I’ve been trying to get off of Spotify for obvious reasons. Unfortunately, I don’t have the money to spend on a Deezer or Tidal subscription, which is required to listen to more than 30 seconds of a song. I also have an extremely large playlist that needs transferring, so I need an unlimited version of FreeYourMusic if it exists. Thanks!

  • well5H1T3@lemmy.worldEnglish
    72·
    18 hours ago

    Shazam app with youtube.com plus ezmp3.cc

    Long answer:

    Cloud infrastructure is expensive. You won’t find any free streaming platform.

    The best route is to manage your own Playlist manually.

    Workflow:

    Interesting music playing on radio/party

    -‐> shazam to know title and artist 

-‐> search youtube.com for that title and artist 

--> copy url of video that best matches 

--> paste url on ezmp3.cc for converting to audio 

--> await conversion, download generated audio 

--> Use a smart-mp3-tags app to add tags and album art automatically

    Prons:

    • until now, i’ve paid $0 for music I listen to. Evil bastard, I know. I, however, have bought poweramp for $5. Best purchase yet.
    • you will find any music this way no matter how niche and weird it is. Unlike surfing the pirate ship
    • bonus: you most definitely will find your favorite audiobooks.

    Cons:

    • no music discovery features. Which is truly the only downside you can’t replace.
    • no backup in case of device loss, so you better make copies manually
      • well5H1T3@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        12 hours ago

        LOL, OP was looking for an alternative to streaming platform, not an introduction to this whole new universe of terminal,

        Plus, yt-dlp doesn’t work (at least to my knowledge) on a smartphone (maybe on termux? I dunno, haven’t tried it)

          • klu9@piefed.socialEnglish
            1·
            8 hours ago

            I can find it on Droidify, but there’s only a Share button, no install button :(

            • SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world
              1·
              2 hours ago

              That usually means it’s not compatible with your device. They only make a 64-bit version available (ARM64-v8a) on Izzy, and require a minimum of Android 7 with a target of Android 15. If you don’t meet that, then try from the project site - the current release is here. If you’re not sure which version to get, then download the one with “universal” in the filename - it’s got all three main CPU architecture builds in it so it’s three times the size, but if it’s going to work at all on your device that version of the APK will have it.

        • FerretyFever0@fedia.ioOP
          1·
          12 hours ago

          This is true. I’m incredibly slow. I don’t understand a lot of these comments. Unfortunately, I do not have my own server. The CD thing is a good idea, except for the fact that it would take an extremely long time to manually rip all of the songs I want. My playlist is 7,200 songs lmao