I pay for apple music, but all the linux clients seem to just be webapps which support 256AAC at most. Any way to maybe automatically download my library as flac and keep it locally (legal or not idc)
cant move services as every other service sucks (yes i have tried them all (tidal, spotify, qobuzz, deezer)
thank you all
- cmnybo ( @cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de ) English27•12 days ago
The easiest way to get lossless music is to buy a CD and rip it. Of course you can always sail the high seas too. 🏴☠️
sailing the high seas is great, thats why i said legal or not. however, i dont know of a way to automatically get my am library and download it through something like nicotine
last time i did it was a very manual process
- thejevans ( @thejevans@lemmy.ml ) 8•12 days ago
Soundiiz -> last.fm or spotify playlist -> Newsbin or torrent + lidarr
- jlow (he/him) ( @jlow@beehaw.org ) 1•11 days ago
Yes, Arrs are the way: https://wiki.servarr.com/
- baseless_discourse ( @baseless_discourse@mander.xyz ) 21•11 days ago
bandcamp is great! you can just pay and download music in whatever format (flac, wav, mp3), no questions asked.
They don’t have the Taylor Swifts of the world, but most indy bands and artists are on there, which is good enough for me.
For classical music, there is presto music, but their download experience is not as straight forward as bandcamp IMO.
- teawrecks ( @teawrecks@sopuli.xyz ) 4•11 days ago
Also, yesterday was Bandcamp Friday (they forgoe their cut and everything goes to the artist). The next two are Oct 4th and Dec 6th.
yeah no I listen to mostly bigger names
Then if you care about the artists being compensated fairly, you can CD+rip; if not, streamrip/torrent will produce a lot less waste and much more convenient.
TBH most big names are millionaires anyway, I probably would care much more about my convenience than them getting paid 5 bucks for all my troubles.
I support the artists I love by seeing them love and buying their merch, pays them far more than a few streams would anyways
- nfsm ( @nfsm@discuss.tchncs.de ) 1•11 days ago
I have similar thoughts. I use bandcamp for smaller artists but I would recommend nicotine+ on Linux
yeah I used nicotine in the past, but lidarr seems better
- 0x0 ( @0x0@programming.dev ) 2•10 days ago
I don’t care about the profits of big artists and i refuse rental/streaming, so if they have their own site or i can find them elsewhere, fine, otherwise it’s the high seas. HDtracks has some big names.
For smaller bands there’s bandcamp. Is sellaband still a thing?
- 0x0 ( @0x0@programming.dev ) 1•10 days ago
HDtracks is a bit more commercial and FLAC friendly.
- thejevans ( @thejevans@lemmy.ml ) 12•12 days ago
- banazir ( @banazir@lemmy.ml ) 11•12 days ago
Can’t help you there, I buy CDs and lossless copies from Bandcamp and Qobuz. Those work for me.
- Domi ( @domi@lemmy.secnd.me ) 8•12 days ago
I know you said no service change but I use this Tidal client which works really well and goes up to 24-bit 192 kHz: https://github.com/Mastermindzh/tidal-hifi
I also download FLACs from Tidal, Deezer or Qobuz. You can find downloaders for them very easily.
tidal has the most atrocious android app I have seen in my life
- baseless_discourse ( @baseless_discourse@mander.xyz ) 1•11 days ago
If you can download music, you can either host your own using navidrome, or just use a local player like auxio.
The only downside to this approach is that the artists you like might not get compensated fairly, as most streaming service pay by stream times. This is also why I prefer buying music than streaming.
- kirk781 ( @kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de ) 2•11 days ago
IIRC, one can integrate Tidal with music players like Strawberry on nix too, I think.
- youmaynotknow ( @jjlinux@lemmy.ml ) 1•11 days ago
Is there anything like this for Android that you’re aware of? That would be awesome.
- Domi ( @domi@lemmy.secnd.me ) 2•10 days ago
Do you mean for downloading or for streaming? I use the normal Tidal app which already does the highest quality. Not the best app in the world but it does the job and I mostly listen to downloaded music anyway.
- youmaynotknow ( @jjlinux@lemmy.ml ) 1•9 days ago
I’m sorry, I should have been clearer. Yes, I meant for streaming. I also have all my favorite music downloaded and play them locally (sort of, self-hosted from my home server). But way back when I was part of the Spotify crowd I came across great songs I didn’t know about, so streaming is a great way to find those hidden jewels. I just don’t want to have any of those apps trying to mine a boatload of data constantly from my devices.
- SteveTech ( @SteveTech@programming.dev ) English8•12 days ago
cant move services as every other service sucks
What are your requirements?
I use Tidal and I know High/Max quality works in the web UI, just needs widevine support.
spotify doesnt have lossless, deezers app is really slow, tidals is janky and slow, qobuzz was missing 20% of my library (though maybe ill check again, they used a different service for transfers)
- y0kai ( @y0kai@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English5•11 days ago
Check out some of the *ARR apps like Lidarr and pair it with something like sabnzbd or
ubittorrentqbittorrent- Possibly linux ( @possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ) English3•11 days ago
*if you like piracy
oh I love piracy
I don’t mind. I support the artists I love by seeing them live and buying merch, pays them way more than a few streams anyways
- y0kai ( @y0kai@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English2•11 days ago
from OP’s post:
“legal or not idc”
- Kairos ( @LodeMike@lemmy.today ) 4•12 days ago
Deezer
- Andromxda 🇺🇦🇵🇸🇹🇼 ( @Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English2•11 days ago
- ColdWater ( @ColdWater@lemmy.ca ) 1•12 days ago
How many albums you plan to downloads that require automation? I downloaded mine off of various torrent sites (about 300+ songs) and I still haven’t listened to all of them yet