Mega update

It didn't take me as long as I thought it would to move all the files to Mega, so everything from June 2021 is now on Mega, and the Archive is on Yandex, although I've a horrible feeling that my subscription runs out tomorrow, so if it does then I'll start moving the Archive to Mega after Christmas.

 
pj

Mega update

It looks like most people get on pretty well with Mega, so I've uploaded all the files from April this year to date, and just about used up the 20GB of free space. It does seem that despite Yandex saying that my files will remain active until 27th January, it's not letting people download them, so this should tide you over. I'll purchase some extra storage and carry on uploading to Mega, and the plan was that when I've stored 50GB with them, I'll then delete 43GB of files from Yandex and that will take me below my limit, and the archived files will become downloadable again. However, as the Yandex files cannot currently be downloaded then there's no point in putting that off so I've deleted the files and so the Archive is now available again on Yandex. There might be a few files missing, as the dates seemed a bit odd in December 2021, but let me know if it's not there and I can add it back in. I don't know how long that subscription lasts for, so I will eventually have to move them all to Mega, but that's going to take a very long time, so I hope it lasts until I've finished. 

Soulseekers can carry on as if nothing has happened. 

For now, it seems like we have a solution, so let me know how it all goes. 

For anyone new to the site, there is a downloadable file under the disclaimer on the right that says NO MUSIC IS STORED ON THIS SITE, and links to all the albums are in there.

The achive is back with it's own Yandex file. 

pj

Yandex update 2

So Turbobit doesn't seem to be very popular, but then I haven't used the free version for years so don't know how bad it is. I've had a look through the other file-hosting services, and despite the fact that they banned me from their site a few years ago, I think Mega is worth a shot. I use the free version a lot and never have any issues, so I've uploaded the last two dozen posts as a test so see how you all get on with it. I'll give it a week or so to see what comments I get, and if it seems to be working then I'll upload some more posts over the next few weeks, and I might even try to upload everything in time, as their annual subscription seems fairly reasonable. Yandex have told me that my files will stay available for another month, although people seem to be having issues downloading already, so not exactly sure what's happening there. Let me know what you think of Mega, and I hope they don't look too closely at the files and try to ban me again. 

pj

 

Yandex update

We knew it was coming, but my subscription has finally run out with Yandex, as I can't get any money over to Russia to extend it due to the sanctions in place here. I'm now unable to upload any more files, but I have a back-up, as I have a Turbobit account which runs until April next year, so new files will be uploaded to that. Files can still be downloaded from Yandex until 27 January 2023, but after that all files will be locked. I could delete some of the older uploads to free up some space, and then if anyone wants them they can request in the comments and I can re-upload to Turbobit, so that's a possibility that I'll have to consider in the new year. Hopefully Turbobit will be user-friendly, but let me know it there are any problems with it. 

pj

Yandex update

Yandex finally reduced my storage on Tuesday, but it did give me an option to renew it monthly rather than annually, and so I can do that until the end of the year. For now, then, things are back to normal for downloading, and hopefully by December I'll have managed to move some funds over to renew for 2023. 

Yandex files update 2

I don't really know what's going on with Yandex, as my subscription ran out on 19th July and yet I still have all the storage, so I'll carry on uploading for now. I've been corresponding with a visitor to the site who lives in Russia to see if he can help get some money to Yandex to pay for the subscription, but we had no luck today. I'm now in contact with Yandex themselves to see if they have any suggestions, but for now just keep using the site if you can't use Soulseek, and if the storage does get reduced I'll let you know how it will work.   

pj

Yandex files update

This is just a heads-up for people who download the music from the blog via the Yandex hosting site. As you may know, Yandex is based in Russia, and so I had to make a decision about whether to carry on using it once countries started imposing sanctions on the country, but as I'm committed to them by the fact that they host all my albums, and I can't really start all over again with another service, even if I could find one that worked, I stayed with them. However, my subscription expires tomorrow, and because of the sanctions I can't purchase another year's storage, and I really don't know what's going to happen when that runs out. There was mention of my storage being frozen after 44 days of inaction, but I do have another subscription which doesn't expire until December, so I'm hoping that this will keep the files live.  All we can do is wait and see what happens on Wednesday, and if the files get locked then there won't be much point in updating the download list every week. I'll post another update on Thursday, once I can see what's happened. 

pj

Trying a little experiment.....

Following my post celebrating my 1,000th post, I did get a few suggestions about how to restore links to the blog, and one jumped out at me straight away, so we're going to experiment with that and see if it works. There is a Yandex link on the right, under the disclaimer, which will be a permanent link from now on. I'll just update it twice a week, but the link won't change. That will take you to a pdf with all the albums on it, with the last six months in reverse order of posting, and then after that there is an A-Z archive, which is now complete. I'll carry on posting to Soulseek for those who prefer that, but by avoiding hyperlinks I'm hoping to keep the blog alive for the foreseeable future.