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Why I Ditched Spotify, and How I Set Up My Own Music Stack (leshicodes.github.io)
submitted 2 days ago by Pro@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/36925956

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[–] BarrelAgedBoredom@lemmy.zip 37 points 2 days ago (20 children)

Is there a "torrenting for absolute tech illiterate morons" guide out there?

[–] bigb@lemmy.world 16 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Start out simple and stick with a basic BitTorrent client. Figure out where you want to download from and get a torrent client configured. I use an ISP that frowns upon piracy so here's a quick overview:

  1. Look for public torrent sites. I'm out of this game so I don't have any suggestions.
  2. Research private torrent trackers. I don't think I can provide any help with this, but there are other corners of Lemmy who can.
  3. Find a VPN. Everyone has thoughts on this and Proton VPN is the one I'm currently using.
  4. Pick a torrent client. I'd recommend qBittorrent myself.
  5. Configure your VPN to include your BT traffic.

If/when you want to try Lidarr, you'll be much better off knowing the basics of BitTorrent because *arr software is confusing in its own regard. Lidarr is just a tool to organize your music library folders and also automatically queue downloads. It is not a requirement to enjoy downloading music.

Usenet and soulseek are other alternatives.

[–] Scrollone@feddit.it 1 points 13 hours ago

VPNs are only needed in some countries (e.g. France). They're not needed in every country (i.e. Italy doesn't give a fuck about piracy, unless it's football matches).

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 5 points 1 day ago

For music, soulseek is a great resource too

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