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Where Do You Store Your Digital Media (songs)
I have 29k songs on my iTunes. I know that iTunes will still be around for a while but am looking to move my music now. I know there is Windows Media Player or whatever, which is an option. What platform or digital media storing program do you use?
ALSO -> I currently use an iPod (yes I know old school) but the 160gb holds ALL of my music, which I like. So I am looking for a program that would have some sort of capability of loading on an external device (other than a cell phone as I do not want to stream off my phone). Eventually I am going to shop for some sort of device, similar to an iPod, that will store 160gb+ on it. If one even exists.
Any help is super appreciated.
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You can use Plex to configure your home router to allow external access via the app, so you can still stream your own media remotely and it seems to handle the setup of this in a secure way. Alternatively you can mark albums/songs as available offline so that it effectively downloads to your device (i.e.phone).
There is a bit of financial investment required up front (especially if you opt for one of the more powerful/scalable NAS solutions) but I think it's worth it in terms of the stability and flexibility this provides.
Plus, Plex has recently teamed up with Tidal so if you're already subscribed to that service there are extra benefits to be had.
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I lost an entire mp3 collection once, it really sucked. I'm pretty careful about backing it up.
For listening, I've got the media box attached to the TV, my phone with a high quality DAC for when I'm on the move, and the deck in my truck support flac on USB drives (of which I put a 250gb sd card into a super small drive that barely sticks out., so my truck has about 400 albums at any given time).
Ripped versions then go to my NAS for archiving in case they are needed again. Worst case I can always re-rip if something goes wrong down the road. I should probably push to a cloud drive too.
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But that said, most of what I listen to is either Vinyl or streaming now. I still buy the vinyl and the CD for a few artists...but with subscription streaming services, there is little need to have the data files at all, really.
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I'm slowly putting alot up there. Still I back up using HD's. Backup HD's. Flash D's. CDr's. DVDr's. BD-R's. Mega. DropBox etc
You probably need to connect the phone to a computer,add everything to your computer if the files aren’t already on the computer,then plug in a new phone and transfer.
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I know you use Micro SD cards so maybe you bought an after market unit but would be nice to have one "offline" device to store all music and play in your vehicle..... You Tube Music works - but can be slow or offline when in rome...
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