Comment on It's Not Just You: Music Streaming Is Broken Now
mariusafa@lemmy.sdf.org 2 days agoI mean most phones have +64gb of memory, no? With that space I can have hundreds of songs that I can listen at any time without having internet connection or not. Why would I stream it to my self (which requires internet connection) if I can just have it in my phone or computer?
NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
You do have it on your computer: your server.
So when I listen to music locally, I just open clementine and it knows all the music on my server.
When I go out, I stream to my phone from the same server. How often is your phone NOT on the internet? I mean its a phone right?
Here I am about 5,000 miles away from my server, and I still stream to myself, to the laptop I am working on. Should I load up my phone, laptop, tablet, and steamdeck prior to leaving the house, or just know I can stream anything from my 6TB collection at any time?
If you DO feel you need to have some offline, it still makes sense to have a server. Just use syncthing or any decent music program to bring over what you want before you leave the internet.
mariusafa@lemmy.sdf.org 2 days ago
Well it sounds cool. Definetly trying it out once I have my own server (with everything that is involved).
NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
Hey some good people are here on Lemmy under selfhosted. I am sure there are more.
A server can be nearly anything, a $50 used computer can work, the cost of hard drives can run a bit more. Its a neat little hobby and doesnt have to be expensive. OpenMediaVault (as the OS) is free and get you started as a NAS out of the box.
In any case, lots of people are happy to help and there are tutorial videos as well.