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That's what I mean by continuous automation, using rules (constraints) to dictate how the library is managed (in your case, what beets does, e.g. auto download art of the given siz…

Nice approach. I'm the developer of https://www.blisshq.com/ and other projects. The key insight there is that managing large collections is easier with rules applied continuously,…

Tried it with Astiga (I'm the operator - https://play.asti.ga ) but it gives a "NetworkError" - I guess a CORS issue.

At the back end of the 90s I did some work with self-organizing maps - collapsing multi dimensional space into a 2D map. I think it's interesting as a data visualisation approach. …

I first met Rob in 2012 ( https://wiki.musicbrainz.org/MusicBrainz_Summit/2012_Mini-Su... ). His enthusiasm, intelligence and drive were, and remained, evident; a truly impressive …

Fantastic - thanks!

Not only do A&A offer good speeds, their customer service is exceptional. There are chat rooms on which engineers and enthusiasts reside and if you phone them you get an engineer.

Is there a way of testing two points to see if they can communicate with each other before I go to the trouble of wiring to a rj45 endpoint? I'm not convinced socket A can talk to …

As a complete hardware newbie, how would I go about starting creating the PCB? You have something codified for the case, but not the circuitry.

OP could use something like mp3fs to make the transition from MP3 to FLAC less painful where MP3s are still required - it's a lazy mirror of a FLAC collection to MP3.

(Disclaimer: this relates to the commercial project I run, but it is directly answering the parent) It's not self hosted, more a middle-ground between rented Spotify and self hoste…

You could get images from multiple perspectives from the Cover Art Archive (via MusicBrainz). E.g. https://musicbrainz.org/release/a4f190d5-c752-4ebd-8d2f-925a... . It would be ver…

Yes - and/or data sovereignty.

The tragedy of of this is that these are improvements that would actually improve life in these houses - making them healthier, more comfortable. Trouble is, retrofit is expensive …

Yes, downloading is important as even download sites can redact later - e.g. https://audiophilestyle.com/forums/topic/70250-qobuz-may-be-... Another source are good ol' CDs. If you…

There's an assumption here that the first class concept is the song. Maybe it's the album?

Sounds like a self hosted last.fm but with access delegation for the streaming services?

Pretty sure the payout follows a Pareto distribution with the "catalogue" artists doing very well and your smaller artists... not so much.

You can get Android based music players (DAPs e.g. https://www.reddit.com/r/DigitalAudioPlayer/ ) which you could install software which streams when online, uses local storage whe…

Interesting but how on Earth do you pronounce it? New-sic? New-you-sic?

Agree strongly with this. If nothing else, just the way we engage with music should at least be _considered_. It's fine to use it as background if that works for you, but it's not …

I would agree with this - it's the most standardised way we have. Most of the prescribed fields are designed to work for contemporary popular music, but a subset of fields could be…

There're decent communities of people who like to manage their own tech (example: r/selfhosted) and those that like to assemble their own library (r/musichoarder) and then everythi…

This is absolutely my favourite podcast. The level of detail is incredible. My only beef is how long it's taking to get to the 90s, but I'm learning so much along the way! Also rec…

To make control easier, a locked down tablet? E.g. a Kindle Fire Kids is inexpensive (but hardware is on the lean side and you have to work hard to avoid the Amazon ecosystem trap)…