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oink and what.cd. Ahh, the memories.

by zelag 5y ago

JTon 5y ago
<3
throwaway48375 5y ago
RIP
sidpatil 5y ago
what.cd was one of the greatest resources available on the Internet, in my opinion. Still sad it's gone. :-(
- egeozcan 5y ago
  Yet another rewrite project that went nowhere, if I remember correctly. Or was that waffles.fm? I'm probably confusing the two. edit: ok I did confuse them, see reply
  - marpstar 5y ago
    You're thinking waffles.fm -- what.cd was seized by authorities. waffles didn't even come close to the glory of what.cd
    - yawgmoth 5y ago
      Would you happen to know if the story is written out anywhere?
      - philamonster 5y ago
        https://torrentfreak.com/what-cd-shuts-down-following-reported-raids-in-france-161117/ https://torrentfreak.com/what-cd-shuts-down-following-report... https://torrentfreak.com/music-group-confirms-what-cd-raid-claims-millions-in-losses-161118/ https://torrentfreak.com/music-group-confirms-what-cd-raid-c...
        arpa 5y ago
        41m € of alleged losses. And for that want, the library of Alexandria was burned down.
      - somewohere 5y ago
        I haven't used it myself, but I've heard REDACTED comes close to what.cd , you might have to interview again though.
        inasmuch 5y ago
        Redacted hasn't quite rebuilt What.CD's full library, but it's getting remarkably close. Streaming services have taken some of the vigor out of the torrent scene, but I think it's safe to say What's all-music-archive dream is alive. It might be a little late now, but in the early days, they seemed more than happy to have former What.CD users (provided they were in good standing) on board. There was an interview, but it wasn't a big deal.
- MarcelOlsz 5y ago
  Met a lot of my best friends through there. Still hurts is gone.
- unixhero 5y ago
  What.cd was a massive loss for the entire internet. Some of What's Vanity house stars are now real stars with tours around the world, like "The Flashbulb"
  - hadem 5y ago
    You too found The Flashbulb via what.cd? Soundtrack to a Vacant Life is an incredible album.
    - unixhero 5y ago
      Yes I sure did. That album may have been a vanity house "staff pick" too, I don't recall. Pink and What felt like magical places... Terra Firma, what a massive tune. https://youtu.be/HwbVnFR-XP4 https://youtu.be/HwbVnFR-XP4
    - LazyMans 5y ago
      I also found Flashbulb via what.cd vanity. Good stuff
- lghh 5y ago
  I mean this without hyperbole. Loseing what.cd was one of the saddest moments of my life. Losing it was on a tier below the burning of the library of alexandria, but only a single tier.
- robtherobber 5y ago
  This article came out soon after it was gone: https://qz.com/840661/what-cd-is-gone-a-eulogy-for-the-greatest-music-collection-in-the-world/ https://qz.com/840661/what-cd-is-gone-a-eulogy-for-the-great... It put things into perspective for many.
philamonster 5y ago
Definitely a go-to but I used as well, up until it went dark within last couple years, the nmp3s off-shoot from SAF all those years ago.
impostergc 5y ago
The replacement is just as good, if not better.
Semaphor 5y ago
Rare too see a mention of Oinks Pink Palace. Such an amazing site and community. What and Waffles were never the same thing.
- unixhero 5y ago
  I agree. Oink was VERY good and also very friendly. They also had a silly rule that "all avatars MUST be cute"
  - pferde 5y ago
    I think it was even "all avatars MUST be cute animals".
    - unixhero 5y ago
      Yeah spot on, cute rule, I have carried that over into other community forums I used to run :)
sumobob2112 5y ago
Oink was such a great site, I remember feverishly following tutorials to rip my CDS in FLAC format with specific encoders just to boost my s/l ratio.
sumobob2112 5y ago
too bad nothing like oink exists anymore, I remember being an early uploader of some interpol albums. Also people just had great music tastes, you could go to any genre and sort and find heavy hitters you didnt know, who were amazing.
- aaaaaaaaaaab 5y ago
  >too bad nothing like oink exists anymore red, ops, slsk
hsbauauvhabzb 5y ago
Try redacted or Orpheus
antihero 5y ago
what.cd was one the most incredible archive of music ever created, happily spent £10/mo on a seedbox to support it and had a bunch of scripts to auto-seed things to get some sort of ridiculous ratio. The powers that be truly did destroy something great, if there's a tracker that's anything like it I'd happily rent a seedbox again. Even now most music streaming services will only give you a single crummy option of the album version to listen to, usually some stupid remaster, AM sometimes gives lets you listen to the original but it's far from perfect.

oink and what.cd. Ahh, the memories.

by zelag 5y ago

oink and what.cd. Ahh, the memories.

JTon 5y ago

throwaway48375 5y ago

RIP

sidpatil 5y ago

what.cd was one of the greatest resources available on the Internet, in my opinion. Still sad it's gone. :-(

egeozcan 5y ago
Yet another rewrite project that went nowhere, if I remember correctly. Or was that waffles.fm? I'm probably confusing the two. edit: ok I did confuse them, see reply
- marpstar 5y ago
  You're thinking waffles.fm -- what.cd was seized by authorities. waffles didn't even come close to the glory of what.cd
  - yawgmoth 5y ago
    Would you happen to know if the story is written out anywhere?
    - philamonster 5y ago
      https://torrentfreak.com/what-cd-shuts-down-following-reported-raids-in-france-161117/ https://torrentfreak.com/what-cd-shuts-down-following-report... https://torrentfreak.com/music-group-confirms-what-cd-raid-claims-millions-in-losses-161118/ https://torrentfreak.com/music-group-confirms-what-cd-raid-c...
      - arpa 5y ago
        41m € of alleged losses. And for that want, the library of Alexandria was burned down.
    - somewohere 5y ago
      I haven't used it myself, but I've heard REDACTED comes close to what.cd , you might have to interview again though.
      - inasmuch 5y ago
        Redacted hasn't quite rebuilt What.CD's full library, but it's getting remarkably close. Streaming services have taken some of the vigor out of the torrent scene, but I think it's safe to say What's all-music-archive dream is alive. It might be a little late now, but in the early days, they seemed more than happy to have former What.CD users (provided they were in good standing) on board. There was an interview, but it wasn't a big deal.
MarcelOlsz 5y ago
Met a lot of my best friends through there. Still hurts is gone.
unixhero 5y ago
What.cd was a massive loss for the entire internet. Some of What's Vanity house stars are now real stars with tours around the world, like "The Flashbulb"
- hadem 5y ago
  You too found The Flashbulb via what.cd? Soundtrack to a Vacant Life is an incredible album.
  - unixhero 5y ago
    Yes I sure did. That album may have been a vanity house "staff pick" too, I don't recall. Pink and What felt like magical places... Terra Firma, what a massive tune. https://youtu.be/HwbVnFR-XP4 https://youtu.be/HwbVnFR-XP4
  - LazyMans 5y ago
    I also found Flashbulb via what.cd vanity. Good stuff
lghh 5y ago
I mean this without hyperbole. Loseing what.cd was one of the saddest moments of my life. Losing it was on a tier below the burning of the library of alexandria, but only a single tier.
robtherobber 5y ago
This article came out soon after it was gone: https://qz.com/840661/what-cd-is-gone-a-eulogy-for-the-greatest-music-collection-in-the-world/ https://qz.com/840661/what-cd-is-gone-a-eulogy-for-the-great... It put things into perspective for many.

philamonster 5y ago

Definitely a go-to but I used as well, up until it went dark within last couple years, the nmp3s off-shoot from SAF all those years ago.

impostergc 5y ago

The replacement is just as good, if not better.

Semaphor 5y ago

Rare too see a mention of Oinks Pink Palace. Such an amazing site and community. What and Waffles were never the same thing.

unixhero 5y ago
I agree. Oink was VERY good and also very friendly. They also had a silly rule that "all avatars MUST be cute"
- pferde 5y ago
  I think it was even "all avatars MUST be cute animals".
  - unixhero 5y ago
    Yeah spot on, cute rule, I have carried that over into other community forums I used to run :)

sumobob2112 5y ago

Oink was such a great site, I remember feverishly following tutorials to rip my CDS in FLAC format with specific encoders just to boost my s/l ratio.

sumobob2112 5y ago

too bad nothing like oink exists anymore, I remember being an early uploader of some interpol albums. Also people just had great music tastes, you could go to any genre and sort and find heavy hitters you didnt know, who were amazing.

aaaaaaaaaaab 5y ago
>too bad nothing like oink exists anymore red, ops, slsk

hsbauauvhabzb 5y ago

Try redacted or Orpheus

antihero 5y ago

what.cd was one the most incredible archive of music ever created, happily spent £10/mo on a seedbox to support it and had a bunch of scripts to auto-seed things to get some sort of ridiculous ratio. The powers that be truly did destroy something great, if there's a tracker that's anything like it I'd happily rent a seedbox again. Even now most music streaming services will only give you a single crummy option of the album version to listen to, usually some stupid remaster, AM sometimes gives lets you listen to the original but it's far from perfect.