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[–] 4 points 7 months ago (4 children)

If you're moderately tech-inclined, its not super difficult to set up a streaming music server that you can access from anywhere. The most basic solution that almost anyone can spin up is a cheap NAS (or always-on PC), and setting up a VPN between your phone and router to access your library.

From there you can add complexity by configuring a true music server like Navidrome, adding web-facing access, erc

After typing this, I realized maybe you meant completely decoupling music from your phone, not just decoupling the storage

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Navidrome serving up my 200gb library from home, via Tailscale, and all it cost me was the music that I bought* over the years. Oh, and a fiver for Symfonium on my phone. But Feishin is free on my computers.

    Then I worked out how to redirect it through the VPS I use for my website, and now I have my own streaming service. It's pretty sweet.

    _ *well, some of it...

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (1 child)

    That's my setup almost exactly, with the addition of Lidarr to grab new music. It's been amazingly solid, no regerts!

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago

    I might look into Lidarr. Currently, I have a folder in SymcThing that my server monitors, so any audio I drop in there automatically gets moved to my Navidrome folder. It works well enough, but is a little clunky.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    Yeah I have dabbled with hosted music, but I do mean "offline" device + storage. Like MP3 players of old. I have also been blursed with an interest in audio gear so it becomes a very appealing rabbit hole for me.

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