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The degoogled, open source way is to send them a link to your self-hosted media server.
I wish I could but I don't have one :( I have no money and no knowledge of where to search for a good guide to start
Don't listen to these guys, there's a really easy solution:
Lol that's one way of doing it I suppose
what if your friends are in another country
For private use, you could set it up on any old pc, a router or a Raspberry Pi.
The time to learn is the limiting factor.
Can the device be turned off to give it a rest or does it need to be running all the time? I dont know if my dad is still going to use our pi3 for games (and i know i dont need anymore computers rn either)... maybe i could run it on my laptop? But i use it for school... I gotta think about it. In the meantime, do you have any guides that can reduce the time to learn?
I'm not super well-versed on the music side of self-hosted media management, but in regards to running it all the time - you can shut it off, however no one will be able to access any media from it while its offline (unless there's a download/save-offline feature for whichever platform is used).
Alright that makes sense, thank you
It needs to be running all the time you need its services. If it's not running it can't serve you music.
Modern PCs and laptops don't have an issue with that, even with Windows 10/11.
But a Raspberry Pi with a large HDD (with its own power supply) attached would be perfect IMO.
Alright, thank you. I'll see if I can use the pi for this then
There's a self-hosting Community here: [email protected]
But for a pretty easy and low cost way to get started you can't go wrong with yunohost - it has lots of music server apps such as funkwhale, amapache etc.
Ooh thank you for the community and the link! I'll have to look into those!