I am not using Apple Music, but have you tried the Windows client via Proton? I used Amazon Music installed through Heroic Launcher in the past and it worked fine. Though I had to configure the audio to go above 48kHz.
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autr@fedia.io 1 month ago
tekdeb@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
I’m not the one you’re asking, but I’m in a similar situation. I’ve attemped to get this working and the problem is that their Windows client must be downloaded and installed through the Microsoft Store and it’s packaged in a way you can’t run in standalone after extracting it. Some apps published through the MS Store do work fine this way, but I could not get it working for the Apple Music client.
Apple Music does have a web player, but it is also limited to lossy streaming like alternative clients like Cider is.
autr@fedia.io 1 month ago
Ah, I see, that's a shame. Amazon had/has an alternative installer. I am trying Tidal now, which has several Linux apps that provide full quality, though even the browser version goes up to 16bit/44.1kHz I think.
krooklochurm@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
Do you mean lossless audio in general or specifically Apple Music?
I’ve definitely listened to flac files on Linux but a lot of the finer points of high quality audio are lost on me so my input may not be useful.
Jack@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
there’s no Linux client that supports lossless
Do you mean ALAC files? I downloaded a sample at getsamplefiles.com/sample-audio-files/alac and played it in VLC under Linux. There are several players that can play libavcodec FFmpeg.
Cypher@lemmy.world 1 month ago
The file might be lossless but I’ve yet to find a way to actually verify or set the playback quality of my DAC.
Linux is very frustrating when it comes to audio.
LucidNightmare@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
Hey there! What I do on Linux is use the Thorium browser to make the Apple Music an app in the OS. It works really well, but does have some weird visual glitches every now and then. I chalk that up to me having an NVIDIA GPU and using Wayland though, so it could work better for you!
As for lossless, I am not sure on that as I don’t have ears that can tell the difference so it has never been something I focused on!
TheBat@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Listen to music on phone? 🤔
thethunderwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
how do I do A?
do B instead
TheBat@lemmy.world 1 month ago
It’s a suggestion
JoMiran@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
omgubuntu.co.uk/…/cider-is-an-open-source-apple-m…
pastelpulse@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
verdi@feddit.org 1 month ago
Do this test and come to the dark, white and beak side ;)
virustotal URL scan for the link
Uebercomplicated@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
I did the tidal ABX test, which I prefer since it’s comparing FLAC, and the difference is almost negligible. I do hear a slight difference >15k, and I can only year up to 18.5k, but on most tracks it’s not noticeable. Also slightly worse transients, but again, only noticable on a few tracks. I also can only hear any of this on HD600s with very, very high volume, which is not how I usually listen to music. I really like this test :)
Lossless is still nice to have though, mostly because I can then rip FLAC files to do good remasters, which is why I happily use tidal (also for a number of other reasons).
LucidNightmare@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
Cider also went from an open source project to a closed source project. I stopped using them after that.
Meron35@lemmy.world 1 month ago
The Cider Devs also seem like terrible people FYI
I know everyone likes Cider. But the devs are extremely homophobic, racist, Trump apologists, and deny that Covid was ever that major. Link in post. : r/AppleMusic - reddit.com/…/i_know_everyone_likes_cider_but_the_…