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Will slotMusic replace CDs the way CDs have replaced the old vinyl?
http://www.slotmusic.org/what_is.php
Are there any plans to release film music on slotMusic?
What do you think? Who's already using it today?
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What do you think? Who's already using it today?
I had never heard of it before, but this is something I could see being a good version of a future format. It's not dependant on an internet signal, can hold larger high-quality music files and you'd have the physical media to store as a master copy.
With this be the format? I don't know, but something like this would probably be. I'd prefer this over downloads.
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Ugh. Another method of delivering lossy content.
When they have uncompressed or lossless files, then I'll be interested. Otherwise, it's just not for me.
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Except for the physical space you can safe, I don't see any significant advantage either. Lossy sound on a chip with a bit more digital space than what you have on a normal CD. And it seems, nobody here seems to use slotMusic.
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Oh, I'm not talking about Chandos. I'm quite familiar with their lossless downloads, and I applaud that company for offering the equivalent of full-bandwidth music (although I think it does have DRM on it, no?).
I was protesting that these thingees would have mp3s on them instead of lossless or uncompressed music. And Handstand has a point; there is no advantage of one of these over just a plain USB stick, which come in varying sizes and can be used for more than just music.
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Sep 24, 2008 - 7:14 AM
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Urs Lesse
(Member)
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To do them justice, their description suggests that this slotMusic might be compatible with existing card slots:
"...hundreds of millions of multimedia-phones, virtually any computer with a USB connector and a growing number of in-car sound systems will be able to play slotMusic cards. [...] With 1GB (gigabyte) of capacity, slotMusic cards can hold songs, as well as liner notes, album art, videos, and other creative content that an artist may choose. Consumers can also add their own content to a slotMusic card, creating a personal plug-and-play media library."
Frankly, this makes me wonder if "slotMusic" is just another name for a conventional camera/mobile phone flash/memory card.
Having said that, I would still reject this thingie (assuming I ever had a choice!). Apart from the loss of any haptic/artistic quality of the music packaging, the size of this card now represents a tininess that has crossed the point where it is still functional. It was never so easy to forget (and destroy) your music media in the laundry as it will be with this one. When your music medium shrinks under a certain size, it is causing more practical problems rather than less.
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