I Don't Have Spotify

Post by LeoPanthera » Tue, Nov 12, 2024, 8:49 PM UTC

bluGill wrote: post #291

LeoPanthera wrote: post #56

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If the store of your choice offers FLAC as an option (and I think they all do), you can simply make your own MP3s from the FLAC files. That's one of the biggest advantages of lossless audio. (The improvement in audio quality is actually pretty minimal, for most people.) You can also keep the FLAC files to convert them to some future format later, or even do something really wild like burn them to a CD or something.

I did that for a while, but all the tools seem to have been unmaintained for the last decade. The command line ones still work, but the GUIs to make them easy still depend on qt3 or other such obsolete things. (streaming servers like jellyfin do this on the fly easy, but other workflows for offline use don't work anymore even though they are still sometimes useful)

Post by Semaphor » Wed, Nov 13, 2024, 3:16 AM UTC

tschumacher wrote: post #290

Semaphor wrote: post #242

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Wish it had been open sourced, it worked so well. Or even better, if Bandcamp offered an API, so sites likes SW wouldn’t need to (probably) scrape that information. > The good thing about Tidal Can’t confirm, it’s worse than spotify for me, as I get an unclosable modal that asks me to sign up or login.

> Can’t confirm Try this link https://tidal.com/browse/track/18835695/u , for me it shows a list of links to other services: https://imgur.com/a/MEsaIZw

Post by Gigachad » Wed, Nov 13, 2024, 6:34 AM UTC

Night_Thastus wrote: post #309

Gigachad wrote: post #78

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Beatport generally has more mainstream stuff and offers it in WAV and AIFF.

Not FLAC? I mean I guess I can run them through something to convert them, but I'm surprised.

Post by rldjbpin » Wed, Nov 13, 2024, 10:15 AM UTC

rajbot wrote: post #37

toomuchtodo wrote: post #24

Is there a DOI equivalent for identifying music tracks?

https://musicbrainz.org/doc/MusicBrainz_Identifier > One of MusicBrainz' aims is to be the universal lingua franca for music by providing a reliable and unambiguous form of music identification; this music identification is performed through the use of MusicBrainz Identifiers (MBIDs).

Post by dogleash » Wed, Nov 13, 2024, 1:55 PM UTC

juliangmp wrote: post #214

Slightly off topic but does any one of the music streaming services actually not suck? Like I tried a bunch of them but each one made me quit in it's own unique way! Am I alone on this?