Hi peoples!

I’m on Apple Music but I want to expand my setup with music hosting but I have no idea how to approach it. Right now I have nothing and know nothing haha. So if you had a guide or would like to share your setup that would be awesome :)

Everything from a player, through downloader, to organiser and whatever else is needed. I heard that lidarr works in Albums, which I usually don’t use. I’m a “I hear a song, I like it, I save it, forget the author or album” kind of person 😅

Or maybe it’s not worth it at all I don’t know haha

Thanks :)

  • shrugal@lemm.eeEnglish
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    9 months ago

    I’m using Lidarr with an added Deemix script, as well as a separate Deemix instance. For the player I use Plexamp, because it’s the only one I know of that can analyse your music and generate playlists on the fly. Lastly I scrobble to Last.fm and ListenBrainz, and then import their artist recommendations into Lidarr. I’m really happy with this setup so far!

    Regarding albums etc., you should probably just get used to downloading more than you actually need. If you want the same music discovery experience as on streaming services then you’ll have to download a ton of music anyway, just so Plexamp has enough content to build playlists from. Thankfully music doesn’t take that much space, so it’s fine to let Lidarr monitor an entire album or even the artist itself if you like a song.