Replacing TV and movie streaming services is pretty trivial, and typically one of the first projects for any new self-hoster, but music streaming services are a whole different beast. There's a growing need to replace the likes of Spotify, but there's no one-size-fits-all solution, and maintaining an on-disk music library
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Replacing TV and movie streaming services is pretty trivial, and typically one of the first projects for any new self-hoster, but music streaming services are a whole different beast. There’s a growing need to replace the likes of Spotify, but there’s no one-size-fits-all solution, and maintaining an on-disk music library will always be a lot of manual work. That being said, I’ve put together a stack that I’m happy with for now, and there was some interest in the full details, so I’ll try to slap together a tutorial here.

  • hitmyspot@aussie.zoneEnglish
    3·
    3 days ago

    There is sunk cost in subscription. Sure it may have cost you more now. Will that still be true in 5 years? 10? At what point do you foresee cancelling the subscription, or are you now locked in for life?

    • Poem_for_your_sprog@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      3 days ago

      My current favorites list is 510 albums. That’s around $10,000 over 4 years not counting the ones I didn’t favorite…that’s like 70 years worth of streaming.

      I actually prefer to purchase movies though. Streaming quality video is too bad.

      • hitmyspot@aussie.zoneEnglish
        1·
        3 days ago

        That’s not necessarily a complete list of songs you listen to. I don’t know it could be. I’ve been subscribing to Spotify for years. Probably 10. Given the monthly cost is about the cost of an album, and I had maybe 100 prior and my husband had 100+ also, were both likely worse off.

        I subscribe for another 10 years and I’m even worse off. I also stream lots of movies at home. I don’t purchase them though.

        It’s a shame we don’t have a system that allows you to subscribe for a reasonable fee to then own the music you listen to after a certain number of listens.