Just wish Jellyfin would support S3 compatible targets for media storage :/ point at bucket(s), scan/index/enrich, serve to clients
Is that wise though? I mean I understand the desire to use cheap off-site storage, but S3 clouds can be expensive when requesting files a lot, streaming data, lots of read/write operations.
Jellyfin as a Spotify alternative
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Re: Jellyfin as a Spotify alternative
#362I’ve tried using jellyfin for music, but I’m so much happier than jellyfin or Spotify when I’m using my old iPod. There’s something special about curating a collection. New music is deliberate and exciting. And I already had a decently sized library! I just picked up a pair of AirPods Max now that they released a USB-C - 3.5mm cable, and it’s wonderful. The beauty of the headphone jack is that the newer tech of the headphones just works. I suppose using an iPod for music aligns with why I enjoy using a kobo for reading ebooks. It’s nice to have a focused device disconnected from the internet. Best of all, the iTunes Store is DRM-free, so it remains easy to acquire music.
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> run both Navidrome and Jellyfin in docker containers > use NordVPN Meshnet to securely connect to them outside of the home > host an entire FLAC library and then transcode to Opus on the fly. i really have no idea what any of these words mean. Spotify's future is secure.
Self-hosting has its price, one of which is knowing what you are doing. Just keep using Spotify, there is nothing wrong with that.
the other is piracy, for video normally
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Sure. I might upgrade but at the moment: - Domain name - $3/year - Cloudron free tier with two apps - free - Wasabi for backups (Cloudron supports every cloud storage possible and Wasabi is not the cheapest, I just wanted to try it) - $7/m - Hostinger VPS with 50GB of storage - $5/m I will probably add more apps to Cloudron at which point I will have to pay $15/m. But I think it is worth it - you can install every po…
Check out Runtipi, CasaOS, Cosmos, and yunohost for free alternatives to Cloudron.
Ah, I felt something like that must exist, thanks for the pointers.
Re: Jellyfin as a Spotify alternative
#365I don't tend to re-watch or pirate video, so Jellyfin/plex is out. I thought to have a navidrome setup just for music, but it's redundant since I just listen from my machine, and for other places (except the car) I won't subject others to my music.
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#366I personally use Jellyfin ONLY for Video stuff. AudioBookShelf[1] is for audiobooks and podcasts. For music I use navidrome [2] The smart playlist feature[5] is awesome. Having 3 services instead of one seems overkill, but specialized apps instead of one generic one feels different. One interesting aspect of navidrome is, that it has implemented the Subsonic API, which MANY Apps make use of. My personal favorite is S…
The thing I miss and can't find a replacement for is lastfm inside of Spotify. It gave two things and did it exceptionally well: 1. Helped me take something I like or am super into at the time (band or song) and give me a playlist 2. actually suggested with a high hit rate something I didn't know about and it was available to play right now. other streaming or stations just loop into what I already have which sucks.…
Soulseek provides a similar experience! You browse users' files and find folks with great collections of cool stuff.
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I use Navidrome with Feishin as a client on PC and Symfonium on my phone. Symfonium allows me to cast in the same way as Spotify. Symfonium is paid but appears to be one of the rare apps that is still thoughtfully created by somebody who actually uses it. The developer deserves the support.
Symfonium [0] is pretty universally loved (I also use it), but doesn’t care if you point it at Navidrome, or Jellyfin, or anything else supported. [0]: https://symfonium.app/
Haven't tried it yet but looks quality!
Any comparable options for iOS? Not everyone in my household is on Android unfortunately
Edit: seeing play:sub mentioned maybe I'll have to check that one out
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I can't justify the time to go torrent music every time I want to try something new. I don't have a "small list" of artists, I listen to tons of artists and if I immortalized it with a torrented library, how would I ever find new music?
Somehow we did it before spotify :). Browse forums. See what people are talking about. Follow local venues and see who is coming to town. Read about different artists. Different producers. Different record companies. Fall down the rabbit hole. You don’t need an algorithm to tell you what to listen to. Take the reigns. It’s a hobby right? Lean in.
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Can you elaborate? I'm not aware of musicbrainz having any recommendations/discovery features.
Sorry, I meant listenbrainz
Thanks, I'm checking it out right now and it looks really promising. It supports scrobbling (which apparently just means syncing your listening data) from various music players like navidrome & jellyfin.
Re: Jellyfin as a Spotify alternative
#370This article fails to mention the absolute butchering of features that takes place moving from a typical music streaming subscription to a self hosted Jellyfin library. A large part of my listening on YouTube Music is going to a particular song or band I like and clicking "Radio", which generates a playlist of similar sounding songs. You can then fine tune it with a filter i.e "Popular songs, deep cuts" or specific e…
its hard to beat the convenience of being able to right click/radio to get new recommendations but there has to be other options that arent that much more effort either? i think you can add plugins to jellyfin. maybe there is a last.fm plugin? i know of some other last.fm alternatives like maloja or libre.fm but i cant comment on how good they are
Sure, but then what - A script to pirate the song? Or would your script generate the playlist and automatically buy the tracks from bandcamp?