r/musichoarder

I’m just curious as this is an option in nearly every software I’ve used.

They were recently removed from YouTube and SoundCloud, basically stripped from the internet because of the AI crackdown. I’ve checked all over inclusive several archives and nothing. 🥺

“Foreigner - I Want to Know What Love Is” (Reimagined Ai)
→ https://youtu.be/acICJuaBW9Q
Metadata: https://filmot.com/video/acICJuaBW9Q
→ youtube.com/@reimagined-ai-covers

Publisher mentioned is Universal Publishing

I also found links to some of their other songs if it helps:
→ https://on.soundcloud.com/EruCYUEuZ7YppT708R
→ https://on.soundcloud.com/xJYkjylkCKjXnyWjBa

Dafuq Was That? - Angel Of the Morning (Epic Rock - Juice Newton cover).

Best I could find was a link to another song:
→ https://m.soundcloud.com/dafuqwasthat/i-will-always-love-you-dolly

I've set up my navidrome instance on my NAS after years of using a collection of ~1k files synced between my PC's and phones. I keep/seed everything i download so its a few TB at this point but only the best of the best make it to the main library. Whenever I had the time to download and screen stuff to add new stuff to the library I also removed any song that outstay'd their welcome.

With navidrome + symfonium/feishin I can easy hide anything that has no rating with one toggle so everything I "hate" can be out sight out of mind and still be easily accessible if i really want to see if my tastes have changed.

Do you screen your music at all in this scenario or do you just add anything and everything when space isn't an issue?

So far i'm slowly digesting everything i've downloaded through picard and there are some things I know i hate, but havn't deleted. The question is if it's even worth the effort to click a few times in picard and move it over to the server.

I’m curious what tags and logic everyone uses for contributor roles. Things like what people performed on a track, ex. John Lennon - lead Vocals, who produced it, who engineered it, who arranged it, etc.

Right now I have a custom tag for performers (PERFORMERS) has I would enter things like John Lennon - Lead Vocals. I also have separate tags for producer, engineer, and arranger. I’m considering consolidating these under performers or possibly a personnel or contributors tag.

What do you guys do?

Recently started using ReadMeABook for audiobooks with MaM and it’s great. Now it’s got me thinking I need something similar to add content to my navidrome server.

I’ve tried Lidarr but monitoring and bulk downloading artist catalogues isn’t what I’m looking for. I just want a simple interface where I can setup indexers and download clients in the backend and then search/request songs/albums with a simple interface.

Is there a good tool for this?

Thanks in advance :)

Planning to cross post this to r/musichoading too

EDIT: I should have clarified, I'm already on slsk. What I'm wanting is something I can use on my phone when I'm out to quickly add a record or song - ideally it would allow me to add a variety of indexers: slsk, torrent trackers, usenet, web-dl sources (e.g., deemix/spotiflac), but most important is that there's a nice, mobile friendly interface (like ReadMeABook - honestly so good!)

Still slowly converting from streaming to local files, and have just got my first DAP (FiiO M21). There are so many audio apps out there that it feels really overhwhelming, and I'm not sure which one is best for me.

I like to be able to organise from as much of my metadata as possible, so I can make lots of playlists based on different variables.

Is there an app thats particularly good for this? Is there anything else I should prioritise?

Thanks in advance for any help

So I like to organise my music into a lot of different playlists, based on lots of different variables. I have so many it's easier to do it via metadata. But, doing it manually is going to take forever. I have the standard metadata of Title, Artist, Album Artist, Album, Year, Track #, Disc #, Genre and Cover Art.

However, I also want to add the following:

Album Edition (eg, deluxe, bonus tracks, specific country release, etc)

Category for if it's an album/EP/single

Song/album genre (as a lot of artists change over time, some more than others, eg, Glass Animals are completely different genres if you compare their first and latest albums

Similar Artists (often groups tracks that are more similar than going by genre)

If it's lyrical or instrumental

Lyrics

Key

Alt key

BPM

Is it possible to pull this data and add it without having to find and enter it manually? I've been using Tunebat to find the key and BPM, and then entering it manually, but it's taking a long time, so would really appreciate any advice on how to do this faster. Please bear in mind that I am pretty terrible when it comes to technology, so teach me like I'm 5 years old.

When I rip a CD, my player spins up really loud for the first track or so, then it calms down and gets quieter. What is going on there? If it matters, I'm using EAC and a USB-C ASUS ZenDrive.

I'm really just looking for a simple explanation of the mechanics of reading data off a disc.

Hey Everyone!

Been trying to find the best YouTube to MP3 converter lately but most sites are either too slow or full of ads. Does anyone here have a reliable one that still works fast in 2026? Looking for something simple with good audio quality and no weird redirects.

Thanks!

Hello! I've run into a problem that has never happened to me before. I can't seem to find a certain album and song that is over 128kbps legitimately. The album is "Life of a Savage 3" by SD and the song is a remix to a track off that album called "New World Order (Remix) [feat. Danny Brown]". I've scoured the internet and have found plenty of fake 256kbps AAC and 320kbps LAME files. I even downloaded a 320kbps OGG rip from Spotify with OrpheusDL. When I put that file into Spek it hard lines at 16 kHz. I went into Soulseek and downloaded every single 320kbps MP3 of the New World Order remix I could find. EVERY SINGLE ONE hard lined at 16 kHz. They're all fake! The only thing I haven't tried would to be to rip a lossless version off of Tidal or Qobuz. I saw that the album and song were on Tidal with "high" quality. I'm assuming that means it's in 320kbps, but that could also mean lossless. I have no idea. I've never used Tidal or Qobuz. I'm not sure if either that album or track are on Qobuz. Even if they were I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that both Tidal and Qobuz don't/wouldn't have real 320kbps MP3 or OGG, let alone any real lossless tracks. Maybe a private tracker like RED could have it...

Has anyone ever had a similar experience like this before?

Is there any way to, or has anyone tried to, consolidate songs that are the same, but on different releases, such as a single, album, deluxe album, etc, down to just one file for storage purposes? It would be nice to be able to keep only one copy of the file but have it present in multiple albums without having to create playlists for the other releases. I'm using Navidrome at the moment for streaming the collection and the only thought I've had so far is to manually add the extra releases manually to the Navidrome database, but I'm unsure if those will survive long term.

I have ripped many CDs with Exact Audio Copy (EAC) and dBpoweramp's CD ripper, and I have a question regarding where data goes when using Accurate Rip in these tools and if the tools themselves collect any data.

I have read EAC's website privacy policy (as one did not seem to exist for the software itself) and could not locate the policies for dBpoweramp's CD ripper or Accurate Rip. I would like to know if anybody is aware of where the data Accurate Rip uses to determine if a CD copy is completely accurate goes, where it is stored, and what data is used. Though I have looked through several pages online, I was unable to locate any information on what personal data is collected or used by these services with or without the involvement of Accurate Rip. Does anybody have any information regarding the collection of usage data of these services?

I bought a ton of music on iTunes Store, but with recent updates to iTunes and Apple Music, I can't find a way to just list everything I bought and download.

Going to the iTunes store on both apps, I have the page to check Purchases, but it only shows 250 "recent" and other I need to download artist by artist.

Is there an easier way to go about this? Older iTunes just had a playlist in my library called "Purchased".

Edit: Found the solution on iTunes (for Windows).

Create a Smart Playlist, add to the filters "Kind // Contains // Purchased" and "iCloud Status // is // Purchased".

This will add a smart playlist with all the songs there were actually bought.