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I wish I could use my physical CD collection as a "pass" to download high quality rips so I can skip the part where I have to do the labor of ripping them mysel

I wish I could use my physical CD collection as a "pass" to download high quality rips so I can skip the part where I have to do the labor of ripping them myself.

solardev 4y ago
That would be awesome. I know some indie bands do that (buy our CD, get free downloads) but it would be better to see an industry effort, the same way we have MoviesAnywhere for films on disc
gaudat 4y ago
>high quality rips I cannot unhear the Flintstones now...
pvg 4y ago
It's popped up before in various forms, an early one was https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MP3.com#My.MP3.com https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MP3.com#My.MP3.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNb4VKln1uw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNb4VKln1uw
- waffle_ss 4y ago
  Another one was Murfie (now defunct): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murfie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murfie
- QuackyTheDuck 4y ago
  I think iTunes Match still offers this, too.
  - steve1977 4y ago
    They problem is that you might get remastered editions of tracks. So don’t actually get what you have on CD.
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jvm___ 4y ago
I have my Dad's record collection. A digital jukebox that has all the record covers - and plays the right version and track listing when you pick an album, would be just fantastic.
- dotancohen 4y ago
  > plays the right version and track listing Just try to get ahold of Rust in Peace today. The rerecorded album by Dave's Megadeth cover band sounds terrible, and the original is out of print and not available from any of the legal streaming platforms. I'm considering stocking up on original CDs and pressings, and storing them in different locations. I'm not even joking. If you really want the right version and track listing, you'll have to preserve it yourself.
  - NetOpWibby 4y ago
    When I was in middle school, Tanqueray had a spokesman named “Tony Sinclair.” I loved every commercial he was in, they were so fun and the background music was amazing. Anyhoo, the official site had all the songs (5) for download so I forged my age to access the mp3s and I still listen to them, to this day. I just wish I knew more about music formats back then, I have no idea if there were FLAC versions available. My annual pleas to the Tanqueray and Music Beast Twitter accounts remain ignored. Alas.
  - iggldiggl 4y ago
    Columbia Records managed to mess up a number of live albums while uploading them for digital distribution by leaving out the transitions between the individual tracks. In each instance I've come across this problem (mainly various Bob Dylan albums so far), it turned out that on the actual CDs, the affected portion had been mastered as part of the pre-gap (i.e. the bit where a hardware CD player will show a negative timecode counting back up to 00:00), so as silly as it sounds, it almost feels like they themselves simply ripped the CDs in order to upload them for digital downloads and streaming, and somehow managed to mess up the process and discard the pre-gap bits. Though unlike your example at least in that case the CDs are still in print, so for now you're not completely stuck there…
milkey_mouse 4y ago
New vinyl records quite often come with single-use download codes.
dhbanes 4y ago
iTunes Match?
throwaway290 4y ago
For musicians who are on Bandcamp you can buy a CD and get a FLAC download. (Ofc there's no telling what happens to your access when Bandcamp folds, so that sort of defeats the point.)
- pkulak 4y ago
  You still have the FLAC. That’s kinda the point of downloading it. Plus the CD, which is uncompressed FLAC.
  - speed_spread 4y ago
    You could expand the FLAC back to CD and slap a cover on it if required.
  - UltraViolence 4y ago
    I see there are a lot of misconceptions here. FLAC is 100% identical to the original audio CD sonically, it's a lossless format. See it as a ZIP file for WAV audio files.
    - pkulak 4y ago
      I don't have an misconceptions about flac, lol.
- rob74 4y ago
  Well, if you're afraid of Bandcamp folding, you'd better download the FLACs right now. That's the advantage when you compare it to MoviesAnywhere - there's no way to get a DRM-free downloadable version of the video material you bought...
  - TonyTrapp 4y ago
    Don't (just) be afraid of Bandcamp folding - be afraid of artists folding. Some years ago I purchased a few tracks by an artist on Bandcamp, downloaded them as Ogg Vorbis - and now, almost ten years later, I wanted to re-download them as FLAC for archival, but the artist has completely shut down their Bandcamp page. It's a bit of an extraordinary case but serves as a good reminder to download in the highest-possible quality at the earliest possible point in time. It doesn't help that it was a really niche artist and there are no warez copies of his tracks, at least not in the open web.
izacus 4y ago
In reality the IP owners wish you'd pay for each version separately and they've implemented that version of reality pretty much across the board. Once the last CD dies out, that's it.
joshspankit 4y ago
In a sense, laws around “format shifting” can make room for that to happen. As long as someone is not “distributing” (AKA uploading to any user. AKA torrents are off the table.), then an argument can be made that the user is format shifting using the internet as the format-shifting tool. Even though the US (and now other countries) are a bit of a nightmare for fans of copyright works, I always thought we’d end up with more tools that “read” a physical item, then download the bit-perfect copy.

I wish I could use my physical CD collection as a "pass" to download high quality rips so I can skip the part where I have to do the labor of ripping them myself.

solardev 4y ago

That would be awesome. I know some indie bands do that (buy our CD, get free downloads) but it would be better to see an industry effort, the same way we have MoviesAnywhere for films on disc

gaudat 4y ago

>high quality rips I cannot unhear the Flintstones now...

pvg 4y ago

It's popped up before in various forms, an early one was https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MP3.com#My.MP3.com https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MP3.com#My.MP3.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNb4VKln1uw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNb4VKln1uw

waffle_ss 4y ago
Another one was Murfie (now defunct): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murfie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murfie
QuackyTheDuck 4y ago
I think iTunes Match still offers this, too.
- steve1977 4y ago
  They problem is that you might get remastered editions of tracks. So don’t actually get what you have on CD.
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jvm___ 4y ago

I have my Dad's record collection. A digital jukebox that has all the record covers - and plays the right version and track listing when you pick an album, would be just fantastic.

dotancohen 4y ago
> plays the right version and track listing Just try to get ahold of Rust in Peace today. The rerecorded album by Dave's Megadeth cover band sounds terrible, and the original is out of print and not available from any of the legal streaming platforms. I'm considering stocking up on original CDs and pressings, and storing them in different locations. I'm not even joking. If you really want the right version and track listing, you'll have to preserve it yourself.
- NetOpWibby 4y ago
  When I was in middle school, Tanqueray had a spokesman named “Tony Sinclair.” I loved every commercial he was in, they were so fun and the background music was amazing. Anyhoo, the official site had all the songs (5) for download so I forged my age to access the mp3s and I still listen to them, to this day. I just wish I knew more about music formats back then, I have no idea if there were FLAC versions available. My annual pleas to the Tanqueray and Music Beast Twitter accounts remain ignored. Alas.
- iggldiggl 4y ago
  Columbia Records managed to mess up a number of live albums while uploading them for digital distribution by leaving out the transitions between the individual tracks. In each instance I've come across this problem (mainly various Bob Dylan albums so far), it turned out that on the actual CDs, the affected portion had been mastered as part of the pre-gap (i.e. the bit where a hardware CD player will show a negative timecode counting back up to 00:00), so as silly as it sounds, it almost feels like they themselves simply ripped the CDs in order to upload them for digital downloads and streaming, and somehow managed to mess up the process and discard the pre-gap bits. Though unlike your example at least in that case the CDs are still in print, so for now you're not completely stuck there…

milkey_mouse 4y ago

New vinyl records quite often come with single-use download codes.

dhbanes 4y ago

iTunes Match?

throwaway290 4y ago

For musicians who are on Bandcamp you can buy a CD and get a FLAC download. (Ofc there's no telling what happens to your access when Bandcamp folds, so that sort of defeats the point.)

pkulak 4y ago
You still have the FLAC. That’s kinda the point of downloading it. Plus the CD, which is uncompressed FLAC.
- speed_spread 4y ago
  You could expand the FLAC back to CD and slap a cover on it if required.
- UltraViolence 4y ago
  I see there are a lot of misconceptions here. FLAC is 100% identical to the original audio CD sonically, it's a lossless format. See it as a ZIP file for WAV audio files.
  - pkulak 4y ago
    I don't have an misconceptions about flac, lol.
rob74 4y ago
Well, if you're afraid of Bandcamp folding, you'd better download the FLACs right now. That's the advantage when you compare it to MoviesAnywhere - there's no way to get a DRM-free downloadable version of the video material you bought...
- TonyTrapp 4y ago
  Don't (just) be afraid of Bandcamp folding - be afraid of artists folding. Some years ago I purchased a few tracks by an artist on Bandcamp, downloaded them as Ogg Vorbis - and now, almost ten years later, I wanted to re-download them as FLAC for archival, but the artist has completely shut down their Bandcamp page. It's a bit of an extraordinary case but serves as a good reminder to download in the highest-possible quality at the earliest possible point in time. It doesn't help that it was a really niche artist and there are no warez copies of his tracks, at least not in the open web.

izacus 4y ago

In reality the IP owners wish you'd pay for each version separately and they've implemented that version of reality pretty much across the board. Once the last CD dies out, that's it.

joshspankit 4y ago

In a sense, laws around “format shifting” can make room for that to happen. As long as someone is not “distributing” (AKA uploading to any user. AKA torrents are off the table.), then an argument can be made that the user is format shifting using the internet as the format-shifting tool. Even though the US (and now other countries) are a bit of a nightmare for fans of copyright works, I always thought we’d end up with more tools that “read” a physical item, then download the bit-perfect copy.