overview for FartsUnited

Lemmy.World federation is on the fritz again in c/div0

[–] FartsUnited 2 points 1 year ago

I can't seem to reply to anything, and was surprised to see that this thread is full of replies.

Apple Music only playing half of 'downloaded' songs? Is this an Anti-Piracy measure? in c/piracy

[–] FartsUnited 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It skips through songs every song half way through.

I downloaded a flac version of the album and converted it to m4a - works fine now. Weird.

“We suspect automated behaviour on your account” in c/piracy

[–] FartsUnited 21 points 1 year ago

It's not my Reddit post though - just the result of a google search to see if anyone else was experiencing the same issue for no apparent reason.

Onlyfans and Piracy in c/piracy

[–] FartsUnited 13 points 2 years ago (4 children)

That's interesting. So the main attraction (so to speak) is the illusion of intimacy or personalisation. The actual pron just enables or caters to the illusion ?

If Onlyfans is pirated, though, it seems to miss the main appeal of it. Nonetheless, are there dedicated trackers or search engines for the content, and does the content also give an indication of the 'personal' interactions?

Can you please recommend an easy to use music trimmer? in c/piracy

[–] FartsUnited 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Thanks for the all your responses guys - it was most appreciated.

I found a surprisingly simple solution - Quickplayer! (believe it or not)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17HfzGNofgA

Can you please recommend an easy to use music trimmer? in c/piracy

[–] FartsUnited 2 points 2 years ago (5 children)

thanks, I tried using Audacity but I got an 'incompatible plugin' error message.

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Can you please recommend an easy to use music trimmer? (self.piracy)

submitted 2 years ago by FartsUnited to c/piracy

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I ripped a mixcloud stream using a great free MediaHuman app (Youtube to Mp3). I now need to rip the desired 6 minute song (in m4a format) from a 2 hour stream. The trouble is: I can't seem to find a decent app to do it.

I tried using a couple of online apps but the file was too large to upload, and I can't seem to find a decent app to use for my iMac anymore.

Do you know of an easy-to-use and/or free music trimmer/cutter app?

thanks

Electronic Music: best sites to source latest releases? in c/piracy

[–] FartsUnited 1 points 2 years ago

Soulseek is great secondary source but often a little slow to get the latest releases - users appear to source their new music from elsewhere (like DJ Sound Top or Electronic Fresh). I was hoping that there might be other primary sources.

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Electronic Music: best sites to source latest releases? (self.piracy)

submitted 2 years ago by FartsUnited to c/piracy

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Is anybody here also interested in electronic (techno, house, jungle, etc) dance music?

The kind of stuff that is usually - and often exclusively - sold on the likes of Beatport or Juno.

If so, do you know where we can source the latest releases?

thanks

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Has anybody seen any of The Creator rips? (self.piracy)

submitted 2 years ago by FartsUnited to c/piracy

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I've only seen screen shots so far, but something looks very amiss about all these rips (irrespective of the file size)

This is supposed to be an epic sci-fi blockbuster, but all the posted images appear to look very 'cropped' and/or low res.

Is the film supposed to look like it only takes up half of the available screen?

Is there any way we can rip a track from (or out of) a larger mixcloud stream? in c/piracy

[–] FartsUnited 1 points 2 years ago

thanks for taking the time out to clarify this for me.

Unfortunately, I'm too stupid to make sense of how to use yt-dlp

Is there any way we can rip a track from (or out of) a larger mixcloud stream? in c/piracy

[–] FartsUnited 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

You managed to download it for yourself using yt-dlp?

Is there any way we can rip a track from (or out of) a larger mixcloud stream? in c/piracy

[–] FartsUnited 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

thanks very much for that.

I don't see the required yt-dlp app (or whatever) for the iMac and the above just appears to be a link that I can't use.

Can you please clarify what I might need to do to install/download yt-dlp?

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Is there any way we can rip a track from (or out of) a larger mixcloud stream? (www.mixcloud.com)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by FartsUnited to c/piracy

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I frequently listen to electronic music programs that typically play tracks that musical identifiers (like Shazam or AHA) fail to recognise.

The DJ is also not a great help because they'll back announce multiple tracks that are also hard to recognise or pinpoint. My main concern, though, is that I'll often hear a track that I'm not likely to hear again or may forget by the time it's officially available and/or recognisable.

So my question is: is it possible to rip a single track from a long stream for future reference (so Shazam will eventually recognise it or we can play it at our own leisure)?

I really like a techno track from the following stream: https://www.mixcloud.com/KissFM/the-beautiful-drive-09-nov-2023/

It starts playing at the 13 minute and 46 second mark and was hoping to be able to isolate it (if possible). I was also hoping to be able to isolate any other tracks I might encounter in any other streams heard online (when failing to recognise it).

Alternatively, if you can make sense of what the DJ says around the 36 minute mark I'd really appreciate the clarification :) !

thanks

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Is it possible to rip audio from youtube without loss of quality or online conversions? (self.piracy)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by FartsUnited to c/piracy

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I read somewhere that it is possible to rip youtube videos (music only) without the need for converting it into an mp3 as such.

The online conversion process (naturally) results in loss of quality, and (apparently) it is possible to preserve the original video's audio quality via a direct rip. If so, how would it be done and what format would it be in anyway?

thanks

Torrent client rankings in c/piracy

[–] FartsUnited 1 points 2 years ago

Transmission used to be my preferred app hands down but recent updates have negatively impacted its performance on my end. If all it needs to do is download torrents, why does it now sometimes seem incapable of connecting to a given (popular) swarm ?

Particularly unfortunate is that once it does connect, the download speed has now become arbitrary: it keeps alternating between 'incredibly fast' and 'surprisingly slow' and takes three or four times as long to complete. I've become so exasperated with it that I've been forced to move on (deluge instantly connects and consistently downloads at five times the speed).

Torrent client rankings in c/piracy

[–] FartsUnited 2 points 2 years ago

I really like biglybt, but why is it so... slow to add torrents or shut itself down? It seems as if the app does so many different things simultaneously that it doesn't do them seamlessly or instantaneously. I mean, why does it need 'up to twenty seconds' to close after you've downloaded something? Is it bloat? Is there a way to streamline its running?

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Does anybody here use Deluge? How do you get magnet links to work? (self.piracy)

submitted 2 years ago by FartsUnited to c/piracy

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I'm currently on the Imac using Deluge as my preferred client - it just seems so much faster than (say) Transmission, which has recently been struggling to connect to other pirates on the high seas.

The only problem is: Deluge appears to have issues with magnet links. Although the client will open when you click a magnet, the link doesn't automatically get added to the downloads. So you have to manually enter each magnet link.

Is there anyway around this? I'd appreciate detailed instructions if possible (or a link to a video and/or article explaining what to do).

thanks

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Does torrenting slow down your computer? (self.piracy)

submitted 2 years ago by FartsUnited to c/piracy

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I'm curious to know if anybody else finds their computer behaving sluggishly or erratically when downloading torrents.

For the record: I use transmission on a 2020 imac and have tried other clients to little avial. A virus and/or activity check doesn't reveal anything untoward going on in the background.

I'm not sure what's going on, but torrenting is either resource intensive (possibly RAM) or writing to the harddrive results in poor performance overall. Or maybe its something else (like my vpn draining resources)? Either way, when I torrent I might as well walk away from my computer because that's all it seems it wants to do, and even then its performance remains erratic.

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Anyone know what's going on with ShadowBG? (shadowbg-test.xav1erenc.workers.dev)

submitted 2 years ago by FartsUnited to c/piracy

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I'm not sure if it's common knowledge, but a 'shadow' RARBG search engine went up when the site went down.

https://shadowbg-test.xav1erenc.workers.dev/

As far as I could tell, it provided direct access to all of its original torrents and/or continually seeded torrents by other dedicated seeders (or sites).

But the search engine has suddenly become inaccessible. Anyone know why? Is there an alternative?

thanks