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How can I get updates about when my favourite artists/bands release new music without needing Spotify?
  • Most music torrent sites have notifications for artists you follow.

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    Anon sets the mood
  • Anon needs Jellyfin.

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    Textbook authors told climate change references must be cut to get Florida’s OK
  • I wonder if pirates can come to the rescue by providing uncensored textbooks to students.

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    Microsoft CEO of AI: Online content is 'freeware' for models • The Register
  • my AI is so good, it generated one that’s 100% identical

    plus my AI uses less than 99% of the electricity of Microsoft’s

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    Checkmate Valve
  • 🏴‍☠️

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    German ebooks
  • There are at least two ebook torrent trackers that have ebooks in multiple languages.

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    How to get invites to private trackers?
    1. Find a tracker with open invites or a recruiting interview
    2. Be a positive part of that community, seeding forever, and becoming (usually) Power User or higher
    3. Look through the invites available in the PU+ forum section for other communities that interest you, and get invited from there
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    Just a colony of fruit bats here
  • unholy offspring of lightning and death itself

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    Just a colony of fruit bats here
  • unholy offspring of lightning and death itself

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    The Pirate Movie
  • Happy 42nd birthday, Frederic.

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    100s of Pirate Sites Go Dark as .TV Domains Placed on ServerHold * TorrentFreak
  • I can’t bear the thought of the site getting nuked.

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    *Permanently Deleted*
  • Yes. I cap upload and download, so the rest of my network runs smoothly. I then seed forever, so if anyone wants it, they can have it if they’re patient.

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    Funimation setting for yt-dlp to backup your digital copies
  • Yeah, I noticed that it has consistently picked the best format without me having to tell it. I just run the -F first, so I can see if that's true by looking at the available formats and looking at what is actually downloaded. I'm not at the point where I'll just trust it yet.

    Edit: Oh, yeah, I meant to say: I'm totally open to suggestions for making this process better. The better it is, the more it may help someone else.

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    Funimation setting for yt-dlp to backup your digital copies
  • Yeah I agree. I can always do that later though. The digital copies will be gone in a couple months.

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    Funimation setting for yt-dlp to backup your digital copies
  • No worries. I already acknowledged that ripping or piracy were probably simpler.

    For me, it’ll be a little more convenient to do the downloads than to spend time ripping. I’d have to go to the room with my computer that has a drive. Downloading I can do with my laptop anywhere.

    I’ve been meaning to get better acquainted with yt-dlp’s settings for use all over the web, and the April deadline put on pressure to learn sooner rather than later.

    And, although the disc version is undoubtedly better, the archivist in me also wants the digital copy version as it was available.

    For others, they may not have a disc version at all and want to backup their purchases.

    Edit: And, oh yeah, MakeMKV is awesome.

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  • Background: I bought a Blue-ray set that came with a code for the digital copy. This was back before Funimation was acquired. I could go through and rip my discs since Sony seems to be on the verge of nuking my digital copies, but teaching myself yt-dlp seemed more convenient.

    Here's are the settings I ended up using with yt-dlp to download digital copies from Funimation. I paste all three of these at the same time into the terminal, but you can paste them one at a time if you want. I'm on Linux and log into Funimation with Firefox, but it should be almost the same for Windows. The URL needs to be changed for each download. I have noticed some downloads stalling, but I if I refresh the pages that lists the episodes, the download resumes.

    ``` yt-dlp --cookies-from-browser firefox -F https://www.funimation.com/path-to-episode yt-dlp --cookies-from-browser firefox --list-subs https://www.funimation.com/path-to-episode yt-dlp --cookies-from-browser firefox --write-description --write-info-json --write-sub --write-thumbnail --embed-subs -o '~/Path/To/Downloads/Video/Folder/s%(season_number)02de%(episode_number)02d - %(title)s.%(ext)s' https://www.funimation.com/path-to-episode

    ```

    Here's what each part means:

    Line 1:

    -F

    Outputs you which versions are available. I have it tell me this, so I can make sure when I run Line 3 the output matches the highest quality listed in the output from Line 1

    --cookies-from-browser firefox

    Tells yt-dlp to use the cookies from your browser to authenicate the download since it's only available if you're logged in.

    Line 2:

    --list-subs

    Tells yt-dlp to list the kinds of subtitles it can find. I have a few episodes that it cannot find any subtitles even though they're avaiable when streaming. It seems like it's something weird with some episodes, and is probably related to this: https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/1656

    Line 3:

    --write-description

    Makes a .description text file with the description metadata in it in the same folder you download to.

    --write-info-json

    Makes an .info.json json/text file with all the metadata in it in the same folder you download to.

    --write-sub

    Makes an .srt srt/text file with the subtitles in it in the same folder you download to.

    --write-thumbnail

    Makes a .jpg image file of the thumbnail artwork for the episode in the same folder you download to.

    --embed-subs

    Embeds the subtitles in the downloaded video file.

    -o '~/Path/To/Downloads/Video/Folder/s%(season_number)02de%(episode_number)02d - %(title)s.%(ext)s'

    Specifies the download path, and formats the filename as: s##e## - Episode Title.mp4

    Hope this helps someone. I realize you could skip all this hassle and just pirate it somewhere, but I'm not sure where to find this specific release other than the digital copy on Funimation.

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    Sony is erasing digital libraries that were supposed to be accessible “forever”
  • yt-dlp can be used.

    I only have one purchase on Funimation, and it’s a digital version of a physical purchase.

    I’m trying to figure out the exact best options at the moment. If there’s not one yet by the time I’m ready, I’ll make a thread with my command and why I chose each option.

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    How does Usenet content not immediately get DMCA'd into oblivion?
  • Find a Usenet provider. A quick web search and some reading should get you to the right place. I’m not sure if any good free servers are available anymore, but there’s probably one that’s cheap enough.

    Looks like https://sabnzbd.org/ is a free and open source Windows/MacOS/Linux client that can download files. I haven’t tried it, but it’s highly rated on alternativeto.net

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