I changed how I listen to music with NextCloud.

Hello, I'm incompetent.

It's not good that I've been completely immersed in the internet lately, but thanks to the widespread use of SNS and messaging software, I feel like I'm being tracked no matter what I'm doing, at any time. (In fact, just owning a smartphone means everything is tracked, so it's not wrong.)

Lately, I've been trying to make even a small change, while feeling like everything is falling apart.
Actually, are the things I've been using truly convenient? Since evolution and devolution are synonymous, becoming convenient also means losing something.

Don't you feel that things are rapidly disappearing lately?

So, I've now set up my music environment by installing NextCloud's "Music" plugin.

It's amazing...
The UI is also very easy to see and incredibly user-friendly.

The reasons why I chose to cloudify it instead of putting it on my smartphone are as follows:

- Interoperability between multiple devices
- Device storage pressure
- Risk of losing storage media

I will introduce each of them.

Interoperability between multiple devices - I use multiple devices, and it's a hassle to put music on each one individually. I also have to prepare cables, and transfers take time.
Being able to play across multiple devices as long as there's an internet connection feels like a significant advantage. You might think, 'Then why not just use a subscription service?', but I explained that in my previous article so I won't explain it here.

Device storage pressure - Most modern devices don't even have MicroSD card slots, which was a real problem for me. Keeping a vast amount of music files on a single device is quite harsh. And with cloudification, I can now handle large files, which is great because I can easily manage high-quality music files like "flac" and "wav".

Risk of losing storage media - For me, a smartphone is something I carry around, and I feel it's okay if it breaks or gets lost at any time. Therefore, losing music files along with the device is a risk, and this setup helps avoid that.
Well, don't tell me that in this case, if the PC where I ripped the CDs is stored, or if the server itself breaks, it's all over.
For storage, I save directly to an HDD, so I think it's fine as long as the HDD itself doesn't break. I wonder if it's okay if I regularly back up the server's temporary data.
I still have resistance to storing data on NAND-type memory like SSDs...

Now, since my server is a Xeon machine with excessive power, I'm thinking of other uses for it.
Huh? Why Xeon?
It's about romance... romance...

Has everyone forgotten? The Robot Soldier from Laputa...
Surely, after humanity perishes, what will remain there is a Xeon server...

Apple Music and Spotify are certainly convenient, but while I might want to listen to different sound sources from bands I know, that's not what I'm looking for.
I realized again that the music I listen to is truly mine when it comes with important memories, even if it's just one album. I believe both analog and digital have their advantages and disadvantages, so I hope to enjoy them freely with the feeling that they are just one means to reach those memories. In reality, I have a large number of records, and storing and moving them is a hassle.

This town is too boring, so I keep jumping and leaping~.