So, we decided to go with SHN last time as it was generally thought that this was the standard that everyone knew. Is this still the case or has FLAC become more prominent?
What format should the lossless audio be traded in?
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its been proven with alot of flac releases coming out that people have been getting fucking lazy with the format. some create the fingerprints and dont even bother to add a .ffp to the end of the file extention... it takes 2 seconds, but its so damn lazy, and then others dont even give the fingerprints at all, no md5, not a damn thing except flacs. its so damn stupid and lazy and completely wastes my time by having to put the files into flacfrontend, testing the files then if they check ok i make an MD5 for my own use and if i trade that particular roio then i notify the person of my md5.
Flac has brought lazyness to trading societies, feel free to contend that but i'll kick ur ass everytime with proof. is it really that fucking hard to right click on ur folder and press the "make an md5" option?!?!? even if i was downloading a folder of mp3's (god forbid), i'd still expect an md5 to be included.
which brings me to my next point, shn are not accepted in communities if they are not accompanied by an md5... so to reduce the chances of false circulation of this i say SHN. so its a few more megabytes... big fucking whoop! theres not much difference between 360mb and 390mb!
SHN ALL THE WAY!!!
Flac has brought lazyness to trading societies, feel free to contend that but i'll kick ur ass everytime with proof. is it really that fucking hard to right click on ur folder and press the "make an md5" option?!?!? even if i was downloading a folder of mp3's (god forbid), i'd still expect an md5 to be included.
which brings me to my next point, shn are not accepted in communities if they are not accompanied by an md5... so to reduce the chances of false circulation of this i say SHN. so its a few more megabytes... big fucking whoop! theres not much difference between 360mb and 390mb!
SHN ALL THE WAY!!!
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SHN! SHN! SHN!
I think I agree with someone its time to get the cds! I`m not really familiarized not with shn nor with flac or whatever it is... but if somebody could teach me how to work with some of this little guys, I will be so happy have the tribute cds at all!. Please let the cds view the sun light!
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I have to comment this:fat_old_sun wrote: Flac has brought lazyness to trading societies, feel free to contend that but i'll kick ur ass everytime with proof. is it really that fucking hard to right click on ur folder and press the "make an md5" option?!?!? even if i was downloading a folder of mp3's (god forbid), i'd still expect an md5 to be included.
I'm very sorry that I never understand that md5-stuff: I really don't know what I have to do with it.
You really don't have to blame people that they are lazy when nobody explains in easy language what to do with it.
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Does everyone hate mp3's?
I loved the first set of CD's but my only complaint was the time taken to download them (although this was probably due to my unfamiliarity with BitTorrent and the fact I was quite late...)
I know mp3 isn't lossless, but I don't really mind as I listen to most of my stuff on the move anyway and the background noise is more annoying.
Would it be possible to have two sets to download? Or would that take up too much space on the site?
I loved the first set of CD's but my only complaint was the time taken to download them (although this was probably due to my unfamiliarity with BitTorrent and the fact I was quite late...)
I know mp3 isn't lossless, but I don't really mind as I listen to most of my stuff on the move anyway and the background noise is more annoying.
Would it be possible to have two sets to download? Or would that take up too much space on the site?
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Missed this thread previously.
My vote is for FLAC:
http://flac.sourceforge.net/
1. Lossless like SHN.
2. More active community support than SHN.
3. Compresses better than SHN.
4. Some hardware playback. (SHN unlikely due to licensing).
5. Streamable and editable unlike SHN.
6. Open-source licensed GPL/BSD unlike SHN.
Well that's what I reckon anyway.
My vote is for FLAC:
http://flac.sourceforge.net/
1. Lossless like SHN.
2. More active community support than SHN.
3. Compresses better than SHN.
4. Some hardware playback. (SHN unlikely due to licensing).
5. Streamable and editable unlike SHN.
6. Open-source licensed GPL/BSD unlike SHN.
Well that's what I reckon anyway.