Re: [slim] Comparisons between current (2022) streaming service integrations?
Thanks for those who talked about their experiences. Answering my own questions for Tidal based on a few days use: > - Quality/format/bitrate supported by various plans/price points. Tidal HiFi (not HiFi plus) appears to get me FLAC at CD quality, which is good enough for me. I have no opinion on MQA. > - Access to personalization features of the service (generated > "discover" playlists, etc.). Works. The generated "My Mixes" playlists for the currently selected account (see below) are available in the Squeezebox navigation. > - Access to "radio" features (curated playlists, algorithmic radio). Mostly works. Genre and mood playlists are available as top-level navigation items. Track radio available as a "more" item on per-track navigation. Artist radio doesn't seem to be available. > - Access to the whole catalog vs radio features only (Pandora vs Pandora > Premium). Full access to individual tracks and albums, can be played in any order. > - Support for multiple accounts (in the sense that Spotty allows access > to each logged in user's personalized playlists). Works differently than Spotty. Spotty combines all associated accounts into a single "app" view. In the Tidal Squeezebox app a player is associated with an account and that account is what is used for all access in the app (favorites, personalization, etc.). The navigation on player includes an item to allow you to select the account for the player, and it can be changed at any time. > - Streaming service catalog integration with LMS 8. Appears to be available, but I don't presently use this so I can't adequately compare. > - "Remote control" functionality, if applicable (Spotify Connect, Tidal > Connect, etc.). Tidal Connect is not available. I could use a phone and Spotify Connect to choose what was playing on the Squeezebox. Here I have to use the Squeezebox search, navigation, etc. Not fatal for my purposes, if slightly less convenient. > - Under active development? No idea but seems to work? Overall I'm pleased, this seems like a plausible replacement. AxxelH's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=66410 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=115849 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Comparisons between current (2022) streaming service integrations?
Is there any place that summarizes the current degree of integration between LMS and the various streaming services? One can try to track the threads for various plugins, but a lot of forum information seems out-of-date and its hard to follow for occasional readers. The services themselves are (mostly) fungible from my point of view, but the Squeezebox integrations vary widely. For example, Pandora is supported, but (last I checked) most Pandora Premium features are not accessible from Squeezebox. Contrast that with something like Spotty, with multiuser support, personalized playlist access, etc. I'm thinking of things like: - Quality/format/bitrate supported by various plans/price points. - Access to personalization features of the service (generated "discover" playlists, etc.). - Access to "radio" features (curated playlists, algorithmic radio). - Access to the whole catalog vs radio features only (Pandora vs Pandora Premium). - Support for multiple accounts (in the sense that Spotty allows access to each logged in user's personalized playlists). - Streaming service catalog integration with LMS 8. - "Remote control" functionality, if applicable (Spotify Connect, Tidal Connect, etc.). - Under active development? I would previously have assumed Spotty is the "safest" in that sense, but reading the forums it seems like in practice mherger is maintaining most integrations? To be clear I very much appreciate his continued work, just trying to understand which projects are maintenance mode. My sense is that Spotify (via Spotty), Tidal, Quboz, Deezer and Pandora are all working in some form or another, but I can't tell what's supported where. If its not practical to produce such a list, is it safe to assume that Spotty is really the most feature-complete integration? If so, what comes in second place? For context, I'm a current Spotify/Spotty user, with a family plan, and a heavy user of the personalized playlists. I'm considering dropping Spotify for an alternative, notably Tidal. But I'm unclear what I would lose, and its hard to experiment/test across every service. AxxelH's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=66410 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=115849 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
