Got tired with it. Fired up ytdlp( it was complex for me. So I used an android app called ytdlnis) and downloaded some music. I can’t do it in one day so still downloading.
🖕 music streaming . welcome offline music.
Got tired with it. Fired up ytdlp( it was complex for me. So I used an android app called ytdlnis) and downloaded some music. I can’t do it in one day so still downloading.
🖕 music streaming . welcome offline music.
Soulseek is nice. Community of people sharing their music libraries with each other.
When I was listening to obscure krautrock bands which were nowhere to be found on Spotify or YT Music, Soulseek came to rescue. Also, funnily, it is easier to get flac from there than 320kbps mp3 of various albums. The former is more ubiquitous there.
Nicotine+ is an open source client for the soulseek network.
Somehow it’s the only old-school P2P network that’s not only survived, but still thrives even today. So many rare songs on there. It turned 24 years old last month. All the others from the same era (like Napster, Kazaa, Limewire, etc) are long gone. ed2k is still around but mostly dead.
The chat rooms are also old-school unmoderated chat rooms, so expect the worst of humanity to be in there.
If you have a home server, slskd is great. It’s an alternate Soulseek app that’s a server with a web UI.
there is dc++ network, it is not much alive but can be revived if needed ;0]
In my experience in the cesspool of the chat lobbies it’s mostly anti-lgbt neo-nazis but they do have decent music.
The chat is useless most of the times. The users troll each other and the unmoderated nature means racism is quite common as well. That being said, there are the odd decent folks as well. I had a decent conversation with a guy once there and he even donated 5 days of Soulseek privileges to me; sadly these type of conversations are forgotten in the cesspool that is the chatroom there.
What the heck is soulseek privileged? Never seen that in my interface.
Good point :)
If one donates to Soulseek( on their official website a certain amount), they get privileges. If you have privileges, then your downloads will be queued ahead of other users (basically you side step a long queue for downloading).
I use Nicotine, and when I open the client, it shows for a couple of seconds at the bottom/tray No active Soulseek privileges before vanishing. That’s the only clue.
In practise, my downloads usually go through normally. The 5 days I had privileges I honestly didn’t notice much difference. Some users have an automated script that crawls one’s folder whenever you download from them, so as long as one has decent amount of shares, it’s alright. (I only have shared 40 odd gigs but it’s decent enough).