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Today is Bandcamp Friday: All revenue goes directly to artists (until 12 a.m. PST) in c/music@lemmy.world
Distros in c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world
[–] bigb@lemmy.world 6 points 20 hours ago

As it should be :)

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YSK: Bandcamp is waiving its fees today and all money is passed to the artist (until 12 a.m. PST) (daily.bandcamp.com)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/33818262

Today is Bandcamp Friday

From now until 12 a.m. PST, Bandcamp will pass 100% of revenue directly to artists. From its website:

Bandcamp Fridays began in March of 2020 at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic when the shuttering of venues led to a loss of vital tour revenue for artists. Since then, Bandcamp Fridays—on which we waive our revenue share and pass the funds directly to artists & labels—has resulted in millions of fans paying over $120 million directly to labels and musicians they love. In addition to helping artists pay the rent, or fund album recordings and tours, Bandcamp Fridays have also become a beacon for artists and record labels looking to raise awareness for causes or raise money for charities.

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Today is Bandcamp Friday: All revenue goes directly to artists (until 12 a.m. PST) (daily.bandcamp.com)
submitted 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) by bigb@lemmy.world to c/music@lemmy.world
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From now until 12 a.m. PST, Bandcamp will pass 100% of revenue directly to artists. From its website:

Bandcamp Fridays began in March of 2020 at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic when the shuttering of venues led to a loss of vital tour revenue for artists. Since then, Bandcamp Fridays—on which we waive our revenue share and pass the funds directly to artists & labels—has resulted in millions of fans paying over $120 million directly to labels and musicians they love. In addition to helping artists pay the rent, or fund album recordings and tours, Bandcamp Fridays have also become a beacon for artists and record labels looking to raise awareness for causes or raise money for charities.

If you had 1 dollar and 24 hours what would you do? in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
[–] bigb@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

Oh no, not bitter beer face!

YSK: Deezer, the music streaming service, is owned by a company whose Founder and CEO is a Russian Oligarch with connections to the Kremlin and donates to the American Republican party. in c/youshouldknow@lemmy.world
[–] bigb@lemmy.world 18 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Go a step further and use something like Deemix to grab FLAC files from their servers

The european mind can't comprehend this in c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
[–] bigb@lemmy.world 17 points 5 days ago

I'm a fat American, I can confirm all my strength is in my legs

Pom Poko - Daytripper in c/music@lemmy.world
YSK: There's an easy way to make retro game memes in c/youshouldknow@lemmy.world
[–] bigb@lemmy.world 21 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

YSK: There's an easy way to make retro game memes in c/youshouldknow@lemmy.world
Open TV, an ultra-fast open-source IPTV app, is finally available on Android! in c/android@lemdro.id
[–] bigb@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

IPTV is a video streaming protocol that delivers live TV. Here's a basic overview:

  1. An IPTV provider is streaming TV Channel 3 from its server.
  2. Subscribers pay for access to a playlist file.
  3. An IPTV player takes the playlist file and connects to the server.
  4. The playlist file tells the player where TV Channel 3 is available for streaming.
  5. The IPTV player streams the broadcast.

Most common IPTV providers are illegal restreams of commercial broadcasts. IPTV players don't typically come with access to these servers, the user need to find a service and gain access to a playlist file.

Edit: There are free and ad-supported IPTV streams out there as well.

You can only bring back one. Which do you choose? in c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
[–] bigb@lemmy.world 22 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

An obligatory "Fuck Blockbuster:" They sucked compared to the local rental shops.

Deerhoof did not want its music ‘funding AI battle tech’ — so it ditched Spotify in c/music@lemmy.world
[–] bigb@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago

I'm a long-time Last.fm user and that might another good option. It might be easier to connect Qobuz to Last.fm, and then connect Last.fm to ListenBrainz.

I recently did this myself and now I've got two places to go for recommendations.

If you have cut off mainstream music streaming, how do you discover new music or artists and songs like what you're listening frequently? in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
[–] bigb@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Listenbrainz is an open-source alternative to Last.fm: https://listenbrainz.org/

But I've used Last.fm for 20 years so I definitely recommend it.

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Proxmox vs. Debian: Running media server on older hardware (lemmy.world)
submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by bigb@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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I'm still running a 6th-generation Intel CPU (i5-6600k) on my media server, with 64GB of RAM and a Quadro P1000 for the rare 1080p transcoding needs. Windows 10 is still my OS from when it was a gaming PC and I want to switch to Linux. I'm a casual user on my personal machine, as well as with OpenWRT on my network hardware.

Here are the few features I need:

  • MergerFS with a RAID option for drive redundancy. I use multiple 12TB drives right now and have my media types separated between each. I'd like to have one pool that I can be flexible with space between each share.
  • Docker for *arr/media downloaders/RSS feed reader/various FOSS tools and gizmos.
  • I'd like to start working with Home Assistant. Installing with WSL hasn't worked for me, so switching to Linux seems like the best option for this.

Guides like Perfect Media Server say that Proxmox is better than a traditional distro like Debian/Ubuntu, but I'm concerned about performance on my 6600k. Will LXCs and/or a VM for Docker push my CPU to its limits? Or should I do standard Debian or even OpenMediaVault?

I'm comfortable learning Proxmox and its intricacies, especially if I can move my Windows 10 install into a VM as a failsafe while building a storage pool with new drives.

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Border Down - Snow Fox (Dreamcast/Naomi, 2003) (youtu.be)
 

Composed by Yasuhisa Watanabe

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GST Channel Artist Features: Learn more about popular video game music artists (youtube.com)
 

GST is a great channel to follow on YouTube and find new music. They produce artist features, with each video highlighting someone who works in the industry while providing great music mixes and facts.

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Super Monaco GP - The Heat Waves (Genesis/Mega Drive, 1990) (youtu.be)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by bigb@lemmy.world to c/vgmusic@lemmy.world
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Composer: Tokuhiko Uwabo

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Knuckles' Chaotix - Door Into Summer (32X, 1995) (youtu.be)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by bigb@lemmy.world to c/vgmusic@lemmy.world
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It had half-baked gameplay and was released on a cursed system (Sega 32X), but Knuckles Chaotix is such an underrated OST.

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