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Yeah, I think self-hosting can be overkill for music, for most people most of the time. If you're an average 2/3 device user like me, copying the files around isn't too bad.
Either way though, +1 to both buying and ripping CDs, and buying from Bandcamp. It takes some effort, and isn't as good in terms of trying new music. But it's nice to have some limitations sometimes. Having almost every album and song right at your fingertips is great, but the amount of choice can be overwhelming.
I can't say much because I mostly use Spotify too. But it's also just nice to have local files as an option.
I suggested Plex because it syncs local copies on a per device setting so you can stream and sync pretty seamlessly. I haven't copied a file around except for making backups for nearly a decade now. It does audiobooks with saved progress inside the files too.
Gotta agree on the overwhelm of options. I indeed find limitations interesting in that regard. Maybe streaming services for trying stuff, and then buying anything worth buying. Too bad physical tends to be quite expensive. At least from the last time I've seen vinyls in a general tech and other stuff store. Is online cheaper?
Dunno, usually seems about the same. Sometimes you can get cheap ones by browsing vintage used records, but then condition is hit or miss. And of course it's near impossible to find any particular thing you're looking for.
I try to approach it in tiers - streaming for broad strokes, trying things, listening casually.
If there's a song/album/band that I decide I really like, maybe buy some songs on Bandcamp or CD to add to my digital collection; either can usually be pretty cheap.
Then vinyl I look at as a prestige format, and just want to get a few favorite albums there.
I was thinking online as in digital download, instead of vinyls. I don't have a CD player. I think digital downloads could be interesting, though I am tasked with not łosing the files. Unless they allow me to download it again, unlike Google Play Music, that vanished off the face of the web along with the songs I purchased for 0 monies back in the day on lucky deals and whose more recent download I managed to lose, probably due to poor backups in one of many system reinstalls
Ah, gotcha. Yeah, online should be a more affordable option then.
I was thinking online as in digital download, instead of vinyls. I don't have a CD player. I think digital downloads could be interesting, though I am tasked with not łosing the files. Unless they allow me to download it again, unlike Google Play Music, that vanished off the face of the web along with the songs I purchased for 0 monies back in the day on lucky deals and whose more recent download I managed to lose, probably due to poor backups in one of many system reinstalls
Gotta agree on the overwhelm of options. I indeed find limitations interesting in that regard. Maybe streaming services for trying stuff, and then buying anything worth buying. Too bad physical tends to be quite expensive. At least from the last time I've seen vinyls in a general tech and other stuff store. Is online cheaper?
Gotta agree on the overwhelm of options. I indeed find limitations interesting in that regard. Maybe streaming services for trying stuff, and then buying anything worth buying. Too bad physical tends to be quite expensive. At least from the last time I've seen vinyls in a general tech and other stuff store. Is online cheaper?