! What if the streaming sites go down?!
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Admiral: What'll we watch if there's an apocalypse? The NEWS?!
Jen: You're right! DVD's are essential for survival!
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Admiral: We still have a DVD player, right?
Jen: I mean... probably:::
If only physical digital media would actually last "forever" ... I think magnetic harddrives that aren't in constant use actually have the most longevity of common digital mediums.
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@admiralwonderboat@mastodon.social among other places
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::: spoiler SpoilerJen is loading DVD's into a donation box.
Admiral: Stop!! You can't get rid of our DVD's! What if the streaming sites go down?!
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Admiral: What'll we watch if there's an apocalypse? The NEWS?!
Jen: You're right! DVD's are essential for survival!
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Admiral: We still have a DVD player, right?
Jen: I mean... probably:::
Back them up in your computer, way safer.
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@admiralwonderboat@mastodon.social among other places
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::: spoiler SpoilerJen is loading DVD's into a donation box.
Admiral: Stop!! You can't get rid of our DVD's! What if the streaming sites go down?!
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Admiral: What'll we watch if there's an apocalypse? The NEWS?!
Jen: You're right! DVD's are essential for survival!
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Admiral: We still have a DVD player, right?
Jen: I mean... probably:::
Rip your DVDs.
You can even just straight rip them to .iso and enjoy full quality with menus and all. I think Jellyfin supports that at least.
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If only physical digital media would actually last "forever" ... I think magnetic harddrives that aren't in constant use actually have the most longevity of common digital mediums.
Tapes beat spinning disks.
Here is a source I didn't read: https://www.howtogeek.com/858426/whats-the-best-way-to-store-data-for-decades-or-centuries/
My actual source is "used to professional care about longevity".
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Rip your DVDs.
You can even just straight rip them to .iso and enjoy full quality with menus and all. I think Jellyfin supports that at least.
Useful website: https://b3n.org/automatic-ripping-machine/
For other usefull resources check your public library. Lots of overlap between
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@admiralwonderboat@mastodon.social among other places
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::: spoiler SpoilerJen is loading DVD's into a donation box.
Admiral: Stop!! You can't get rid of our DVD's! What if the streaming sites go down?!
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Admiral: What'll we watch if there's an apocalypse? The NEWS?!
Jen: You're right! DVD's are essential for survival!
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Admiral: We still have a DVD player, right?
Jen: I mean... probably:::
In the future when we can become cyborgs, Imma get lasers in my eyes so I can just watch DVDs by looking at the bottom of the disc.
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@admiralwonderboat@mastodon.social among other places
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::: spoiler SpoilerJen is loading DVD's into a donation box.
Admiral: Stop!! You can't get rid of our DVD's! What if the streaming sites go down?!
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Admiral: What'll we watch if there's an apocalypse? The NEWS?!
Jen: You're right! DVD's are essential for survival!
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Admiral: We still have a DVD player, right?
Jen: I mean... probably:::
MakeMKV ftw
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Tapes beat spinning disks.
Here is a source I didn't read: https://www.howtogeek.com/858426/whats-the-best-way-to-store-data-for-decades-or-centuries/
My actual source is "used to professional care about longevity".
Let's do a laser-engraving into glass. Would be hard to beat that.
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Convert DVDs into files on NAS with backups.
or just download better quality files for your NAS
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Tapes beat spinning disks.
Here is a source I didn't read: https://www.howtogeek.com/858426/whats-the-best-way-to-store-data-for-decades-or-centuries/
My actual source is "used to professional care about longevity".
I did specify common medium. How many people have a tape drive at home? And IMO that article is missing information about how long those magnetic spinning disks last if you keep them powered off most of the time, like tapes.
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@admiralwonderboat@mastodon.social among other places
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::: spoiler SpoilerJen is loading DVD's into a donation box.
Admiral: Stop!! You can't get rid of our DVD's! What if the streaming sites go down?!
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Admiral: What'll we watch if there's an apocalypse? The NEWS?!
Jen: You're right! DVD's are essential for survival!
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Admiral: We still have a DVD player, right?
Jen: I mean... probably:::
Thatâs why a PS5 (or another console) is very useful. Sometimes a movie is not available on any streaming, so I get it it cheaply on blu ray or dvd to watch it. We donât have any other disc player in the house, despite having a few laptops.
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@admiralwonderboat@mastodon.social among other places
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::: spoiler SpoilerJen is loading DVD's into a donation box.
Admiral: Stop!! You can't get rid of our DVD's! What if the streaming sites go down?!
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Admiral: What'll we watch if there's an apocalypse? The NEWS?!
Jen: You're right! DVD's are essential for survival!
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Admiral: We still have a DVD player, right?
Jen: I mean... probably:::
Bruh shut with the DVD player. Literally anything can play a dvd; pc, laptop, Xbox, PlayStation..
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I did specify common medium. How many people have a tape drive at home? And IMO that article is missing information about how long those magnetic spinning disks last if you keep them powered off most of the time, like tapes.
There is a reason tape storage was used for archival backup over traditional spinny disks.
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USB DVD readers are still available if you look
I have two 5 1/4" drives in a PC, one doing Bluray XL and the other Bluray and HD-DVD (altough I couldn't test that feature because nothing supports them anymore and a lot of HD-DVDs are dead from disc rot)
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dvd disks degrading
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