It's A Digital Disease!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/SqmButBetter on 2025-08-03 19:26:39+00:00.

I've been reading around for any SoundCloud archives that exist with audio, as I'm trying to recover songs from about 2021-2022 and I've seen a few mentions of someone who (apparently) downloaded the entirety of soundcloud in 2017. I was wondering if there were any more recent and public archives. I know there are metadata archives but they have not helped me so far, same story with the wayback machine as there are not many snapshots and none have audio files.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Didact67 on 2025-08-03 18:02:17+00:00.

I notice Synology themselves only list their own drives as compatible, but I see plenty of pre-built setups being sold with Ironwolf drives. I'm guessing this is just Synology trying to mislead customers into not buying third party.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/SithLordRising on 2025-08-03 17:54:47+00:00.

Like many, I rarely use it need a DVD drive but every now and then you find a disc you haven't backed up or can't download. Different region settings are tricky and also interested in writing Blu-ray discs for some backup but rarely do this. Just wondered if anyone rips a lot of DVDs which drives they find reliable. Have USB3 and esata ports available.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Didact67 on 2025-08-03 17:01:56+00:00.

I had a DIY setup with a raspberry pi and two easystore desktop drives. I decided to take the plunge on a Synology NAS with NAS rated drives. WIll the easystores last longer if I relegate them to purely backup instead of accessing the data on them all the time?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Darklord97929 on 2025-08-03 15:43:52+00:00.

Been a while since I’ve messed with any. I’m setting up a new media htpc and want to go away from all the my book duos and my book pros that I am currently using. Currently have them all on my desk but this will be moving to my main movie room and want a cleaner look. Will be running Windows 11 since this will be used for ripping media as well as occasional gaming. Currently have a total of 8 drives, thinking of running raid 6 or 1 + 0. Recommendations are greatly appreciated. Tia

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Neccros on 2025-08-03 15:07:46+00:00.

Recently I been archiving some YouTube channels and grabbing their entire playlist but for some reason all download just fine but occasionally I will get one dubbed in German!! Once I had one in Japanese....

Anyone know why this happens? Way to prevent/fix this? Some videos I really want local copies of but cannot get past the dub

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/SnooDogs8806 on 2025-08-03 14:25:03+00:00.

Hi hoarders, I need help scraping the whole website/domain at https://www.tpcvietnam.com/ with wget

I'm working on a dataset about the specifications of these powertools, so I need the text from all their product pages. Been reading the cheatsheet at https://scrapingant.com/blog/wget-cheatsheet but all the tech jargon is not helping at all.

Any help/hint is much appreciated. I'm in a rush for the commands, but would like to learn how to do this again when they update their product catalogue.

Example needed information:

https://www.tpcvietnam.com/product/may-ban-dinh-u-total-tcsnli6008/

Specification of a TOTAL brand powertool

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Chava_boy on 2025-08-03 14:05:42+00:00.

I already have 500GB SSD, 4TB HDD and 4TB external HDD. My biggest issue is money as I live in poor country, otherwise I'd have a lot more space.

I read that ordinary HDDs are better, more reliable than external HDD, and since external ones are around 30% more expensive, I wonder if there is any reason to even buy them. Other than not having space in my PC case. A PC specialist once told me that I cannot fit any more (I don't remember the reason). But my motherboard should support up to 4 HDDs.

My best options now are:

1. Buy a new 8 TB HDD (SEAGATE BarraCuda 8TB) and sell my old one - costs 135 $
2. Buy another 4TB HDD and try to fit it inside my PC anyway (TOSHIBA P300 4TB 3.5" 5400rpm) - costs 77 $
3. Buy a cheaper external HDD (Adata 4TB HV300 AHV300) - costs 80 $
4. Buy a better and more expensive external HDD (example HDD toshiba 6TB for 152 $)

If I try to replace my HDD with 8TB one, I don't know how would I transfer all my data the easiest way, especially if I can't fit both HDDs inside at the same time

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Jupit-72 on 2025-08-03 13:58:21+00:00.

If so, what is your experience? Or maybe somebody's using the Toshiba N300's.

Seems like people are favoring Exos or Iron Wolf's, or at least they seem to be the go-to HDDs to me.

This Ebay-seller/store sells 5 year old 14TB Toshiba MGs, but with a warranty of 10 years. Meaning he would replace the drive, if it fails in that time.

Any opinions on that? Would you go for it?

I'm just wondering if I should fill my 4-bay QNAP with these for 600€, or buy new Exos' or IW's for almost twice the price...

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/E63amgwagon on 2025-08-03 08:06:19+00:00.

I have a Synology DS1019+ with 5x8T drives. I am running out of free space. My compute and storage are separate (except for Plex), and I would like to keep it that way. I don't use any of the Synology apps/features, so a dumb storage would do. Looking at 2 options

• Replace existing drives with 5x20T. This should last me for a few years.
• Get UNAS Pro with 3x20T to start with and add additional drives later (as budget permits). More models are coming sometime this year, so I might lose out on those.

Which one is better? I did look at UGreen, but it's more expensive (with power I don't need).

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/lvhn on 2025-08-02 08:13:41+00:00.

Hey,

I couldn't find a working script to download from tokybook.com that also handled cover art, so I made my own.

It's a basic python script that downloads all chapters and automatically tags each MP3 file with the book title, author, narrator, year, and the cover art you provide. It makes the final files look great.

You can check it out on GitHub: https://github.com/aviiciii/tokybook

The README has simple instructions for getting started. Hope it's useful!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Beavisguy on 2025-08-03 12:06:17+00:00.

I am looking for more free no copyright music anybody where I get it more other than Soundclound and Youtube?? Here are the genres I am looking for Rap RnB Soul Funk Reggae Chillhop Acid Jazz Triphop Ambient Blues track needs to be a min of 3 min long and 320kbps MP3.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/GreyEyedBlonde on 2025-08-03 11:44:54+00:00.

Hello everyone,

Dungeons & Dragons Online is an MMO, whose forums (2006-2023) will be taken down at the end of this month. (see end of linked page)

These "old" forums were placed in a read-only state in 2023, when the game opened up its "new" forums, which remain available and active (but have nothing to do with the old forums).

I am completely unfamiliar with data archiving, and was wondering if/how it would be possible to preserve the old forums in some way.

I hope this isn't in violation of Rule 10. If you believe another subreddit would be better suited for this case, please do direct me.

Thank you.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/psychwardpawjob on 2025-08-03 09:27:40+00:00.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Huihejfofew on 2025-08-03 09:21:05+00:00.

I don't get why it first reads in the file from one drive, calcs the checksum then reads it in from the other drive and does the same. While it's reading from one drive the other drive does nothing. Doesn't this just take twice as long?

In addition for each and every file one drive is being spun up, read then spun down when not being read until the other drive is done and the program moves onto the next file. And does this for every single file. Isn't this really bad for the drive? I don't get why this is the approach.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/abrilevskiy on 2025-08-03 09:20:37+00:00.

Hello,

Could you please recommend a replacement for the Kingston MobileLite Plus UHS-II card reader with a detachable USB-C cable? While Kingston MobileLite Plus is a great card reader, I found it risky using dongles being traveling - since accidentally applied force to a dongle can damage a laptop port. I found a quite good option: ProGrade Dual Slot (PG08), but the ProGrade is too expensive.

Thank you!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Calebboomtmbv2 on 2025-08-03 02:05:49+00:00.

So it is just as simple as the title, I am having trouble with my video files and trying to encode them onto a mp4/mkv file and it making me mad, I used dvd decryptor to get the files off my dvd and then handbrake to encode it and I keep getting an error around 1.98% I can post my error in the comments but idk what to do, please help

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Chemical_Reveal_3748 on 2025-08-03 01:46:28+00:00.

I’m trying to store movies and tv shows, probably at 1080p resolution since I won’t have. What size external hard drive should I get and what brand, I was looking at WD based on reviews. But would Samsung be an ok brand as well? I just don’t know how many movies a 1TB or 2TB hard drive could store. Or should I get something bigger?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Speider_92 on 2025-08-03 00:13:35+00:00.

I'm trying to download a complete artist discography using spotdl but getting tons of AudioProviderError messages.

What I tried:

Updated both yt-dlp and spotdl to latest versions

Tried different audio providers (youtube-music)

Used different threading options (--threads 1 --headless)

Changed VPN locations (USA, Netherlands, Switzerland)

Attempted album-by-album downloads instead of full artist

Using cookies from youtube and youtube music

Ive tried everything i knew but without sucess, can yall help me out?

AudioProviderError: YT-DLP download error - for every song

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/HomosexualPresence on 2025-08-02 23:37:38+00:00.

does anyone have any experience using httrack to archive wikis? it's been running for 9 days so far, just over 600,000 files written, 65,000 links scanned. does it speed up as it nears the end and pages link to already downloaded pages? it says 65,000/660,000 links scanned. although that last number increments every second. is this all expected when archiving a wiki or do you think i've messed up somewhere

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/JustMyPoint on 2025-08-02 22:38:12+00:00.

This is the image: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/A_1925-0406-0-2

I tried Dezoomify and it did not work. The downloadable version they offer on the museum website is in much inferior resolution.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/itsaderm on 2025-08-02 21:32:37+00:00.

If you haven't heard of the Online Safety Act, it's quite an interesting one.

TL;DR - The government is enforcing all sites THEY deem "risky" or "harmful". News is already being censored. If you want to view it? Submit your government issued ID to a third party company you've never heard of. They say it's to protect the kids, but it's not at all.

Anyways, rant over. With that in mind, what type of things would you recommend storing locally? Wikipedia? Any particular other sites?

Thanks guys, have a good weekend ❤️

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Grouchy-Answer-275 on 2025-08-02 19:30:55+00:00.

Hi! so I read a lot on this subreddit when buying my first external drive to keep some of my data safe from deleting, but I also read a lot about how data should not be compressed or encrypted when hoarded. Is there a way to ensure someone who gets their hands on my SSD, without basically having more copies on the drive or having more devices with the compressed / encrypted files? So far I managed to gather only like 20 GB of most essential data I want to backup so I can compress it and fit it few dozen times on the drive but those 20 GB are growing faster than I expected.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/lmasieri on 2025-08-02 19:23:06+00:00.

I’ve got 3x18tb drives from serverpartdeals. The question now is whether to set them up as raid 1 with a hot spare (I’m using xpenology) or set up raid 5 to get extra capacity. I’m nowhere near the 18tb usage in my needs (was future proofing) so I appreciate any feedback from others 😊 any advice?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/SwingDingeling on 2025-08-02 19:11:56+00:00.