• Count Regal Inkwell@pawb.socialEnglish
    2·
    50 minutes ago

    I actually do know when my last disc was burned (it was a DVD though–)

    One of my video prod professors demanded we turn in our group assignments in DVD format

    … This was in 2018

    I was the only person in the entire class that even had a DVD burner. Everyone pooled together to buy a spindle and a Disc Marker and I spent all afternoon burning everyone’s DVDs

  • Truscape@lemm.eeEnglish
    3·
    1 hour ago

    To quote Mr. Bringus Studios: “Optical media bad.”

    I did back up all my discs though, physical media backups are awesome.

  • MoreFPSmorebetter@lemmy.zipEnglish
    2·
    1 hour ago

    There’s like a 95% one of the last CDs I burned was a The Prodigy album. I was super into them the last time I had a computer with a burner installed and I can’t think of anything else I would have burned during that time. It’s possible it was a cracked version of office or something.

  • macniel@feddit.orgEnglish
    4·
    2 hours ago

    And when was the last time you dubbed a compact cassette? (For me it was 2 hours ago)

  • Toribor@corndog.socialEnglish
    1·
    1 hour ago

    I keep my old SATA DVD-RW but I haven’t had it installed in anything for years. I finally recycled my USB floppy drive. I’d kept it to potentially help people with data recovery but decided that floppy data anyone might have lying around had already degraded.

  • megopie@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    7·
    4 hours ago

    A few months ago I started moving most of my audio media over to CDs. I don’t trust streaming services to maintain extensive libraries and/or continue to exist.

    We’re already seeing video streaming services remove content from their platforms despite having the rights to it.

    I doubt that Spotify or Apple Music won’t do the same in the near future.

      • megopie@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        2·
        1 hour ago

        Because my parents had a CD burner and a tower of blank CD-RWs they let me take from their place. Also, doesn’t need an internet connection for me to accesses them when I’m not at home.

    • Lv_InSaNe_vL@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      5 hours ago

      Oh man I forgot about LightScribe! I remember being like 10 and working my butt off for a summer to be able to afford one. Good times

  • First Majestic Comet@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    4·
    6 hours ago

    I still burn CDs for my dad all the time, (I also have a few of them for myself too) since our cars have CD players in them, and while I usually play Music through the Aux it’s good to have CDs for when there’s spotty connection and nothing good on the Radio.

    • lilith267@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      2·
      3 hours ago

      Also still use CDs for my car! CDs just feel like the right solution to local music, sometimes I just want to keep my phone in my pocket (or not on me at all) and drive. USB drives feel too easy to lose

  • colin@lemmy.uninsane.orgEnglish
    4·
    7 hours ago

    ngl i feel safer digging through CDs while driving than digging through a music library on some phone touchscreen. probably if i learned to use voice controls i’d feel better about the phone but i’m at that age where i’m comfortable enough with my ways that i’d rather not have to change them.