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the backcat now allows for streaming of (almost) everything on it! just go to an album's page and click play or click a track. if you want to share a track with somebody, just right click the name, copy it, and paste the link. the shared link will automatically highlight the track when visited, and will play that track upon pressing play.

i'm not satisfied with YT being the easiest way to share my stuff with a friend quickly, since you have to deal with YT's everything (ads, bandwidth, resource usage, having to find a good upload, etc). everything on here is ~96-112kbps OPUS format - so your browser does need to support that (most currently do) - which is perfect for quick streams, low-bandwidth background music, and so on.

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Ayearxi

Good idea!

MoaiJoe

Genuinely a good quality of life

TwistBit

Oh this is HUGE!! I can finally rely on my phone to stream on the road without random ads or buffering. Tysm 🧡

msx

MAYBE you can rely on it!!! using it is super scuffed on mobile just like the rest of my site but it does seem to work LOL

Shotzey

This is an awesome idea and is just overall really helpful instead of downloading albums fully you can just listen to them right on the website

TwistBit

Hey, almost anything beats youtube right now!

msx

i don't want to dissuade people from downloading and i don't want this to be considered an alternative - you *should* download things and have the stuff you like! this is mostly designed for quick listens, skimming, when you don't have access, sharing something, etc. media you can only get in your web browser isn't yours, and streaming is where art goes to die.

Shotzey

True! This is just a bunch more convenient on mobile opposed to swapping through files each song!! Thanks a ton!

msx

it's a low bar for sure

Arseniy Trepalyuk

probably the server load will make it collapse for a while

msx

nope, the load is minimal compared to the amount of people that download the entire discography in FLAC - i already move multiple terabytes of data every month consistently. the entire backcat in this low quality format is comparatively only 6gb and won't be listened to/downloaded all at once like full albums.

DanielDubbza

this is genuinely such an awesome addition!!! also about the printables, i did ask this on stream but i just want to get confirmation before doing this... people are allowed to make their own custom DIYs right? like making a custom back-side to the album and sharing it on, for example, the lapfox reddit for others to use. (as an *unofficial* DIY of *insert random halley labs album*) sorry if the answer is obvious, i'm very confused when it comes to copyright-related stuff... (EDIT: i just read the rest of the DIY tutorial and i feel like a bit of an idiot lmaoo, it says it right at the bottom... but i am still interested if people are allowed to share their custom DIYs with others)

msx

yes, absolutely

msx

this has been live since last night. you need to actually click on an album's name, as stated in the post.

Arseniy Trepalyuk

can u answer my question i dmed you I was asking wether hi-fi mattered to you and about headphones and stuff