hello,

im really tired of google music and spotify, and want to self host my downloaded music and create my library.

however, i know nothing about self hosting. My knowledge is absolutely zero. And Im completely lost about how to self host my own music. Dont find any good tutorial for dummies and i have a lot of question. I dont understand nothing. I see the tutorials of Navidrome and Ampache and still understand nothing. All of that looks extremely complicated to me.

How can i self host my music? I need to pay something? A very old and slow pc is enough?

Im completely lost. If someone can suggest something - like a tutorial , dunno - to build/self host my own music I appreciate a lot.

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  • @chrundleEnglish
    1•11 hours ago

    My setup so far:

    • RunTipi as a general server setup on a cheap mini-pc running Linux (any stable distro will do). It has an easy interface to install a music hosting app - in my case it’s Navidrome. You can use an older PC for it with no problems, but be aware that it might be inefficient in terms of power consumption. Some newer cheap mini pcs with Intel N100 processor are more efficient and consume little power. You can get them for under 200 USD/EUR even.
    • I use MusicBrainz Picard to tag and organize the music files. All music files I previously converted to Opus format, which is very efficient in terms of size.
    • To stream music away from home I use Tailscale, which essentially creates a virtual private network between your devices. Then you can access the tailscale IP address of your music server from your phone through a music app that supports Subsonic (another music hosting software, Navidrome is compatible with it) - apps like Substreamer/Subtracks/Symfonium/etc.