WatTyler

joined 9 months ago
 

Hi,

Does anyone know of any service that independently hosts podcasts exclusive to Spotify, Audible etc.?

Thanks.

[โ€“] WatTyler@lemmy.zip 16 points 1 week ago

Mercator stans will try and convince you that Russia and Canada aren't actually islands with thousands of miles of ocean isolating them from all their neighbours smh my head ๐Ÿ˜ค

[โ€“] WatTyler@lemmy.zip 6 points 3 weeks ago

Oh, I know. I adore Haskell.

[โ€“] WatTyler@lemmy.zip 26 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Mate, I came on here to post Haskell as a semi-ironic 'joke' and it's included in the top comment. You've made my day.

[โ€“] WatTyler@lemmy.zip 6 points 4 months ago

I'm delighted to hear that I'm not alone ๐Ÿ˜…

[โ€“] WatTyler@lemmy.zip 8 points 4 months ago

My apologies. I can't say I've done this a lot, as I've always been concerned this was the case. I've made the necessary adjustments.

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submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by WatTyler@lemmy.zip to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
 

Hi all,

Oftentimes, video files I download only include six-channel audio (i.e. 5.1). Using Tdarr, I transcode the video files and create a stereo audio channel from the surround channel.

At present, qBittorrent seems to seed these re-encoded files without complaint but if I force a recheck, it'll overwrite my newly-encoded files with the original. I'm concerned that my seeding these altered files is 'harming' the pool somehow but I am not sure?

An easy solution to this would be to keep two copies of each re-encoded file on my hard drive, so I watch the version with the stereo audio and seed the original. However, I do not have a lot of storage and would ideally minimize the copies I have of each file.

So, to sum-up, I suppose my question is: am I harming the torrent pool by seeding these altered versions? Or, if I want to be a responsible torrenter, do I need to keep duplicate versions, at least until my share ratio is 1:1?

Thanks.

EDIT:

Thank you to all those who took the time to comment and upvote. I've setup a 'pipeline' for seeding unaltered originals.

[โ€“] WatTyler@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Hi, I've installed KISS after reading this comment and there's one thing I don't understand. Is one supposed to manually select their 'Favourites' or are they populated by KISS with use? I couldn't find an answer to this anywhere else.

[โ€“] WatTyler@lemmy.zip 2 points 5 months ago

I'm fairly sure it was Scientific Linux because that was the distro used in the labs of my first programming course.

[โ€“] WatTyler@lemmy.zip 1 points 6 months ago

Sorry for my delayed reply but this was exactly the explanation I needed and I'm grateful for the effort you put into writing it.

[โ€“] WatTyler@lemmy.zip 34 points 6 months ago (6 children)

Can someone explain to me what Reddit's costs are supposed to be? It's not like they have to pay licences for things like music or have to host insanely large media files. Their content generation and moderation is free. For a long time their website was barebones and they didn't have to make an official app. I can never even recall them advertising until recently.

[โ€“] WatTyler@lemmy.zip 33 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Taking this post as a platform to rally against cutlery that isn't fashioned from a single piece of metal but has a useless metal or plastic handle. When you take them out of the dishwasher, a pool of warm, stagnant , vaguely soap-smelling water will pour out onto your wrist and wet your sleeve and my week is ruined.

For the record, I haven't experienced this in years but I carry the trauma.

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