Funkwhale – Decentralized, self-hosted music server

Post by syoc » Thu, Nov 12, 2020, 5:07 PM UTC

greggman3 wrote: post #118

dvno42 wrote: post #19

I've been using this for a little over a year and like it a lot but it lacks the music discovery features of commercial platforms (which becomes important when you have terabytes of music) and takes a lot of effort to organize music and create play lists. The music onboarding process typically starts with organizing metadata with Musicbrainz Picard then import the collection into Funkwhale's DB via a cli admin tool.…

Which music service's discovery features actually work? For me the only one that worked was Google Play Music. The rest have been total and utter crap at discovery.

Post by IndySun » Thu, Nov 12, 2020, 5:13 PM UTC

Lambdanaut wrote: post #184

IndySun wrote: post #148

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Sure. Your remarks only prove my point. But I am a realist. And I wouldn't keep focusing on music. It's an easy target. Audio happens to be my thing but I'm concerned at the cavalier attitude and on a broader level. Let's for one minute, expand the remit. It's not funkwhale, it's carwhale, foodwhale, healthwhale. Keep going. Keep thinking. If all we're doing is not creating anew, but instead forging special keys that…

> it's carwhale, foodwhale, healthwhale. Keep going. Keep thinking. You're describing a post-scarcity utopia where we can spend our creative energy where we want and not be tied down to jobs that we hate in order to pay the bills. Yes, I would very much like that for everyone. Thank you for bringing this topic up. Let it come.

Post by IndySun » Thu, Nov 12, 2020, 5:18 PM UTC

Findeton wrote: post #169

IndySun wrote: post #129

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Idols? Famous guitarists that have bubbled under your nose? What about new guitarists?

Well if I am not listening to them why would they complain about me pirating their music?

Post by AdmiralAsshat » Thu, Nov 12, 2020, 5:27 PM UTC

Post by stewx » Thu, Nov 12, 2020, 5:32 PM UTC

rafram wrote: post #207

stewx wrote: post #141

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> The field of software development embraces technical change, and is made better by also accepting social change. Really? All social change is good for the field of software development? Utter nonsense. This product itself is, if anything, a rejection of the social change towards centralized ad-supported streaming services. > We understand that working in our field is a privilege, not a right. I don't have a right t…

You don’t have a “right” to work in any particular field. Harvey Weinstein has no right to work in the movie industry because of his actions. For that matter, coal miners have no right to continue being coal miners - those jobs are outmoded. You have a right to earn a living, but not to any particular job.