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Fascinating. These red tapes feel like a ridiculous and cumbersome idea. Thinking about it, their concept won in the end though, in terms of media consumption

Fascinating. These red tapes feel like a ridiculous and cumbersome idea. Thinking about it, their concept won in the end though, in terms of media consumption and ownership... Our current streaming services feel much more akin to these tapes, where you rely on a centralized entity to decide what you can watch and how, rather than infinitely repayable and transferable video tapes.

sneak 4y ago
My NAS running Jellyfin would like a word.
- patapong 4y ago
  You are the person opening the red tapes to be able to watch them again!
- SergeAx 4y ago
  Right after my torrent client, please.
- Dylan16807 4y ago
  Either you broke the law many times to fill that NAS, or you have massive gaps in content because those items have never been broadcast or released on disc. So it doesn't disagree very well.
Pxtl 4y ago
Somebody recently said the best phrase on the modern internet is "iTunes, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts" because podcasts are probably the most recent media-consumption technology where open standards won out and it's just a bunch of standardized data and metadata you can use as you like.
- mywittyname 4y ago
  There's a symbiotic relationship that exists with podcasting that doesn't necessary exist for other media. Podcasters want to reach the largest possible audience because they are paid relative to viewership. Hosting their own content has an expense and doesn't provide them with very effective discoverability. Podcast platforms make their money from having a large collection of podcasts and, for spotify/itunes, podcasts don't generally have royalty fees associated with playback. This isn't really possible with things like movies.
  - Pxtl 4y ago
    Yes, but none of that has anything to do with why RSS+mp3 won. If somebody invented podcasts today it would be a walled garden, not an open format where I can point any podcatcher at any host and get the feed.

sneak 4y ago

My NAS running Jellyfin would like a word.

patapong 4y ago
You are the person opening the red tapes to be able to watch them again!
SergeAx 4y ago
Right after my torrent client, please.
Dylan16807 4y ago
Either you broke the law many times to fill that NAS, or you have massive gaps in content because those items have never been broadcast or released on disc. So it doesn't disagree very well.

Pxtl 4y ago

Somebody recently said the best phrase on the modern internet is "iTunes, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts" because podcasts are probably the most recent media-consumption technology where open standards won out and it's just a bunch of standardized data and metadata you can use as you like.

mywittyname 4y ago
There's a symbiotic relationship that exists with podcasting that doesn't necessary exist for other media. Podcasters want to reach the largest possible audience because they are paid relative to viewership. Hosting their own content has an expense and doesn't provide them with very effective discoverability. Podcast platforms make their money from having a large collection of podcasts and, for spotify/itunes, podcasts don't generally have royalty fees associated with playback. This isn't really possible with things like movies.
- Pxtl 4y ago
  Yes, but none of that has anything to do with why RSS+mp3 won. If somebody invented podcasts today it would be a walled garden, not an open format where I can point any podcatcher at any host and get the feed.