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  • #2942
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 13,822 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Discover Weekly is reasonably good. It creates a playlist based on your listening habits.


  • #2943
    Synode
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,967 ✭✭✭Synode


    pickarooney wrote: »
    I'm not sure how to use Spotify. I've had the same 32 Gigs of music on my phone for a few years. Can I learn from what I have in storage or will I have to teach it or just let it find new stuff for me?

    Don't know if it can learn anything from your existing music. But you can create your own playlists, listen to Spotify created playlists based off a song of your choice or listen to playlists created by other people or Spotify themselves.

    I created a playlist last week using this site. You put a song in and it comes up with a playlist - press a few buttons and hey presto, the playlist is in your Spotify


  • #2944
    swiwi_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,562 ✭✭✭swiwi_


    pickarooney wrote: »
    Yeah, think there's a second series in the works too.

    I'm not sure how to use Spotify. I've had the same 32 Gigs of music on my phone for a few years. Can I learn from what I have in storage or will I have to teach it or just let it find new stuff for me?

    Are you asking me? With my wide-ranging use of modern apps and social media? :p


  • #2945
    Synode
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,967 ✭✭✭Synode


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Discover Weekly is reasonably good. It creates a playlist based on your listening habits.

    I thought that was just a new music playlist created by Spotify. Didn't realise it was based off your own habits - that's excellent news


  • #2946
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 24,011 Mod ✭✭✭✭TICKLE_ME_ELMO


    Synode wrote: »
    I thought that was just a new music playlist created by Spotify. Didn't realise it was based off your own habits - that's excellent news

    I thought the same until I actually bothered listening to it last week and realised it was tailored for me. I have quite a varied taste in music so the playlist is a bit all over the place.


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  • #2947
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 20,606 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Virgin still down for me.


  • #2948
    CMOTDibbler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,830 ✭✭✭CMOTDibbler


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Virgin still down for me.
    giphy.gif


  • #2949
    b.gud
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,885 ✭✭✭b.gud


    Yep that pos is still down for me too. And DNS isn't even working for me tonight


  • #2950
    b.gud
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,885 ✭✭✭b.gud


    A reboot of the box sorted it


  • #2951
    wp_rathead
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,087 ✭✭✭✭wp_rathead


    We can't get Broadband at all out where my parents live, I've Zero sympathy for ye'r Virgin woes :P


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  • #2952
    irishbucsfan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,978 ✭✭✭✭irishbucsfan


    wp_rathead wrote: »
    We can't get Broadband at all out where my parents live, I've Zero sympathy for ye'r Virgin woes :P

    Wow, I knew you were Connachty but I didn't know you were THAT Connachty


  • #2953
    wp_rathead
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,087 ✭✭✭✭wp_rathead


    irishbucsfan wrote: »
    Wow, I knew you were Connachty but I didn't know you were THAT Connachty

    I'm as Connachty as a Blighty Spud


  • #2954
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 6,773 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    wp_rathead wrote: »
    I'm as Connachty as a Blighty Spud

    I'm worse again. We speak Gaelic!!


  • #2955
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 24,011 Mod ✭✭✭✭TICKLE_ME_ELMO


    When you download stuff on Spotify it's not like downloading from ITunes, is it? I'm not getting charged for each song, it's just how you listen offline?


  • #2956
    Bazzo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,047 ✭✭✭Bazzo


    TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »
    When you download stuff on Spotify it's not like downloading from ITunes, is it? I'm not getting charged for each song, it's just how you listen offline?

    Nope you don't get charged.


  • #2957
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 36,198 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    swiwi_ wrote: »
    Are you asking me? With my wide-ranging use of modern apps and social media? :p

    Nope, I just never really learned how to segue from a specific reply to a general query.

    Just looked at the calendar there. My next day off is the 17th of April. Will just spend it looking after the kids anyway. Not sure if I'll burn out or die of boredom first.


  • #2958
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 24,011 Mod ✭✭✭✭TICKLE_ME_ELMO


    Bazzo wrote: »
    Nope you don't get charged.

    Cool, thought I better double check that before I started downloading willy nilly.


  • #2959
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 36,198 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »
    Cool, thought I better double check that before I started downloading willy nilly.

    Don't be at that downloading willies. That's how the trouble starts.


  • #2960
    CMOTDibbler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,830 ✭✭✭CMOTDibbler


    wp_rathead wrote: »
    We can't get Broadband at all out where my parents live, I've Zero sympathy for ye'r Virgin woes :P
    Do you have mobile coverage?


  • #2961
    Bazzo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,047 ✭✭✭Bazzo


    pickarooney wrote: »
    Nope, I just never really learned how to segue from a specific reply to a general query.

    Just looked at the calendar there. My next day off is the 17th of April. Will just spend it looking after the kids anyway. Not sure if I'll burn out or die of boredom first.

    It won't learn anything from the music you have on your phone/in storage now, it's mainly a music streaming service to get rid of the need to have huge amounts of music in digital storage(you can still download songs through spotify to have access to them offline) so you'll have to start from scratch unfortunately. You can build new playlists and access music through their software.

    Their discover and browse features will suggest songs/playlists to you that you may be interested in.


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  • #2962
    Stheno
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,685 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    pickarooney wrote: »
    Nope, I just never really learned how to segue from a specific reply to a general query.

    Just looked at the calendar there. My next day off is the 17th of April. Will just spend it looking after the kids anyway. Not sure if I'll burn out or die of boredom first.

    I'm currently condemned to spend 15 days working in Belfast in January.

    At least the mileage will be good.

    Must look up this spotify, my new phone doesn't have a radio and I'm with voda


  • #2963
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 24,011 Mod ✭✭✭✭TICKLE_ME_ELMO


    Stheno wrote: »
    Must look up this spotify, my new phone doesn't have a radio and I'm with voda

    Their latest ad campaign is pretty good.
    http://www.dailyedge.ie/spotify-2016-its-been-weird-3118752-Dec2016/


  • #2964
    Podge_irl
    Moderators, Sports Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 30,458 Mod ✭✭✭✭Podge_irl


    While I would never obviously have downloaded anything illegally, hypothetically had I done so I would have stopped doing so once Spotify and Netflix came around. Have had Spotify premium for a few years - would go mad without it at this stage really.
    Netflix has the benefit of 2 people using it at once which I in no way abuse by sharing a membership which alas Spotify doesn't have. Still weird to me that spotify is more expensive (or at least was til recently) but I'm still happy to pay it at that price.


  • #2965
    irishbucsfan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,978 ✭✭✭✭irishbucsfan


    Podge_irl wrote: »
    While I would never obviously have downloaded anything illegally, hypothetically had I done so I would have stopped doing so once Spotify and Netflix came around. Have had Spotify premium for a few years - would go mad without it at this stage really.
    Netflix has the benefit of 2 people using it at once which I in no way abuse by sharing a membership which alas Spotify doesn't have. Still weird to me that spotify is more expensive (or at least was til recently) but I'm still happy to pay it at that price.

    This is exactly how I feel about everything


  • #2966
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 24,011 Mod ✭✭✭✭TICKLE_ME_ELMO


    Podge_irl wrote: »
    While I would never obviously have downloaded anything illegally, hypothetically had I done so I would have stopped doing so once Spotify and Netflix came around. Have had Spotify premium for a few years - would go mad without it at this stage really.
    Netflix has the benefit of 2 people using it at once which I in no way abuse by sharing a membership which alas Spotify doesn't have. Still weird to me that spotify is more expensive (or at least was til recently) but I'm still happy to pay it at that price.

    Same.

    I know there are issues about Spotify and how much artists actually get paid but I would be inclined to purchase a physical copy of anything I listened to an awful lot anyway.


  • #2967
    Bazzo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,047 ✭✭✭Bazzo


    Podge_irl wrote: »
    While I would never obviously have downloaded anything illegally, hypothetically had I done so I would have stopped doing so once Spotify and Netflix came around. Have had Spotify premium for a few years - would go mad without it at this stage really.
    Netflix has the benefit of 2 people using it at once which I in no way abuse by sharing a membership which alas Spotify doesn't have. Still weird to me that spotify is more expensive (or at least was til recently) but I'm still happy to pay it at that price.

    I'm pretty sure there's a spotify premium family or something like that available that allows multiple users.


  • #2968
    Bazzo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,047 ✭✭✭Bazzo


    Stheno wrote: »
    I'm currently condemned to spend 15 days working in Belfast in January.

    At least the mileage will be good.

    Must look up this spotify, my new phone doesn't have a radio and I'm with voda

    If your new phone is a smartphone you should be able to download a free radio app through the play store/app store.


  • #2969
    Stheno
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,685 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    Bazzo wrote: »
    If your new phone is a smartphone you should be able to download a free radio app through the play store/app store.

    Tis, but tbh, it is fairly rare I use the radio due to how much I travel.

    Turns out I get spotify premium free on my vodafone plan so am going to try that out.


  • #2970
    errlloyd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,636 ✭✭✭✭errlloyd


    Stheno wrote: »
    Tis, but tbh, it is fairly rare I use the radio due to how much I travel.

    Turns out I get spotify premium free on my vodafone plan so am going to try that out.

    Remember to stick an SD card in your phone and download all your playlist before you go up north. In Spotify settings you can choose to put them on the card and choose extreme high quality.


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  • #2971
    errlloyd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,636 ✭✭✭✭errlloyd


    Actually on music. Did anyone see that last week vinyl outsold digital downloads! Amazing really.


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