Once downloaded, MusicBrainz Picard is going to be your best friend in organizing everything. Then choosing how you host it, I just have it in Jellyfin with my other media.
I found slskd's GUI to be a bit nicer than standard soulseek, and it has plugins for the *arr suite.
That being said, I use it for downloading, then run musicbrainz Picard to mass rename/sort/fix metadata, skipping the music *arr module due to past issues with it.
No idea what soulseek is. I've used newpipe and yt-dlp for downloading. Other than that I've just kept things simple with file based playback. I do use a few simple shell scripts to number the files sometimes.
A little off topic but I did this years ago and found rutracker.org quite useful. Just for harder to find stuff without getting into private trackers. It's just that this forum is insanely popular so you can often find old or niche music you can't find elsewhere. Just need a webpage translator extension to navigate.
If you haven't already, spin up a VM or partition and start using it. I cutover this year, and I used a new disk with Bazzite and I still technically dual boot, but I boot that windows partition less than once a month at this point. But the more you use it and get the feel for it, the easier the transition becomes.
It's really just storage space that's the limiting factor for me. I'm already uninstall/reinstall juggling a few games as it is so carving a partition to play with Linux hurts.
At some point I'll grab a third SSD and make half of it a linux partition or something.
Nice!! Did this about a month ago and I've felt better with myself ever since :)
My advice would be:
Make a list of albums you really like, and start with those first. This is mostly to get in tune with what you actually like listening to, since storage can become a problem.
I know you probably don't have the instant money to spare, but try to buy the music from the artist you love the most. You can pirate in the meantime, and you should definetly avoid paying problematic artists, but I think buying your music should be a goal you're aiming for; Remember, if you're not streaming their music, you're not gonna be supporting them in any way.
Find a music player that matches your need. In my case I'm using Lollypop. An free open source player available on Linux that supports Scrobbling by default (had trouble installng plugins in other players lol). There are tons of music player for different needs, like multi-platform, support for multiple devices, lightweight, lots of customization, auto-playlists, etc.
I just listed the alphabet A-Z. Then I went through every artist whose name begins with the corresponding letter, and downloaded their albums. I've already checked off every letter from A-S.
Still working through it, it's tedious I will admit, but should be worth it in the end.
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scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech · 28 pts · 320d
Once downloaded, MusicBrainz Picard is going to be your best friend in organizing everything. Then choosing how you host it, I just have it in Jellyfin with my other media.
etherphon@midwest.social · 11 pts · 320d
Reverendender@sh.itjust.works · 12 pts · 320d
Here I am torrenting .flac albums. I feel so out of touch with today’s youts.
etherphon@midwest.social · 1 pts · 319d
MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz · 5 pts · 320d
!soulseek@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Sounds like you might like https://github.com/Nezreka/SoulSync
It can automate grabbing your streaming platform playlists as files from soulseek.
DarkSirrush@piefed.ca · 5 pts · 320d
I found slskd's GUI to be a bit nicer than standard soulseek, and it has plugins for the *arr suite.
That being said, I use it for downloading, then run musicbrainz Picard to mass rename/sort/fix metadata, skipping the music *arr module due to past issues with it.
For accessing my music remotely I use jellyfin.
talentedkiwi@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 320d
Thank you for this. I've been looking for a better daemon solution for soulseek. I've been using nicotine+ docker, but it's not an elegant solution.
DarkSirrush@piefed.ca · 2 pts · 320d
Yeah, slskd was purpose built for docker stacks and it shows, especially when you compare it to similar solutions that weren't.
solrize@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 320d
No idea what soulseek is. I've used newpipe and yt-dlp for downloading. Other than that I've just kept things simple with file based playback. I do use a few simple shell scripts to number the files sometimes.
MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 320d
!soulseek@lemmy.dbzer0.com
AngryishHumanoid@lemmynsfw.com · 2 pts · 320d
I second NewPipe, easiest way to get any song I want
9point6@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 320d
Peculiar no one has mentioned the music specific *arr
Damage@feddit.it · 5 pts · 320d
It's rather buggy. I use it.
wewbull@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 320d
I thought I saw it was no longer maintained.
_cryptagion@anarchist.nexus · 3 pts · 320d
BurgerBaron@piefed.social · 4 pts · 320d
A little off topic but I did this years ago and found rutracker.org quite useful. Just for harder to find stuff without getting into private trackers. It's just that this forum is insanely popular so you can often find old or niche music you can't find elsewhere. Just need a webpage translator extension to navigate.
blackbarn@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 320d
https://github.com/spotDL/spotify-downloader is another option
hera@feddit.uk · 4 pts · 320d
Quality in soulseek will be much better
sanity_is_maddening@piefed.social · 3 pts · 320d
SolSerkonos@piefed.social · 2 pts · 320d
Well, that seems really neat. No Windows support, though, so I'll check back in when I eventually finally definitely jump to Linux...
Passerby6497@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 320d
If you haven't already, spin up a VM or partition and start using it. I cutover this year, and I used a new disk with Bazzite and I still technically dual boot, but I boot that windows partition less than once a month at this point. But the more you use it and get the feel for it, the easier the transition becomes.
SolSerkonos@piefed.social · 1 pts · 317d
It's really just storage space that's the limiting factor for me. I'm already uninstall/reinstall juggling a few games as it is so carving a partition to play with Linux hurts.
At some point I'll grab a third SSD and make half of it a linux partition or something.
Passerby6497@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 317d
At that point, just use the SSD for your Linux install and not worry about windows windows-ing and fucking up your boot loader.
ook@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 320d
refreeze@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 320d
Navidrome is great if you are looking for a self-hosted web streaming alternative.
xpey@piefed.social · 2 pts · 320d
Nice!! Did this about a month ago and I've felt better with myself ever since :)
My advice would be:
FenrirIII@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 316d
Remember to have 2 backuo sources to store data
Phoeniqz@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 230d
lucida.to is great too! I'm using slsk more for the onscure stuff
RodgeGrabTheCat@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 320d
ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com · 1 pts · 319d
So far this is how I've been doing it:
I just listed the alphabet A-Z. Then I went through every artist whose name begins with the corresponding letter, and downloaded their albums. I've already checked off every letter from A-S.
Still working through it, it's tedious I will admit, but should be worth it in the end.
Thanks for the suggestions all :-)
CodenameDarlen@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 320d
SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 320d
Yt-dlp is a great CLI tool to download YouTube video/audio
https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp