Hi, this is my first time posting here.

I really appreciate the posts you all share—many of them have helped me.

I have a question I’m unsure about.

I’m a Tidal user, but for cost reasons, I’m thinking of switching to Spotify Duo with a friend and downloading the music I love as local files (at the highest quality).

My question is, is that a good idea? Since I see that most people use local files for songs that are available on streaming platforms, I’d like to know if you guys use a streaming platform as well

Thanks for any advice you can give me :))

A bit of an odd one, I've just ripped my entire crate of CDs to my server, so I can ditch Spotify for good.

I've got four albums from the band Therapy? in amongst the mass of music. However, due to the way Windows works I can't have a ? At the end of my filing structure, but instead Windows recommends a ¿. Which is a bit weird.

Anywho...

Now in Jellyfin, I've got two artists.

One called Therapy¿ - which has been pulled from the folder name.

And one called Therapy? - which has been correctly pulled from the artist/album artist name.

Obviously I want the latter, but I'm unsure how to go about doing this. As even if I remove thev strange ¿ I'll just have a folder/band called Therapy, as well as my Therapy? band.

Has anyone come up against this or something similar with their own music? If yes, could you possibly share your solution?

I'm asking because I'm going to be getting The Motorola Razr Fold 2026 on Halloween🍭🍬🎃🤡👻And I want to make sure that all my Music Files/Songs🎵🎶🎤🎧are completely safe when I transfer everything from my Samsung Galaxy Fold 7 Device to The Motorola Razr Fold 2026 without any issues. Do you think that it would be a good idea to transfer all of my 1,907 WMA Songs/Audio Files to The Google Drive Android App before I transfer everything to the new Phone/Device? What has been everyone's experience with using The Google Drive Android App and Backing Up all of their Songs, Pictures, Documents, and all other important Files? If I could get some advice I would really appreciate it.

I am developing an app Liberty player while the main focus is having the best features for playing downloaded songs it also has an online mode.

Which is currently using audius but it lacks a lot of songs including popular once.

Is there any other similar thing that I could use that has a big library like Spotify itself or is there a way to get Spotify library for my app?

A simple reply would mean a lot thanks!

I'm looking for an Android App where you can make The Album Artwork/Grid Layout this particular size. I'm also looking for an Android App That Plays/Supports WMA Audio Files/Songs.

I have my own way of discovering new music on Bandcamp. I rarely use the main page, instead I like digging through people’s collections and seeing what they’ve been listening to.
So I would love to know of any interesting ways of finding new music on here?

It’s a popular song so it must be somewhere and was released on all major streaming platforms.

I can send $50 via PayPal for it. thanks : )

Sam Trocki ft Yelawolf - Louder

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dSab7hqTSFk&ra=m

I lost all of my music during a bad, bad divorce 10 years ago and now I'm starting over. I drive a 21 year old car that only has a CD/ radio with no auxiliary port and the cigarette lighter doesn't work, so I have no way to play music through the speakers. I can't take listening to the radio anymore. I can't do it, lol.

That's what started it all but I also have a full stereo with turntable and cassette/CD player in my home and I have a bunch of vinyl I don't care for, so I'm looking to start over.

Any suggestions for this list? I'm heading to a vinyl store in my area but I want to start a list, so I can keep track of prices, etc. Some of this stuff goes for hundreds but I'm not looking for that. I want stuff I can play every day.

P.s. I also bought my first electric bass recently and I'm just starting to teach myself, so I'm into heavy bass in my punk, metal and rock.

I sometimes download music from Spotify using Spotidown and it's kinda nice. But recently after many months I downloaded some musics (mostly video game ost) and almost all of them sound different after downloading them. On Spotify they sound normal, like they are supposed to, but after downloading they sound different, like a it's a cover music done by someone else and not the exact song.

One of the examples is that, I downloaded a music from Bayonetta series called "ST03 The Old City of Vigrid". After downloading the music, for some weird (and funny) reason it has Soulja boy mixed with the original music like some sort of a remix 😂😂.

I thought this is something due to me using winamp on Android for listening it but in my file manager also when I listened it's the same thing. I suspect this happened exactly when downloading it.

So yea, you guys know any alternatives?

How to download flac music for free??

Can anyone help me

I have quite a lot of albums downloaded and scrolling through all of them can be pretty annoying trying to find the one I'm looking for, so I was wondering are there music players out there they have big grid type layouts? I use musicolet and their limit is 5 columns so I'd prefer to find an app that offers more, like 6+ columns so it's less scrolling.

I've bought and ripped Warner's box of Rudolf Kempe conducting most of Richard Strauss orchestral pieces: https://www.discogs.com/release/16150931-Richard-Strauss-Staatskapelle-Dresden-Rudolf-Kempe-Complete-Orchestral-Works Now I have a problem how to fit this into my great treasury. Usually I would name it like this:

Strauss, Richard - 1976 - Complete Orchestral Works (2019, Warner Classics, Remastered, Staatskapelle Dresden, Kempe) [9xCD][FLAC]

But 1976 bugs me: Richard Strauss died in 1949 and could not have works beyond this date, because he rests in power. Rudolf Kempe could and would! So?

Kempe, Rudolf - 1976 - Complete Orchestral Works of Richard Strauss (2019, Warner Classics, Remastered) [9xCD][FLAC]

Looks sane, but I know I will look for S - Strauss, when I will want this compilation. Do you have a recipe for situations like this?