submitted 7 months ago by pineapplelover@lemm.ee to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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First xmanager went away and I was devastated

Now revanced Spotify doesn't seem to work and I feel defeated.

I feel the cat and mouse game with spotify has caught up and I should just ditch Spotify altogether. Do you guys have any solutions?

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[-] nimpnin@sopuli.xyz 40 points 7 months ago

It’s never been so easy to download music. Soulseek, yt-dlp, torrents for older stuff, spotify downloader websites etc. I still have spotify but I started growing my local music collection a few years ago. Considering canceling my spotify subscription.

[-] OmegaLemmy@discuss.online 9 points 7 months ago

Soulseek will IP block you for leeching, always keep it on

[-] laggytoast@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 7 months ago

Is there any guide on how Soulseek works? I don't really understand how to use it and how it works

Can yt-dlp download lossless formats or is it just mp3?

[-] Mondez@lemdro.id 8 points 7 months ago

It's more like the old school file sharing networks of like napster and emule. You give it a directory to share and it makes files in those directories available to download on the network and you can download what other people are sharing.

[-] IronKrill@lemmy.ca 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Soulseek is a simple peer-to-peer sharing network. You can share directories and see other users shared directories when they are online. It can be a bit flaky but is a useful tool.

yt-dlp downloads from youtube will be in youtube quality, so ~128kbps VBR opus most of the time. Sometimes ~256kbps VBR if you have Premium. I still find it handy for hard to find recordings and new albums etc that have not been shared in flac yet.