Was just thinking about doing this over the weekend cuz youtube music's offline functionality seems to have gone down drastically.
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Thanks for putting this together! This is an excellent write up and is super informative! I'm already using Navidrome + Tempo with Lidarr for my music library, but since the database issues with Lidarr popped up a few months ago I haven't bothered adding new stuff.
I had no idea Explo was a thing, it's just what I've been hoping existed. I'm going to try and get it integrated into my set up.
Spotify has a feature where if it is playing on another device, you can control it with any other device logged into the account, is there any good way to replicate this with a linux desktop and an android phone?
That's something I've struggled to find so far unfortunately. Maybe something exists but I haven't found an answer yet.
It really is spotify's killer feature for me, probably won't switch to something that doesn't have it.
Maybe Navidrome's jukebox mode, although I suspect it's a slightly different idea (and it was a bit buggy last time I tried it).
Jellyfin has a remote control feature that lets you do something like this, I use it quite a lot for music.
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Good write up. Spotify is the lsdt for me to replace
For me it's YouTube.
I need this i've been struggling to replace spotify.
This setup is very similar to mine
Is this your personal blog ?
One of the main advantages of Spotify for me is the AI. I could host the music myself just fine. But having an AI come up custom playlists is another thing entirely.
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Couple of questions about the directory structure: why separate library folders? Can't they play off a central library and wouldn't something like Overseer take care of requests?
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Might be worse than Spotify when it comes to privacy but YT Music with Adblock is great. And AFAIK they have better music quality.