I used spotify but I think it’s laggy and slow on my Pixel 8. Now I’m using Deezer, it’s not perfect but it’s better than Spotify IMO. Perfect is in my opinion OuterTune but there is no High Quality music. Is there something better than Deezer?
I swear by qobuz.
High quality audio files Lightweight apps on both desktop and mobile Very simple structure, no AI bullshit and it’s recommendings are from actual humans that work at qobuz magazine.
It’s great
I’m using a personal music library, built up and maintained over the years.
I host it using Jellyfin and access it using Symfonium on my phone. Performance is excellent.
That said, YT music seems to perform just as well, and is the only streaming service I’ve used on and off.
Very subjective but there is literally only one for me and its Navidrome
The one obstacle is you have to know how to selfhost, but i know for proxmox servers there are single line commands that will install and run everything automatically
- Free open source software.
- Free from enshitification
- You own the music and therefore you set the quality. (Supports flac)
- works with different players on different devices (open streaming protocol)
- no bandwidth when used local, and stays working at home even when there is no internet.
Why people pay monthly to then not even own music when you could use that same money to just buy music while having a better quality experience that cant be taken away is beyond me.
I want to love Navidrome but that it doesn’t support folder view and the developers refuse to implement it makes it impossible for me.
try mStream, it has folder view and is very light on the server side.
That does not appear to support Subsonic.
That’s a killer for me, too…
I use navidrome for the server, then Tempo for the streaming to my phone (which has been phenomenal).
download flacs from deezer and use a local player
How?
it’s probably violation of their ToS, but there are multiple downloaders like deemix or orpheusdl
As a Spotify direct replacement you can go with YouTube Music.
Try this one https://github.com/Malopieds/InnerTune
Selfhost https://github.com/sentriz/gonic
Install https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.moire.ultrasonic/
Connect Ultrasonic to Gonic and enjoy free, unlimited flac streaming everywhere in the worldmight be just me, but isn’t it inconvenient to have to download new tracks all the time? i know you could have a *arr stack and all but that would only get some artists
I’m not allowed to talk about my workflow on this instance, but no. I don’t need to listen to Madonna’s latest single the moment it comes out. I can wait. There are decades worth of music for me to bulk download and enjoy while I wait for the next opportunity to bulk-download artists I follow.
I touch my music collection like 5 times a year, maybe.
“High quality music” is nothing but a placebo. Unless you have the hardware to punch through the quality, then the bitrate and format of the file doesn’t matter. Most people would complain about HQ availability and then listen to the music through bluetooth headphones, completely nullifying any advantage. Or use average headphones that sound bad no matter how much bitrate you try to send through them. But the kicker is, a high quality headphone will sound better even with regular lossy compression and typical bitrates. The HQ files will then sound barely slightly better, almost imperceptibly. Compression tech has come a really long way since the days of bad MP3s, advancement of OGG and AAC made MP3 irrelevant a decade ago.
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Try Tidal, but if Spotify (lower bitrate) didn’t work out, maybe YouTube Music?
Or, of course, flash your phone or buy a different one because there are a whole load of reasons not to buy a Pixel, least of which that it’s weaker than other phones at its price point. This may be a factor in lag.
No, I think it’s just app that feel laggy, not phone, it doesn’t respond immediately like open source apps.
