So as the title suggests I’m looking to leave behind Spotify for many obvious reasons over the previous years.
I’m thinking that because of my fairly limited music library that I should just stick with an offline library. However I want the option to expand it as I find new music here and there.
I know that I can use things such as Jellyfin to organise a library on my PC, but are there good options to “sync” the library to my phone other than just simply drag and drop the media?
Thanks for all the advice here!
Soulseek/Nicotine+ has been excellent for filling out my library of music, Syncthing is a very clear winner for syncing all of my music to my phone, I’ve begun using Symphony for playing my music too.
It’s honestly revived my love for music! Goodbye spotify
If you are wanting to pay, I’ve been happy with TIDAL. Cheaper, pays the artists more, offline download available, and importing your entire Spotify library is not many clicks. Playlists, likes, everything
I found an old $5 mp3 player in a discount bin and get my CD’s from the local library where I convert them to mp3’s. CD’s from the library give you quite an eclectic mix of music. I just delete my mp3 files from time to time, knowing I can get them at the local library again.
For some PD classical music.
If you are already doing Jellyfin, you can sync as much or little to your phone as you want. Just use finamp. It’s a very nice player for Android that connects to your Jellyfin and allows you to download any synced music on the go or stream it directly.
It’s gone downhill in some regards (enshittification for free accounts), but I’m still using Plex and plexamp for my audio setup. Works equivalent to a self hosted Spotify.
Im using syncthing to sync my music with my phone. It’s really easy to setup and reliable. As a mediaplay on your PC I can really recommend Fooyin cause it’s fast, highly customizable, and has good searching functionality. On my Phone I’m running Symphony. Everything is FOSS of course :)
You can selfhost a navidrome server and stream the files from there. I dont know how tech savy you are but that is what I do.
Have you considered a DAP (Digital Audio Player)? It’s an MP3 player. The beginner ones people like are typically the Innioasis Y1 and the Fiio Snowsky Echo. There’s a million options. I have the Y1. I like it so much that I’ll probably invest in a high quality.
Connect with USB and drag and drop.
This is one thing I have definitely considered! Do they come with Bluetooth as this would be good for the car too!
Yes they pretty much all do
I have nextcloud server and Inuse Power Ampache 2 to stream directly from it
You can use Tailscale to connect to a server remotely and just stream all of your music.
And I would recommend Syncthing to sync a “favorites” folder to your phone so you always have your favorite music.
I’m not sure if Plex is still viable to stream your own music content without paying…but it is an option.
