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Fnoord on April 19, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Oggify: Download Songs Directly from Spotify

Spotify contains watermarks, the DRM is known to be simple and got circumvented many years ago already when Spotify was relatively new. A dev even responded: 'we know, please don't abuse.' Watermark is why the sound is worse than a direct rip in OGG Vorbis of the same quality.

With regards to Netflix I run Windows under Proxmox with a Netflix PWA, and I surely can make a screenshot of my NoVNC connection. Though I am pretty sure Netflix isn't 4k / Widevine L1.

bouncing on April 19, 2022 | [–]

I thought the watermarks were UMG, and on all streaming services, not just Spotify?

EDIT: Apparently fixed for most tracks: https://www.mattmontag.com/music/an-update-on-umg-watermarks

henriquecm8 on April 19, 2022 | [–]

You can take screenshot of Netflix if you are using the software renderer.

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