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Getting off spotify and rediscovering my own music collection

I rediscovered the joy of my own music collection by quitting Spotify and switching to self-hosted Navidrome.

  • irmadlad@lemmy.worldEnglish
    23·
    2 months ago

    I chose Navidrome for my music collection. I basically use it when I’m outside working around the property. Put on my raggedy ass pair of Beats, I found in the thrift store for $5…had to do some repairs but they work, on a defunct old phone just for the wifi access. When I’m inside tho, I use Music Bee. Navadrome has everything I need, tho I am still searching for a mobile app that operates like I want it too. The app I’m currently using, Agin Music, is good, but there are a couple places in the operation flow that won’t let me backtrack to the previous page I was viewing. I’ll keep testing until I find one.

    • harsh3466@lemmy.mlEnglish
      17·
      2 months ago

      Android or iOS?

      On android I found symphonium to be a great app to use with my navidrome server. On iOS, play:sub was the best experience I found

      • irmadlad@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        2 months ago

        On iOS, ply:sub was the best experience I found

        I’ll check out ply:sub. Thank you for the recommendation.

          • irmadlad@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            2 months ago

            I found it, however… it’s $5, which I don’t mind paying for software, then it says ‘in app purchases’. So my question is what are the ‘in app purchases’ after I lay down my $5? It does seem to have a lot of bells and whistles others don’t have.

            • ReedReads@lemmy.zipEnglish
              5·
              2 months ago

              The “in-app purchase” is a donation page where you can donate extra to the developer if you want to. It’s 100% voluntary and doesn’t unlock any extra or additional features. I’ve never donated anything beyond the $5 purchase price.

        • vodka@feddit.orgEnglish
          4·
          2 months ago

          Nope. You can buy an infinite trial via the developers ko-fi!

          There’s info about it on the symfonium forum.

          • brvslvrnst@lemmy.mlEnglish
            1·
            2 months ago

            I’ll rephrase lol it’s per device, so any issue or reflash means you have to contact?

            • vodka@feddit.orgEnglish
              2·
              2 months ago

              Yeah, you will have to send the dev the new trial ID for a re-activation.

              That’s also why it’s costs more, because it’s more manual work for him.

              It’s a chore, but really cool by the dev to offer it as an option for people with de-googled devices.

              • brvslvrnst@lemmy.mlEnglish
                2·
                2 months ago

                Thanks! I agree that its cool of him to offer that, just a bit painful on all sides 🙂

      • lukecyca@lemmy.caOPEnglish
        2·
        2 months ago

        Arpeggi on iOS is the best I’ve found. Available via TestFlight invite only. I plan to switch to Android in the next year, so I’m always interested to hear what clients people like over there too.

  • maxprime@lemmy.mlEnglish
    82·
    2 months ago

    I know there is a lot about Plex to hate, but I am always grateful for Plexamp. It requires a Plex pass, but it’s worth it for Plexamp alone imo.

    • kandykarter@lemmy.caEnglish
      101·
      2 months ago

      I mean, if you’re paying for something anyway, Navidrome + Symfonium is (to me) a better option.

    • vodka@feddit.orgEnglish
      51·
      2 months ago

      Too bad it’s unusable if you’re like me and have huge playlists that you want to offline for shuffling due to spending long stretches of time without an Internet connection.

      When I asked about this limitation, I was told that it was stupid to have such big playlists and needing to offline them because nobody is without Internet for long enough times for it to matter.

      Great response from the developers that.

      • QuandaleDingle@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        2 months ago

        Yeah…all these companies try to sell you a solution to your problems…but it always involves giving them control over how you use your own products.

  • fluxx@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    2 months ago

    I recently set up a Navidrome/Lidarr setup and I’m beyond thrilled. Works great. I also recommend Symfonium app on android, it’s paid, but it’s worth it for the quality. On desktop, I’m trying out strawberry, but I find it a bit clunky, so I will probably try out other players. Use beet to download and ebmbed lyrics, and my music has never been better. I immediately ditched Spotify and haven’t looked back.

  • pigup@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    2 months ago

    I use jellyfin for music. Some of the third party apps are nice. I can even stream it to Jellyfin app on Android Audio from my server while I’m driving, which is crazy to me.

  • Wurzelfurz@feddit.orgEnglish
    2·
    2 months ago

    I am actually in the process of setting up my own navidrome server on my proxmox host running on my old desktop hardware.

    I was initially inspired by the following post and am very excited to get rid of Spotify.

    https://lemmy.zip/post/47959947