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Do you prefer CD-R or CD-RW for music? (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 2 years ago by lseif@sopuli.xyz to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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For those who use CDs for music, which writable CD type do you use, and why?

Main differences:

CD-R can only be written once
CD-RW is more expensive

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[–] Chainweasel@lemmy.world 29 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

CD-R has a much wider range of compatibility than CD-RW, so if you're looking to play music you'll probably want to go with CD-R.
And as for data, I wouldn't use a CD at all. Optical Media is absolute shit for data preservation and those early claims of lasting thousands of years are highly exaggerated, the backing on the CDs (and DVDs) lasts for a few decades at most.
If you insist on optical data backups you'll want archival grade discs that are made of glass instead of plastic and don't use glue on foil for the backing but even those are projected to last hundreds of years at most, and they're not cheap.

[–] Towerofpain11@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Wow I did not know this. I was going to back up some photos onto CD-R as an extra safeguard. I have it backed up on a hard drive and cloud currently but wanted another back up. Will look into something else now.

[–] KickMeElmo@sopuli.xyz 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

M-Discs will do the trick for a couple centuries, which should exceed the span in which the data needs to be stored. Requires a burner that can handle the discs though.

[–] GlitzyArmrest@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

M-Disc is the way if you're going to use optical discs for backups.

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

Words carved into stone is your best bet. Have GPT-4 describe each picture in a thousand words, then carve those words into the wall of a very deep cave.

Later if you need the picture back you can just put those thousand words in as a prompt to Dalle

[–] lseif@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

i get it, but for me personally, its just so convenient to just get in the car and something is already set up and playing.

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

I learned to get people off my back about xbox (instead of gaming PC) by telling them I like the colorful buttons.