But it was more annoying than actually downloading the stuff
2012-02-14 04540, 2012
kepstin-laptop
i tried once, but my flash plugin is bugged up and plays mp3 audio corrupted.
2012-02-14 04507, 2012
reosarevok
And anyway, I've found out you can mostly stream enough decent music from youtube + bandcamp + soundcloud not to need more
2012-02-14 04511, 2012
warp
I do think it's a shame it's so hard to just buy .flac online. are often just getting lossy is impossible.
2012-02-14 04513, 2012
nikki
I didn't really have a problem with it, except since there's no way of finding new music, it was basically just a badly tagged version of my own music folder
2012-02-14 04517, 2012
kepstin-laptop
(curiously enough, it's fine with aac audio used by most online video streaming sites)
2012-02-14 04534, 2012
ianmcorvidae
being able to grab flac is probably the biggest thing I love about magnatune and bandcamp, heh
2012-02-14 04541, 2012
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reosarevok
The interface is annoying and it was full of crappy duplicates
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reosarevok
If they want people to actually pay for it, I hope they do something about that
2012-02-14 04506, 2012
reosarevok
(doubt they will)
2012-02-14 04534, 2012
reosarevok
Although well, I guess people do pay for last.fm and it doesn't have disambiguation :po
2012-02-14 04542, 2012
warp
e.g. I was in the mood for some more reggaeton recently (as reo saw from my edits). iTunes doesn't sell that in "my" region. Amazon doesn't want to sell me anything digital. and torrenting in this country not much of an option either.
2012-02-14 04500, 2012
warp
so I have to resort to searching for "album name descargar"
2012-02-14 04504, 2012
warp
; ___;
2012-02-14 04517, 2012
reosarevok
Well, that's how all the locals do it anyway!
2012-02-14 04524, 2012
warp
sure.
2012-02-14 04539, 2012
reosarevok
When in Guayaquil, do as the... Guayaquilians? do!
2012-02-14 04550, 2012
warp
reosarevok: actually, I think the locals pay $1 for a CDR copy.
2012-02-14 04556, 2012
reosarevok
heh
2012-02-14 04500, 2012
reosarevok
You might do that too :p
2012-02-14 04508, 2012
reosarevok
I wonder if you can get a flac out of it
2012-02-14 04514, 2012
reosarevok
Or it's just recorded from mp3 to begin with
2012-02-14 04547, 2012
warp
reosarevok: I've been in a couple of video stores here. all copies. and these aren't in dodgy back alleys either, these are proper stores.
2012-02-14 04551, 2012
ianmcorvidae
probably it's written to the disc frorm an mp3
2012-02-14 04557, 2012
warp
(video as in movies on DVD)
2012-02-14 04500, 2012
ianmcorvidae
from*
2012-02-14 04517, 2012
ianmcorvidae
I can't imagine bootleggers are too concerned about lossless audio :P
2012-02-14 04556, 2012
warp
I expect these bootleggers just burn the same stuff I download.
2012-02-14 04505, 2012
reosarevok
warp: I've seen those
2012-02-14 04524, 2012
reosarevok
Spanish rappers went there, made a mini-documentary about their LatAm tour
2012-02-14 04530, 2012
ianmcorvidae
possibly your high-quality option is "pester people in other countries to send you lossless burned to DVDs" or so :P
2012-02-14 04545, 2012
reosarevok
They don't actually publish or sell their music there
2012-02-14 04553, 2012
reosarevok
But there are thousands of people in their concerts
2012-02-14 04500, 2012
reosarevok
So they were pretty happy with the shops I guess :p
2012-02-14 04510, 2012
warp
ianmcorvidae: hehe, regular post is even more dodgy than internet speeds :)
2012-02-14 04517, 2012
ianmcorvidae
hah
2012-02-14 04551, 2012
reosarevok
warp: I suspect you're the only reggaeton audiophile in the world anyway
2012-02-14 04559, 2012
reosarevok
So I think there's probably no good solution for that :p
2012-02-14 04504, 2012
warp
ianmcorvidae: so far four out of six packages sent from .nl arrived. though one of those is in theory still in customs and we should get it eventually.
2012-02-14 04512, 2012
ianmcorvidae
haha
2012-02-14 04521, 2012
warp
reosarevok: lol!
2012-02-14 04522, 2012
ianmcorvidae
find people taking vacations nearby, pay them for courier service? ;)
2012-02-14 04535, 2012
reosarevok
lol
2012-02-14 04538, 2012
reosarevok
Couchsurfers
2012-02-14 04542, 2012
reosarevok
Might actually work
2012-02-14 04544, 2012
ianmcorvidae
(sounds like a business opportunity, no chance of it getting used for evil at all)
2012-02-14 04548, 2012
reosarevok
"I'll host you for two reggaeton CDs!"
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warp
ianmcorvidae: nah, internet is fine.
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ianmcorvidae
yeah, I know, I'm just joking around at this point
2012-02-14 04537, 2012
reosarevok
"If you happen to have an HD full of losless reggaeton, I'll host you for free for two weeks!"
2012-02-14 04538, 2012
reosarevok
:p
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reosarevok
(and, of course, you would send me a DVD later - do the post *out* of EC work?
2012-02-14 04501, 2012
reosarevok
)
2012-02-14 04510, 2012
warp
ianmcorvidae: I backup (rsync) my entire music folder back home anyway, squeezing it through 24kbyte/s during office hours (I keep the remaining 8kbyte/s to keep irc responsive, etc..)
2012-02-14 04518, 2012
ianmcorvidae
hah
2012-02-14 04548, 2012
warp
reosarevok: I don't know, I haven't tried outgoing post.
2012-02-14 04559, 2012
reosarevok
Feel free to send me something to try it 8)
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_5moufl
:/
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nikki
?
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ocharles
"fruit... salad...? Hey. 2 wrongs don't make a right" that might be quote of the day
