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For someone that was using GMusic as an online store of my own digitalised albums, what would be the alternative, to have something distributed that could strea

by peach 6y ago

For someone that was using GMusic as an online store of my own digitalised albums, what would be the alternative, to have something distributed that could stream across device?

arbol 6y ago
You could host Plex on a raspberry pi in your house. Or you could house it on paid for servers like aws. https://www.plex.tv/en-gb/your-media/music/ https://www.plex.tv/en-gb/your-media/music/
- ryanlol 6y ago
  Plex on AWS? ehhh
  - tibbydudeza 6y ago
    I would not do that ... DMCA takedowns galore !!!!!
    - wuunderbar 6y ago
      Why would they care, or firstly how would they know if it's just for personal use?
    - ryanlol 6y ago
      I wouldn’t worry about that, but the million dollar bandwidth and storage bills. It’s a bit like using Fiji water for your toilets and paying $5 per flush.
- WorldMaker 6y ago
  Most NAS systems support Plex. A Synology, for one example, might be a better option than a Raspberry Pi. (ETA: If you have the money to invest in it, of course.)
CodeyWhizzBang 6y ago
I moved all mine across to YouTube Music - they have an automatic process that copies it across in the background for you.
- peach 6y ago
  Worth it? Happy with it?
72deluxe 6y ago
Call me old fashioned, but what about a large capacity iPod or phone storage? And then just store the "master" on your laptop and sync as appropriate.
- walrus01 6y ago
  This is exactly what I do. And for the precise reason that I don't trust some cloud based third party service to not become unavailable for reasons beyond my control, which is exactly what's happened here. Disk storage and backup for 400-500GB of mp3 and aac is cheap.
  - 72deluxe 6y ago
    Glad it's not just me doing this then! My 160GB iPod classic is still going strong.
    - errantspark 6y ago
      It's possible to get it going even better than strong. I have an old 60GB iPod that I swapped an SD card adapter into in lieu of the hard drive and then used the extra space to put in a bigger battery. The parts are super easy to find on ebay and now I have a 256GB iPod that can play music for 50+ hours straight.
      - 72deluxe 6y ago
        Did you follow a guide for this? It sounds like a great way to extend the life of my iPod indefinitely!
javagram 6y ago
ITunes / Apple Music should work. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_online_music_lockers#Comparison https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_online_music_loc... only lists a few alternatives and a lot of defunct services like Amazon and Microsoft’s shutdown cloud player and Groove Music...
fuzxi 6y ago
I host a Jellyfin server, personally. Jellyfin is a FOSS fork of Emby Media Server from before they went closed source.

by peach 6y ago

For someone that was using GMusic as an online store of my own digitalised albums, what would be the alternative, to have something distributed that could stream across device?

arbol 6y ago

You could host Plex on a raspberry pi in your house. Or you could house it on paid for servers like aws. https://www.plex.tv/en-gb/your-media/music/ https://www.plex.tv/en-gb/your-media/music/

ryanlol 6y ago
Plex on AWS? ehhh
- tibbydudeza 6y ago
  I would not do that ... DMCA takedowns galore !!!!!
  - wuunderbar 6y ago
    Why would they care, or firstly how would they know if it's just for personal use?
  - ryanlol 6y ago
    I wouldn’t worry about that, but the million dollar bandwidth and storage bills. It’s a bit like using Fiji water for your toilets and paying $5 per flush.
WorldMaker 6y ago
Most NAS systems support Plex. A Synology, for one example, might be a better option than a Raspberry Pi. (ETA: If you have the money to invest in it, of course.)

CodeyWhizzBang 6y ago

I moved all mine across to YouTube Music - they have an automatic process that copies it across in the background for you.

peach 6y ago
Worth it? Happy with it?

72deluxe 6y ago

Call me old fashioned, but what about a large capacity iPod or phone storage? And then just store the "master" on your laptop and sync as appropriate.

walrus01 6y ago
This is exactly what I do. And for the precise reason that I don't trust some cloud based third party service to not become unavailable for reasons beyond my control, which is exactly what's happened here. Disk storage and backup for 400-500GB of mp3 and aac is cheap.
- 72deluxe 6y ago
  Glad it's not just me doing this then! My 160GB iPod classic is still going strong.
  - errantspark 6y ago
    It's possible to get it going even better than strong. I have an old 60GB iPod that I swapped an SD card adapter into in lieu of the hard drive and then used the extra space to put in a bigger battery. The parts are super easy to find on ebay and now I have a 256GB iPod that can play music for 50+ hours straight.
    - 72deluxe 6y ago
      Did you follow a guide for this? It sounds like a great way to extend the life of my iPod indefinitely!

javagram 6y ago

ITunes / Apple Music should work. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_online_music_lockers#Comparison https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_online_music_loc... only lists a few alternatives and a lot of defunct services like Amazon and Microsoft’s shutdown cloud player and Groove Music...

fuzxi 6y ago

I host a Jellyfin server, personally. Jellyfin is a FOSS fork of Emby Media Server from before they went closed source.