Does anyone use OFFLINE mode in either Tidal or Qobuz?

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A couple of friends and I were passing around an article stating that you were not really experiencing streaming properly until you enabled and used offline mode.

I agree to a point and it’s like streaming from a NAS, storage device or computer.

The article was light on facts.

I’ve never directly compared the streams but I thought even my online streaming sounds really good.

Thoughts?
 
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I have not but it seems the only way you'd be able to do that is download to phone or tablet, then playing from those would have limited options that would be inferior to just streaming. I'm far from being the expert though.

I am not aware of any way to play offline with my Aurender and I would think they, as well as similar, would provide a way to receive the best signal. Or, at least make you aware of the best way. Aurender does have a Q though so maybe the music is loaded before playing which is the same as offline playback. I am able to fast forward and rewind a song from Tidal.

Also, if offline was the best way that would defeat the purpose of streming and just go to downloads.

OK that's my random thoughts, LOL
 
IME, offline streaming is good for those situations where you don’t have an internet connection or don’t want to use your mobile data for it. It works fine if you want to have a few of your favorite playlists available anywhere you go. But it certainly is not meant to replace online streaming for everyday listening.
 
When I know that I'll be traveling, I make sure to have enough music downloaded to the phone or iPad so I won't have to worry about spotty cellular or wi-fi reception. Offline Mode is very useful in this respect, and has bailed me out on numerous occasions.
 
I have a selection of albums downloaded for use on airplanes.


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Are you guys saying that for Tidal and other streaming services that you can download an album? If so then how many albums can you download; 10, 100 or as many as you can put on your hard drive?
 
I’ve read there’s a 10,000 song limit, but I’m not 100% sure.
 
There are limitations related to the downloads though.

For one, you need to have an active subscription. And the music is also downloaded within the app. So you cannot move them somewhere else, e.g. your NAS or something.


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I use it to download a limited number of favorite albums or tracks to my phone, which I can then listen to in the car without burning data. And since we have a single-use plan, it means someone can listen "live" at home or in the other car while I'm offline. Not a frequently used thing, but I appreciate that it's there. And of course for travel (airplanes or data-roaming) it's quite nice.
 
BlueFox said:
Are you guys saying that for Tidal and other streaming services that you can download an album? If so then how many albums can you download; 10, 100 or as many as you can put on your hard drive?
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With your smartphone Tidal app only. Not with Lumin or typical streamers.

Those downloads are playable only when your streaming service subscription remains valid.
 
Hi Peter, when streaming Tidal from Lumin does the unit download the song before playing it, or buffers a portion?

The article says that playing the music file offline is superior to streaming it.

wklie said:
With your smartphone Tidal app only. Not with Lumin or typical streamers.

Those downloads are playable only when your streaming service subscription remains valid.
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Mr Peabody said:
Hi Peter, when streaming Tidal from Lumin does the unit download the song before playing it, or buffers a portion?

The article says that playing the music file offline is superior to streaming it.
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Mr. Peabody, in which article does it say that playing the music file offline is superior to streaming it? Thanks.
 
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Couldn’t I just use Tidal Offline from a Macintosh or Windows computer hooked up via usb to my DAC ?
 
There is a very easy way to store your cds in the memory of an intel nuc with Roon rock installed. This one works on the high models with an extra harddisc or SSD installed

Buy an external dvd/cd player with USB connection, hook it to your nuc, put your cd inside and Rock starts ripping automatically to the second harddisc. And there it is: your cd stored on Roon for offline usage
 
Alkyogre said:
There is a very easy way to store your cds in the memory of an intel nuc with Roon rock installed. This one works on the high models with an extra harddisc or SSD installed

Buy an external dvd/cd player with USB connection, hook it to your nuc, put your cd inside and Rock starts ripping automatically to the second harddisc. And there it is: your cd stored on Roon for offline usage
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But that's not streaming - just ripping your own CDs and playing from a hard drive.

The question is about streaming from Tidal or Qobuz. Now as I iunderstand it, you can't stream offline any more than you can contribute to this forum. Offline means no internet connection, either from broadband, wi-fi or using data from your phone service provider.

I was unaware that you can record music that is streamed from Tidal or Qobuz - surely it's totally illegal as the artists get paid (next to nothing) for their streamed music each time it's streamed. If we just recorded it and never stramed it subsequently, the artists would get next to nothing. If we download (from the download providers) we pay per track and it's a significant sum, some of which goes to the artist in the same way they get paid from CD sales. Amazon in UK charge 99p per track or £5-7 per album for low res downloads I believe - never used it though.

How can we record music from these providers both technically and legally? When I go to Europe and cruise the inland waterways (away from wi-fi and with limited mobile data) I take an MP3 copy of my own ripped CDs - but nothing obtained from streaming services.

Can anyone clarify please? Peter
 
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