Re:Do I really need to get out the soldering-iron again?
by rvense on Sunday December 09, 2018 @02:34PM
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OGG too.
I love Bandcamp.
They also have an app that offers streaming and a bunch of social features so you can make a page for yourself where you show off the music you like and make playlists and interact with others. It's probably a great feature, but the thing that really sets Bandcamp apart is that you can just ignore the fuck out of it and pay money for some files that you can download using a browser and put on your own drives and devices.
Re:Do I really need to get out the soldering-iron again?
by JadeNB on Monday December 10, 2018 @11:08AM
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> OGG too.
Of course there's no need for a separate OGG download; no matter how transparent the MP3 encoding is, one thing at which MP3s suck and lossless codecs, by definition, excel is re-encodeability. If you've got FLAC, you're not far from OGG, AAC, and any other format you like.
Re:Do I really need to get out the soldering-iron again?
by baroffoos on Sunday December 09, 2018 @05:33PM
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Bandcamp is pretty much single-handedly keeping high quality audio alive. I exclusively buy music from them and then load it on to my own music streaming server.
The option is not well advertised. After you purchase a digital download, there's a tiny arrow next to the 'download' link that allows you to switch the download to flac.
I always download flac and consequently spend a lot of money at Bandcamp!