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We are digital librarians. Among us are represented the various reasons to keep data -- legal requirements, competitive requirements, uncertainty of permanence of cloud services, distaste for transmitting your data externally (e.g. government or corporate espionage), cultural and familial archivists, internet collapse preppers, and people who do it themselves so they're sure it's done right. Everyone has their reasons for curating the data they have decided to keep (either forever or For A Damn Long Time (tm) ). Along the way we have sought out like-minded individuals to exchange strategies, war stories, and cautionary tales of failures.

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Example 1:
Right during the pandemic, TFI (French TV) put up all past seasons of its show 'Star Academy'. It was something I have been trying to get hold of but did not have any luck. As soon as it popped I thought I got it all. (2 years ago). Today I found out I was missing the first season (8 in total) and went to try to grab it. ALL seasons have now been removed. I am quite pissed at it!

Example 2:
A user upscaled Britney Spear music videos using AI. The results were mind blowing. I grabbed all the videos I could (official ones are 480p/720 p max limited). Less than 1 week later, the content was gone....forever.

Example 3: (Non YT)
Not YT. Koh Lanta (French equivalent of Survivor) is aired on french TV (TFI again). As soon as the season is over, they take it down. You are unable to rewatch/watch it if you missed the air/stream time. ALL past seasons are also not available and that spans to about 20+ years of contents and 30+seasons. Same applies to US Survivor but to a lesser extent. And you need to keep paying to 'stream' it.

Conclusion:
Always archive media you want to rewatch/collect. Streaming is not your friend. It is just another way of controlling content distribution, tying you up to the 'subscription' slavery model instead of owning your contents and worse, down the line downright CENSORING or MODIFYING contents to fit whatever garbage narrative is currently en vogue.

Stay focused brothers!

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[–] EddyBlackmint@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

This is why I save all music/audiobooks/etc. In flac from deezer. Its so fucked up if theres something coming to mind which you want so Bad after remembering it just to Disco ver its gone.

[–] uraffuroos@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Ahhh the good ole' days of a studio producing all the season's on DVD content and manufacturing it en mass. What a time!

[–] UserInside@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Tu sauvegarde la Star Académie !!! Mais honte à toi ! C'est déjà assez dur comme ça, même sans TV d'essayer d'y échapper, aux pubs en ville, et leurs reprises de merdes à la radio... Et toi tu sauvegarde ça sur ton setup de geek ! Mais vas marcher sur des Lego !!!! C'est dingue ça !!!

Bon OK Koh Lanta, je peux comprendre, entre les aventuriers toujours plus dingues à chaque saison et les changements de règles toujours inattendus de Denis, ça reste ce qu'il y a de mieux sur TF1.

Mais bordel, la Star Ac....

J'ai 31 ans, déjà quand l'autre grognasse Bretonne de Nolwenn Leroy a gagné j'en avais déjà marre (saison 3 je crois ?), j'avais 12 ans à l'époque.

S'il te plaît OP, laisse donc cette merde mourir dans les oubliettes de TF1. Puisse qu'aucun archéologue dans le futur, tomber sur cette daube et prétendre que "c'était la musique populaire en ce temps là".

Si tu veux sauvegarder des émissions ou D ela musique, choisis au moins du contenu audible et de bon goût, s'il te plaît !

[–] FullKawaiiBatard@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)
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[–] I_Cant_Ink_Straight@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Ce qui est « de la merde » pour toi, n’est pas forcément le cas pour tout le monde. Je suis sûr que tu sauves « de la merde » aussi. Ton opinion sur ce qui est audible ou pas on en a absolument rien à branler.

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[–] Redoubt9000@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

I've done similarly, RedLetterMedia, some of my fav streamers and long plays, Gaki no Tsukai - and recently DnD streams. If I'm on my PC at least, I play the videos straight from youtube as a means of support to the channels, but any other time? I've got my copies on a loop.

Had been using Tartube and I never delved deep into youtube-dl cmd prompts. Recently it seems to have issue downloading the highest available quality, but I'm beginning to not care as much most of the time, I just rip it to a lo bit rate mp3 to listen to when I'm driving, cooking, w/e. Most of the time, the content I have is very conducive to just audio only.

[–] Spendocrat@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

We need a torrent site just for these.

[–] Motorsheep@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

I actually purchased a copy of '4K Video Downloader' for this very purpose, and previously used Internet Download Manager for many years (I still use IDM as a backup as 4k sometimes can't download videos with particular settings). I was able to save a few pulled videos this way, and have an extensive collection I can look back on. It is a kick to see postage-stamp sized videos of memes I was watching in the mid 2000's. I don't keep everything I download, but I download everything I watch.

[–] grandinosour@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I use an automated Downloader to download subscribed videos when they are uploaded to watch at my convience ad free.

[–] edbighead95@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What software do you use for this purpose?

[–] 994499@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

yes please let us know how to DL

[–] bluedays@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

I've been having a helluva time finding Sesame Street episodes from the 70s.

[–] ziggo0@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

On my rack I have a little emblem that says 'Archive Everything' - it's a cute animal looking over a set of folders. I archive what I can.

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