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Yea, so this doesn't exist, but should it?

Think about:

  • TheMovieDB style identifiers with box art
  • Auto-generated and/or community created and upvoted DVD labels, case inserts, or USB/SSD stickers you can print yourself (no reason physical media has to be "round")
  • Automated scripts for generating local media savers/installers from GOG and Steam

This doesn't seem like a very difficult thing to create for the niche community of people that want physical copies.

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[–] rursta@retrolemmy.com 1 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (2 children)

SSTech requires power to maintain cells.
What we need is liberated schematics Blu-ray burner+ readers, so you can burn even a small cast, and reread until your descendants^50^ make another copy.

[–] HetareKing@piefed.social 3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Doesn't recordable optical media also have a pretty limited lifespan? Unlike commercially produced discs, where the pits are pressed into the plastic, CD/DVD/BD-Rs just have a dye that is made to change colour with a laser, and that dye degrades over time.

[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

Even pressed discs can rot. Like many WB Blu-Rays were made with a faulty process and many will rot in the next few decades.

[–] HetareKing@piefed.social 1 points 2 hours ago

All things decay, not even the doping of ROM chips will last forever, but I think the average lifespan of recorded optical media is like, 10 years? That feels rather short.

[–] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago

Not for this project, you don't.