Data Hoarder

Yet another drive I can only dream about

Finally been getting around to ripping some shows I've collected and had forgotten some included artwork in the extras. However outside of screenshotting each art piece I'm not sure how else to rip/extract them.

They're shown as still images in a simple gallery with previous, extras (to return to the extras menu), and next buttons beneath the image being viewed.

The post in the link was submitted on Jan. 30. and OP said the email was sent 3 days before that, which would put the beginning of archival (3 months from date of email) on April 27.

(sorry to post this again but i figured maybe someone can hear about it last minute)

Takes bloody forever! First time upgrading storage on this thing haha.

Videos not viewed within the last year will start to be archived, watchable only by the uploader, and then deleted after a three month grace period.

If you have anything you hold dear on Dailymotion, it is well past time to start hoarding it.

Original question by @ezyryder@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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 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.

cross-posted from: 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 of the project (not much info)
• The tracker (at the top of the page) has the simplest info on how you can help out
• The github page 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.

I discovered a while back that my Garmin GPS keeps track of everywhere I go automatically when it is turned on. I found this article about how I could easily copy the gpx files from it onto a computer. I like to hoard the gpx files it produces. I found a website called dérive which can show hundreds of gpx tracks on an OpenStreetMap background. It's super interesting to look at and see everywhere I've drove in the world. Additionally, the gpx tracks are useful for OpenStreetMap editing.

Faster downloads from Gofile, in case Internet Archive is slow or not available: https://gofile.io/d/EFyn1q

Internet Archive for preservation: 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: (View Contents)

     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: (View Contents)

        Super Nintendo Mods and Romhacks Collection 2025-03-26/
            Documents/
                Super Metroid/
                    Nature v1.03.txt
            Games/
                Super Metroid/
                    Nature v1.03.smc

Original question by @TheTwelveYearOld@lemmy.world

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).

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).