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Anybody know how to get lossless audio on linux? (kbin.earth)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I pay for apple music, but all the linux clients seem to just be webapps which support 256AAC at most. Any way to maybe automatically download my library as flac and keep it locally (legal or not idc)

cant move services as every other service sucks (yes i have tried them all (tidal, spotify, qobuzz, deezer)

thank you all

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

bandcamp is great! you can just pay and download music in whatever format (flac, wav, mp3), no questions asked.

They don't have the Taylor Swifts of the world, but most indy bands and artists are on there, which is good enough for me.

For classical music, there is presto music, but their download experience is not as straight forward as bandcamp IMO.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Also, yesterday was Bandcamp Friday (they forgoe their cut and everything goes to the artist). The next two are Oct 4th and Dec 6th.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

yeah no I listen to mostly bigger names

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Then if you care about the artists being compensated fairly, you can CD+rip; if not, streamrip/torrent will produce a lot less waste and much more convenient.

TBH most big names are millionaires anyway, I probably would care much more about my convenience than them getting paid 5 bucks for all my troubles.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I support the artists I love by seeing them love and buying their merch, pays them far more than a few streams would anyways

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I have similar thoughts. I use bandcamp for smaller artists but I would recommend nicotine+ on Linux

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

yeah I used nicotine in the past, but lidarr seems better

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I don't care about the profits of big artists and i refuse rental/streaming, so if they have their own site or i can find them elsewhere, fine, otherwise it's the high seas. HDtracks has some big names.

For smaller bands there's bandcamp. Is sellaband still a thing?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

HDtracks is a bit more commercial and FLAC friendly.