Thanks for your insight
NewPipe on Soundcloud and look for dj sets
Youtube Music Revanced Extended, using NodeJS Builder on PC. Generally the audio on youtube music feels more alive than on spotify for me. I often experience where the same song has a wider stereo field on yt music, means spotify internally modifies the stereo spread in songs. Also yt music allows louder playback, spotify is stuck with standards that I have no sympathy for. I say if a song sounds good then just let it be, don’t generalize all songs.
I’ve observed the same thing about YT music’s audio. It’s actually a bit frustrating because YT has the better quality, it’s louder too (Spotify app is strangely quiet in comparison), the algorithm is nicer, I actually even like the UI a little better. But the queue system sucks donkey balls, there’s no cross-system control, and no jam so I often go back to Spotify when with friends.
spotube
I have about 500 Gb in my personal library running jellyfin - which I hardly use anymore. I gladly give Tidal $20/month for a family plan, not just for the added value, but because they actually pay for the music, unlike Shitify. The stream quality is even better than about half of my collection. There are other good services and specialty services. Deezer is another. I don’t mind helping the artists.
OuterTune
I’m just waiting for a new mod to come out
I’m on Deezer with a family plan that my family is happy about ; I use Murglar 2 to download the music I am paying for.
I should really consider giving money to a spotify challenger, like Deezer… I guess I’m still too cheap for that
Navidrome with tempo if you go the self hosted route
Spotube: It’s not the greatest UX, but will read your Spotify Playlists and supports offline mode.
jokes aside, spotube’s great
annoying that they get preachy about it
This is what I’m using. I like their playlist generator
Weird, isn’t working for me
I don’t know if you tried it or not, but I’d suggest that you install the latest release from their Download Page, as opposed to other sources.
I’ve noticed on Android, that the F-Droid Version is not “quickly” updated and frequently breaks due to breaking changes from Google.
(I’ve also just upgraded to v4.0 on my android phone and it’s working - good luck!)
I use Metrolist (YouTube Music client for Android) and would recommend it.
thanks I downloaded it… first time I find an easy download option on github… I though you had to jump trough hoop to install anything from github. Seems to work fine, thanks a lot
Look into obtainium for downloading apks from github, you can grab it from fdroid
I’ve been using YouTube Music for a long time. I encourage everyoneone to download the Revanced Manager (link here) and mod the original APK (you can download it from anywhere, namely pureApk or uptodown) by yourself. The process is incredibly easy and you can have almost all advantages of premium without paying a penny, like with the modded Spotify APK.
feishin + navidrome
Feishin seems to be the best option for navidrome on windows and linux as far as I am aware but I have this really annoying bug that prevents me from seeing any tracks that I don’t have marked as favorites for some reason.
I think that is an option. Maybe do you enabled it? Did you try reaching the community through github or discord?
It is an option under the filter menu but in my case it cannot be turned off. The slider is in the off position and I still only see my favorites
XManager still works fine for Spotify
Not for me, nor for a lot of other people.
It works fine, you just need to download an old version in order to login. It doesn’t let you login in the latest version but you can update it once you are logged in
I can log in on old and new versions but can’t play any content
Fair enough, I did read more info this and it seems to be a regional thing. Maybe a VPN might fix it but shrug
If you’re into metal you should check out rokk-app.com. Kamelot’s drummer is involved, and they claim to pay artists much more than the alternatives. You can also select a particular band which will get a direct share of your subscription.
It just came out last week so it’s rough around the edges for now, but it might be worth checking how it evolves over time.
If you like offline music Poweramp on Android is great. Not free tho
i love the headphone profiles in poweramp!
