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Re: I Don't Have Spotify

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Post by Syonyk »

orblivion wrote: post #84
toastercat wrote: post #79

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The most sustainable way to "buy" music IMO, is to pirate it, and then buy merch from the artist as support. Or just buy off Bandcamp if its an option.

I Don't Have Spotify should add Bandcamp support. Bandcamp is great for just playing the music too.

It's not. Artists will often enough remove old albums so you can no longer play them.

Buy it, download as FLAC, put in your preferred local infrastructure to play. Plex/Plexamp works well, as does local file storage and a good command line music client if you're less GUI-friendly or don't have the resources for running them.

Re: I Don't Have Spotify

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Post by leddt »

paranoidrobot wrote: post #88
leddt wrote: post #39

I made a very simple chrome extension that automatically redirects you to your preferred music service when visiting another service. In my case I have it set to YouTube Music, so if I click a Spotify (or other) link in Slack, I'll be redirected to YouTube Music. https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/music-link/gnhphofp...

Do you have a Firefox version of this?

No, sorry. The code should be pretty easy to port, if you want to give it a go.

https://github.com/leddt/music-link

Re: I Don't Have Spotify

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Post by plausibility »

carlgreene wrote: post #75
jamesponddotco wrote: post #40

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Personally, I have a TIDAL subscription, download everything I like from there, and then store everything on a Plex server. While not legal, having the subscription fix any moral problems I’d have with the idea.

How are you downloading from Tidal?

Tidal has lots of downloader clients you can install due to its often technical but niche user base. May I suggest Tidal-Media-Downloader[0]?

Now if only there was a way to download things from YouTube Music with a Premium subscription. It's practically impossible to search for "YouTube Music download" without falling into the 'youtube-dl YouTube mp3 audio tracks!' SEO hole. Vague naming on Google's part.

[0]: https://github.com/yaronzz/Tidal-Media-Downloader

Re: I Don't Have Spotify

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Post by leddt »

lelandfe wrote: post #89
vivzkestrel wrote: post #86

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sounds amazing, how did you map the urls manually?

https://github.com/leddt/music-link/blob/8faa5ceb0caa620499e... I guess this is a free service? E.g https://api.song.link/v1-alpha.1/links?url=https://open.spot...

Exactly! Their docs are here: https://linktree.notion.site/API-d0ebe08a5e304a55928405eb682...

It has a 10 request per minute rate limit, but no api key needed, so each user runs their own queries.

Re: I Don't Have Spotify

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Post by cdrini »

dehrmann wrote: post #74
cdrini wrote: post #10

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I've been doing this, and here in Canada https://ca.7digital.com/ is literally the only option I've found that let's you buy normal MP3s, would highly recommend. I've been able to get modern albums without a hitch, but don't know about modern singles. I think in the US Amazon let's you buy MP3s, but not sure there. For the price of a Spotify subscription, I can usually buy a new album every month! Which is great; and…

> ...is literally the only option I've found that let's you buy normal MP3s I just went to Amazon and found what's advertised as "mp3" for a recent Taylor Swift album.

That's not an option here in Canada, alas!

Re: I Don't Have Spotify

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Post by glitchc »

askonomm wrote: post #8

I'd love to actually buy music and store it myself, as I've started noticing more and more that some of the songs I have on Spotify have started to disappear, but I find it very difficult to buy modern music anymore. Most gets released as singles, and as far as I know, to only streaming platforms. Is there a way to still buy the same kind of music that is on streaming platforms, and actually get the audio files?

I still buy CDs. It's true a number of modern artists do not release on physical media, although vinyl is making a comeback.

Re: I Don't Have Spotify

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Post by meeb »

Syonyk wrote: post #91
orblivion wrote: post #84

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I Don't Have Spotify should add Bandcamp support. Bandcamp is great for just playing the music too.

It's not. Artists will often enough remove old albums so you can no longer play them. Buy it, download as FLAC, put in your preferred local infrastructure to play. Plex/Plexamp works well, as does local file storage and a good command line music client if you're less GUI-friendly or don't have the resources for running them.

Downloading large collections can be a pain though, one at a time and in zips.

I made this to help though https://github.com/meeb/bandcampsync

Bandcamp is the only place to sensibly buy music you can own these days which is pretty depressing.

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