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dirtycrow

First steps on data hoarding?

programming.dev/post/28526916

programming.devFirst steps on data hoarding? - programming.devI’m thinking of backing all of my family’s digital assets up. It includes less than 4 TB of information. Most are redundant video files that are in old encodings or not encoded at all and there are a lot of duplicate images and old documents. I’m gonna clean this stuff up with a bash script and some good old manual review, but first I need to do some pre-planning. - What’s the cheapest and most flexible NAS I can make from eBay or local? What kind of processors and what motherboard features? - What separate guides should I follow to source the drives? What RAID? - What backup style should I follow? How many cold copies? How do I even handle the event of a fire? I intend to do some of this research on my own since no one answer is fully representative but am appreciative of any leads.
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Mike

I've been on a quest to find the Nortel Networks font files.

I have nostalgia for them since my first job was working on projects for Nortel and I saw that font a lot.

There's one single page I've found on the internet that talks about it: luc.devroye.org/fonts-42992.ht

Thanks to archive.org, I found the download page: web.archive.org/web/2004031507

But the actual link to download the file wasn't archived 😢

nortelnetworks.com/corporate/c

luc.devroye.orgNortel Nortel. Type design information compiled and maintained by Luc Devroye.
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cm0002

Digitizing and archiving old dvd collection

lemmy.world/post/27914511

lemmy.worldDigitizing and archiving old dvd collection - Lemmy.WorldOriginal question by @ezyryder@lemmy.dbzer0.com [https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/u/ezyryder] >My partner’s grandmother has passed and has left a collection of hundreds possibly thousands of DVDs. These range from official releases to pirated and bootleg copies. What would be the best way to digitize and archive this collection? Is there an external device out there that will let me burn and convert the DVDs? I’d want to possibly upload on archive.org [http://archive.org] if the copyright expired, store on backblaze or maybe another digital archiving site besides a regular torrent, would appreciate any recs on sites and advice in general. I haven’t gone through these yet but figure the project would be a fun learning experience.
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ezyryder

Digitizing and archiving old dvd collection

lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/41692686

lemmy.dbzer0.comDigitizing and archiving old dvd collection - Divisions by zeroMy partner’s grandmother has passed and has left a collection of hundreds possibly thousands of DVDs. These range from official releases to pirated and bootleg copies. What would be the best way to digitize and archive this collection? Is there an external device out there that will let me burn and convert the DVDs? I’d want to possibly upload on archive.org [http://archive.org] if the copyright expired, store on backblaze or maybe another digital archiving site besides a regular torrent? Would appreciate any advice. I haven’t gone through these yet but figure the project would be a fun learning experience.
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Marcus Adams

Ripping some Blurays and had to look this up; first time encountering DTS-HD HRA. Apparently it's lossy, but very high bitrate, to the tune of multiple Mbps just for the audio. The "HRA" stands for "High Resolution Audio" and it has no bitrate listed. It's an older movie and there's no DTS-HD-MA track. Decided I'll just package it up in FLAC. That should make it sound as good as possible and FLAC is losslessly compressed so it should hopefully avoid redundant data.

A screenshot from Handbrake of the audio tracks I'm selecting for a movie I'm ripping. The primary track is encoded in the format "DTS-HD HRA".
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archivist

SS Blog [New Project]

lemm.ee/post/60023400

lemm.eeSS Blog [New Project] - lemm.eecross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/60023388 [https://lemm.ee/post/60023388] > Archive Team has just begun the distributed archiving of the Japanese SS Blog, a blog hosting service, which is set to be discontinued on March 31, 2025. > > And you can help! There isn’t much time left, so as many people running the warrior as possible is needed. > > Resources: > - The wiki page [https://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php/SS_Blog] of the project (not much info) > - The tracker [https://tracker.archiveteam.org/sonetblog/] (at the top of the page) has the simplest info on how you can help out > - The github page [https://github.com/ArchiveTeam/sonetblog-grab?tab=readme-ov-file#sonetblog-grab] offers a docker-based alternative for advanced users, and more info on best practices for this sort of archiving > > Why help out? > > The web is disappearing all the time, and often a lot of previously easily accessible information is lost to time. These japanese blogs may not be very important to you, but they certainly are to a lot of people, and nobody knows what sort of information is found only here, until they need it.
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Marcus Adams

I am slowly, but surely, hitting up a lot of my older DVDs and Blurays and re-ripping them; this time making sure to use free/libre codecs and to include optional commentary audio tracks, bonus features and other things that I didn't include the first time around. I won't re-do everything I've ever ripped, but I've been doing this a while and a lot of my older movies I really didn't have a process down pat so besides using less efficient codecs I left a lot of things out.

A partial screenshot of my Jellyfin server. The movie being shown was encoded using AV1. I've expanded the audio track drop down to show multiple tracks in OPUS and FLAC formats.
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cm0002

SNES Mods and Romhacks Collection March 26, 2025 (850 pre-patched + description)

lemmy.world/post/27420212

lemmy.worldSNES Mods and Romhacks Collection March 26, 2025 (850 pre-patched + description) - Lemmy.World> Faster downloads from Gofile, in case Internet Archive is slow or not available: https://gofile.io/d/EFyn1q [https://gofile.io/d/EFyn1q] > > Internet Archive for preservation: https://archive.org/details/snes_mods_and_romhacks_collection_20250326_patched [https://archive.org/details/snes_mods_and_romhacks_collection_20250326_patched] > > — > > This is the first time I am uploading patched Roms, unlike previously where I uploaded only the patch files. My personal collection of Super Nintendo Romhacks in ready to play patched Roms in .sfc and .smc formats, complete with a descriptive text document. Most, if not all, files are patched by myself, but I did not test every game yet. Some old Romhacks do not work in accurate emulators. > > Please share this everywhere where Rom files are allowed to be shared. I am only sharing here at the moment. > > This collection comes in two variants: flat structure, and sub structure. > “flat” just means all Roms and documents are saved in one single directory. > “sub” means, every game got its own dedicated directory, where only related > Romhacks and Mods are saved. > > > snes_mods_and_romhacks_collection_20250326_patched_flat.7z [https://archive.org/download/snes_mods_and_romhacks_collection_20250326_patched/snes_mods_and_romhacks_collection_20250326_patched_flat.7z]: (View Contents [https://archive.org/download/snes_mods_and_romhacks_collection_20250326_patched/snes_mods_and_romhacks_collection_20250326_patched_flat.7z/]) > > snes_mods_and_romhacks_collection_20250326/ > Super Metroid_Nature v1.03.smc > Super Metroid_Nature v1.03.txt > > > snes_mods_and_romhacks_collection_20250326_patched_sub.7z [https://archive.org/download/snes_mods_and_romhacks_collection_20250326_patched/snes_mods_and_romhacks_collection_20250326_patched_sub.7z]: (View Contents [https://archive.org/download/snes_mods_and_romhacks_collection_20250326_patched/snes_mods_and_romhacks_collection_20250326_patched_sub.7z/]) > > Super Nintendo Mods and Romhacks Collection 2025-03-26/ > Documents/ > Super Metroid/ > Nature v1.03.txt > Games/ > Super Metroid/ > Nature v1.03.smc
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cm0002

Best web archiving software for complex sites and sites requiring logins?

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lemmy.worldBest web archiving software for complex sites and sites requiring logins? - Lemmy.WorldOriginal question by @TheTwelveYearOld@lemmy.world [https://lemmy.world/u/TheTwelveYearOld] > For years I’ve on and off looked for web archiving software that can capture most sites, including ones that are “complex” with lots of AJAX and require logins like Reddit. Which ones have worked best for you? > > Ideally I want one that can be started up programatically or via command line, an opens a chromium instance (or any browser), and captures everything shown on the page. I could also open the instance myself and log into sites and install addons like UBlock Origin. (btw, archiveweb.page must be started manually).
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TheTwelveYearOld

Best web archiving software for complex sites and sites requiring logins?

lemmy.world/post/27356487

lemmy.worldBest web archiving software for complex sites and sites requiring logins? - Lemmy.WorldFor years I’ve on and off looked for web archiving software that can capture most sites, including ones that are “complex” with lots of AJAX and require logins like Reddit. Which ones have worked best for you? Ideally I want one that can be started up programatically or via command line, an opens a chromium instance (or any browser), and captures everything shown on the page. I could also open the instance myself and log into sites and install addons like UBlock Origin. (btw, archiveweb.page must be started manually).
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