I’m tired of being screwed over so I’m done. So far I have:

  • Installed YouTube music and YouTube via Morphe
  • Installed uBlock Origin, Sponsor Block and YouTube Enhanced on Firefox
  • I’ve also installed YT-DLP to download videos if I have to.

Yet to do:

  • Work out the best app for my Nvidia Shield Pro 2019
  • Work out if there are any alternatives or way to still use my google nest minis in any way.

Does anyone have any advice or tools to help improve the experience?

Finally I have to add that I do also have a full ARR suite installed and setup on a raspberry pi for but I’ve always found Lidarr to be the weakest of the bunch. Works a treat for my TV shows and Music

  • yardratianSoma@lemmy.caEnglish
    28·
    1 day ago

    navidrome, self-hosted is what I use. Personally, the less I have to contact google’s servers for the media I enjoy, the better.

    Sorry I don’t have better advice, but alongside soulseek, lucida.to, and torrents, I have way more music than I think I’ll ever be able to listen to in my lifetime.

    • degen@midwest.socialEnglish
      1·
      5 hours ago

      I need to get navidrome set up, but I’m also wary of selfhosting anything externally accessible at home. As it is I just sync my music between phone and pc which works well enough.

      The one thing I haven’t been able to find is a good music recommendation or discovery solution a la Spotify daily mixes

      • eightys3v3n@lemmy.caEnglish
        1·
        5 hours ago

        Set it up with NetBird or Tailscale so it isn’t externally accessible.

        Yeah, I use Tidal for recommendations, then download so they don’t rug-pull me.

    • flapjack@europe.pubOPEnglish
      2·
      10 hours ago

      Ok I think this is a very attractive option. This is the first I’m hearing of navidrome!

    • HuudaHarkiten@piefed.socialEnglish
      5·
      1 day ago

      Another vote of support for Navidrome from me.

      I used Morphe as well, but I got annoyed at having to go and fix those songs that have the audio from the music video, for example Cake - Short Skirt/Long Jacket. Only option to not have that is to create a playlist and replace the music video with another version. Sometimes that meant using some random persons upload of the song. Not very nice to do when you just want to click “play full album” and enjoy music.

      Anyway, took me like 6 months to build current music library, its around 120gb at the moment. Got all the most important ones there, now its just a matter of going “oh right I need [artist name] in there as well!” every two weeks. I set things up for my dad as well, so now he can enjoy the Navidrome stuff as well, thats a big bonus.

      • flapjack@europe.pubOPEnglish
        2·
        10 hours ago

        I’ve not come across any of those annoyances yet with Morphe, but I’ve only been using it for a day or so.

      • rozodru@piefed.worldEnglish
        7·
        1 day ago

        I just use soulseek/Nicotine+ or I keep it old school cause it’s never let me down and use pirate bay still.

        • degen@midwest.socialEnglish
          1·
          5 hours ago

          This is the way to go. And it’s really satisfying to see randos downloading your music. I never clear the “upload” tab lol