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[–] 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (7 children)

Spotdl is a command line program that is easy to use, you just need to feed it the playlist link and it will download all the songs off YouTube.

You can then self host with azuracast or airsonic. Azuracast is what I use but it makes it into a radio station more or less, sonic I think is more of a spotify clone. There are a few other options.

The subscription fee can then be used to support your favorite small time artists through other means, without the middle man.

https://github.com/basings/selfhosted-music-overview

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    Seriously, just torrent your music, downloading songs off YouTube sounds like an awful idea, automated or not.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago* (4 children)

    From my understanding, it's a bit of a bother downloading less popular music through torrents. You need a private tracker I think. For big names though, definitely the way to go.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Give soulseek a try, finding less known artists is a bit of a pain but i have had good luck finding everything i had looked for with a bit of digging.

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