Okiba
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Hi everyone,
So I think it's time for me to stop buying CDs. I know there are multiple options out there (ITunes, Google Music etc), but I'm not quite sure the features each one of those services offer. I'll try to list couple of things I'm looking for:
1. Will be here for a while - I prefer it to be a service that will last for many years to come (so I won't have to spend a lot of $ on platform that will be obsolete in two years).
2. Variety - while enjoying the classic, a lot of the times I pick up something I enjoy in random Youtube shuffling. I'm looking for a service that doesn't have only main-stream music. A platform that is common enough so many indie musician uses to distribute their music.
3. Meta-Data When ripping music from my CD albums, I always try to include all the meta-data around it. Lyrics, Album picture, Replay gain per track/album etc. I'm looking for a service that will give me all of that when download the MP3 without manually scanning the replay-gain later on.
4. Quality - When I'm home, I mostly stick to FLAC. When I'm on the move and I'm limited with space on my phone, I used MP3 (320kbps). I need the service to allow me download multiple file qualities (as I prefer not to encode a lower quality file out of FLAC if possible).
5. Online Streaming - That's not a must, but a nice to have feature. When I have internet access and instead of download the file into my phone I can stream it - that would be great.
Even if someone can suggest a service that answer all of the above, I'm guessing that once in a while you have to dig your music somewhere else (for example 'bandcamp`). Is there any tool or music player that allows you to easily manage multiple services? or you pretty much have to manually remember where specifically you bought that song from?
Thanks!
So I think it's time for me to stop buying CDs. I know there are multiple options out there (ITunes, Google Music etc), but I'm not quite sure the features each one of those services offer. I'll try to list couple of things I'm looking for:
1. Will be here for a while - I prefer it to be a service that will last for many years to come (so I won't have to spend a lot of $ on platform that will be obsolete in two years).
2. Variety - while enjoying the classic, a lot of the times I pick up something I enjoy in random Youtube shuffling. I'm looking for a service that doesn't have only main-stream music. A platform that is common enough so many indie musician uses to distribute their music.
3. Meta-Data When ripping music from my CD albums, I always try to include all the meta-data around it. Lyrics, Album picture, Replay gain per track/album etc. I'm looking for a service that will give me all of that when download the MP3 without manually scanning the replay-gain later on.
4. Quality - When I'm home, I mostly stick to FLAC. When I'm on the move and I'm limited with space on my phone, I used MP3 (320kbps). I need the service to allow me download multiple file qualities (as I prefer not to encode a lower quality file out of FLAC if possible).
5. Online Streaming - That's not a must, but a nice to have feature. When I have internet access and instead of download the file into my phone I can stream it - that would be great.
Even if someone can suggest a service that answer all of the above, I'm guessing that once in a while you have to dig your music somewhere else (for example 'bandcamp`). Is there any tool or music player that allows you to easily manage multiple services? or you pretty much have to manually remember where specifically you bought that song from?
Thanks!
