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I used to use Apple Music, and never brought playlists over. Also used Spotify and TIDAL, but recommendations were never great on any of these.

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[–] AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

I use lidarr on steriods (it has deemix built in, but deemix seems to have been abandoned. it still works for now though) to download flac, and then I scrobble what I'm listening to with Last.fm. I've found some great new music through last.fm's suggestions.

[–] AlmostDefective@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

This is a great suggestion; thanks!

[–] simplymath@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago

There's a python application for managing the meta data better than lidarr called beets. You need to be familiar with a terminal, but it has a ton of plugins and options. If you want a GUI, try MusicBrainz Picard, but it's old and not great on really big libraries. For playlist suggestions, plexamp can do that, but only for music you already have.

https://beets.io/

[–] oxjox@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

To back up what's already been said, you could use another service to create playlists then use a service like SongShift to replicate it on your platform.

A word of caution though. It might not always pick the right song you want from the album you want. Like, you might get a live version or you might get a version from some random compilation album (especially jarring when the album art appears).

You could also just export from SongShift to a CSV file, if that's your jam.

I've always thought the recommendations from Apple were off. I remember that any time I'd play a grunge playlist, it would include Pink Floyd. Last I used it, I thought Pandora was pretty good.

[–] IMALlama@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Pandora will play a lot of repeats :( it also seems to stick to "safer" (eg popular) songs. I've had much better luck with YouTube music. I've found a lot of eclectic, but very good, music using it.

[–] tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 months ago

Honestly Spotify's smart shuffle has been the best for me, but you have to have curated playlists for it to work

[–] ryan_@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

This is the exact reason I switched away from Qobuz. I’m currently using Deezer because they also have flac streaming and it’s an easy recommendation from me.

[–] HEXN3T@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 months ago

Unique case here. Qobuz sells songs. I have the Sublime tier. It's a temporary subscription for acquiring albums for a discount while not losing access to HiFi.