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Very much like-minded, here. > Sync'ing music across multiple PCs, phones, other devices, etc, suck. Was thinking the same but I had to do it, because I need
by gbog 14y ago
Very much like-minded, here.
> Sync'ing music across multiple PCs, phones, other devices, etc, suck.
Was thinking the same but I had to do it, because I need a back-up and I need my music at work too. The only sane way: have proper files half-manually arranged in directories synced with a real solid linux tool (unison). Same for pictures.
What I want to emphasize here is that the current trend against files is a disturbing regression, and can only end in a complete mess or loss of the things you own. I have kids pic in my folders, and I owe to my kid to still have them in 20 years, if nothing else.
This discussion reminds me of something weird that occured to me when I was following lifehacker: it had so many advices and nice tricks and apps you should install to your system, and at the same time was very voical against the bloat and the clutter.
- justincormack 14y agoSpotify is so much easier. Once you decide to only manage stuff you create rather than stuff you happen to own, then backup and management get so much easier as there is so much less of it.
- jiggy2011 14y agoProblem is that Spotify doesn't have all the music you want necessarily unless you also add your own files to it. My solution to this would just be a dropbox folder full of MP3 files and a vlc playlist file. I don't use any monolithic player/organiser of music like iTunes or WMP but too a lot of people it seems like it has to be iTunes.
- justincormack 14y agoThe benefit of liberating yourself from trying to backup and distribute someone else's content is much greater than missing a few tracks. There is plenty of other stuff that you could listen to instead.
- jiggy2011 14y agoThat's really quite a subjective thing. It might be true for people who just looking for anything to stick on in the background. People who are "into" music and have favourite artists that they are very loyal too or who are looking to discovered unsigned or indie artists are not going to want to be restricted to whatever is in the Spotify catalogue. Personally I'd say around 50% of the music I want to listen to is available on Spotify. There's also a fair number of "big name" artists who's music isn't licensed to them. The solution for a lot of people seems to be to simply use YouTube as their music player since pretty much anything seems to be available there. On the other hand I'm not sure what the legality of this is.
- justincormack 14y agoI fill in the gaps with live music. And its not just anything, there is lots of great music thats not just anything. Its just not everything... Pretty much all the music on youtube is illegal...