Anybody know how to get lossless audio on linux?

baseless_discourse , 8 months ago (edited 8 months ago)

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.

teawrecks , 8 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.

strawberry OP , 8 months ago

yeah no I listen to mostly bigger names

baseless_discourse , 8 months ago (edited 8 months ago)

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.

strawberry OP , 8 months ago

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

nfsm , 8 months ago

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

strawberry OP , 8 months ago

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

0x0 , 8 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?

0x0 , 8 months ago

HDtracks is a bit more commercial and FLAC friendly.