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Will Microsoft ride in as white knight to save Winamp from its imminent demise?

article published on 21 November, 2013

Yesterday we reported that popular media player Winamp was being shutdown by its owner AOL at the end of December. The outpour of support for the software was great, and a petition on Change.org reached nearly 6000 signatures overnight to save the media player or at least make it open source. While many were sad the software was to be shut down, there may be an unlikely white knight; Microsoft. ... [ read the full article ]

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8. December 2013 @ 20:32 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by Bozobub:
...Cloud storage only works if you have sufficient bandwidth available. NOT a universal solution, by any means.

Have fun playing 20 million songs via Cloud:
http://www.partycloud.fm/3136712+23019774

Originally posted by Bozobub:
No one but you has mentioned mp3s or mp4s. FLAC, for example, is lossless beyond, of course, the inevitable sampling loss from converting analog to digital, but ALL digital formats will share at least this flaw.
...If you want to make masters, FLAC (or a similar lossless codec, if you prefer) is the way to go, once again. No CD or DVD-audio format can compare, sorry.
...Even mp3s, at a high enough bitrate and sampling frequency, can be superior to CDs. Are you unaware that redbook (CD) audio is also a digital, LOSSY format?

Welcome to WAV & AIFF at 24bit = 256x better that a CD (Audio)
4K Stream or BR (Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24QRUEgX1rI

Originally posted by Bozobub:
The "Pro" decks don't support BRs, simply because the format is already pretty much obsolete, until/unless the 250GB disks come out for commercial use AND are affordable, which is definitely not a given.

2008: 16-layer 400GB BR Discs:
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Pioneer-...0GB-89331.shtml
2010: 32-layers 1TB BR Disc:
http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/storage/di...u_Ray_Disc.html
2012: 2TB BR Disc:
http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/storage/di...ical_Discs.html
2013: R.I.P. Blu-Ray ...via Bozobub :(

Originally posted by Bozobub:
...If you were worried only about "the best", that would make sense, except nothing about BRs is, in fact, "the best", except perhaps their aerodynamics when used as a frisbee or ranged weapon. Once again, you're relying on perceived snoot factor vs. actual value or functionality.
If I going into your world I guess all the Movie & Music makers should start using hard disk drive (HDD) to record them !?
lol !

Live Free or Die.
The rule above all the rules is: Survive !
Capitalism: Funnel most of the $$$ to the already rich.

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8. December 2013 @ 21:51 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
And how much you paying for those large Blu-Rays, hmm? lol

Oh, and guess Hhat? hard drives ARE the most common storage throughout Hollywood. Backups, if they're smart, wil be via many media.
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9. December 2013 @ 18:36 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hollywood & TV Stations on Media Recording usage as 2012:

1.- SSD (Solid-State Memory, Flash memory, AKA thumb drives)
2.- Videotape
3.- HDD (Hard Disk Drives)
4.- Optical Discs
5.- Film

SSD since the 50's
Flash Memory since the 80's

-Flash cost 3x per bit than drives. That is why many Computers makers still using HDD. We also saw many hybrids. Today SSD are more common in laptops & desktop, but cost more.
-SSD's faster than Hybrids & HDD's.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPFp2F-GIDM
-Flash Consume 80% less energy that drives.
-Flash is the most used on Big-Data centers 'cos use less cooling energy & (Tier 0) have a high data transfer rates.
-SSD's as higher shock resistance & portability.
-Flash memory chips are used in tablets, notebook, smart phones, USB sticks & SSDs.
-Good choice for your everyday data storage needs.
-Around 200 companies are making SSDs.

But:
-Data does wear out the more times you write to it.
-Debatable life span.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid-state_drive

Live Free or Die.
The rule above all the rules is: Survive !
Capitalism: Funnel most of the $$$ to the already rich.

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10. December 2013 @ 04:09 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
This has all been very informative.

Its a lot easier being righteous than right.

DSE VZ300-
Zilog Z80 CPU, 32KB RAM (16K+16K cartridge), video processor 6847, 2KB video RAM, 16 colours (text mode), 5.25" FDD
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10. December 2013 @ 06:26 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Good job Guss!
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11. December 2013 @ 16:44 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
YW :)

Next:
Universal memory:

1.- SSD's with MRAM.- Lower power consumption, faster & no data degradation over time, Will replace SRAM, DRAM (volatile RAM), EEPROM & flash memory.

2.- Optical Disc with embedded "MRAM" (This time call it: PRAM Phase-change RAM) like:
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/patent...ddvd,16601.html
...provably for holographic BR Disc or else!?
The idea is old (80's) "used" on the mini magneto optical disc.

lol
The #2 was my personal Sci-Fi Stun of the day.

Live Free or Die.
The rule above all the rules is: Survive !
Capitalism: Funnel most of the $$$ to the already rich.

This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 11. December 2013 @ 18:54

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11. December 2013 @ 20:47 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Cheers again.

Its a lot easier being righteous than right.

DSE VZ300-
Zilog Z80 CPU, 32KB RAM (16K+16K cartridge), video processor 6847, 2KB video RAM, 16 colours (text mode), 5.25" FDD
 
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