Hosted with Jellyfin, for clients I use Symfonium on Android and Feishin on desktop.
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local storage server as a backup and to download my music to my devices (ik jellyfin is better then this but i already had the storage set up)
Emby. It is so far, the nicest music client on iOS that I’ve been able to find.
Howdy Fellow Emby user!
i did like using emby for music and podcasts, but i was always perturbed by having to dig through the emby app to get to music. i tried using a different profile for music only but then got annoyed at having to swap back and forth.
so at the crib, are you airplaying from your phone? what's your audio pipeline look like?
I’m just using the app. I think it’s the nicest, most functional, and best looking music app outside of PlexAmp… however I absolutely agree with you that I really really wish it was just its own app… you can make this easier on yourself by editing the quick bar at the bottom of the app. When I open the Emby app it’s one tap to get to the music and then at least I don’t have to “dig through” it to get there.
I have an AppleTV4k Hooked up to my tv and 5.1 sound system so I can Airplay to that with my iPhone. Same goes for my HomePod in the kitchen when I’m cooking. If you’re not on iOS you can also cast to any device with an Emby app but there is less flexibility there.
I am in the same boat as you in that I’d love a dedicated app, I’m just waiting for one to come along that doesn’t suck. The FinAmp project had gotten me excited since it was ostensibly Jellyfin’s take on PlexAmp but it looks god awful and the functionality isn’t there. They have a beta version that’s a complete redesign but it also sucks terribly in my opinion.
Since you mentioned podcasts, AudioBookShelf as a back end with the “ShelfPlayer” app on iOS has been phenomenal. The ShelfPlayer app even works with my Oauth connection which is so awesome. Wish Emby or Jellyfin did that lol.
My problem is that I cannot find a selfhosting solution that has the nuts to spool up 80k+ hi-res, original sourced, flac files that reside on two 10TB drives through my ancient technology. MusicBee is the closest thing I've come across, but that is local, and it struggles. I stay around the compound now days so local is ok, but it would be nice to stream out on the back porch without cranking my stereo to 11 so I can hear. I have bluetooth options but range is an issue.
Try Ampache! I host 75k files with it.
if you can, don't be afraid to pull some wires! i come from a low-voltage background, and am getting ready to run some cabling for distributed audio.
found some old control4 gear that can be controlled directly from Home Assistant, no control4 processor required!
Hello fellow hass/mass user. Also, what sort of low voltage?
Fire/security alarms? Or access control? (Or both)?
I do both, as well as CCTV.
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I share a Spotify family plan with friends, but I use Zotify to make backups, which I then host in Jellyfin.
I currently host Navidrome, which has an okay web player. On Android I use "Tempo" (though it is unmaintained) to connect to it, and on Linux I use Tauon (though it has very poor playback). I could not find a native Linux client that is not buggy unfortunately, so I'm also on the lookout for better solutions!
I'm not familiar with the device you are talking about but every client I tried supports MPRIS, which are the regular media controls that can be used via the playerctl command, so you should be able to hook things up that way.
Have you had problems on android with tempo not continuing playback?
I also run navidrome, and have tried tempo, substreamer, and another client I can't think of, and any of the clients that stream keep stopping playback after one song when the screen is locked.
I've given the client all the permissions for running in the background and using battery that I can and no matter what I do, it'll just stop after one song.
I'm on a pixel 7a with gOS.
For now I've settled on Poweramp with tla selection of the music on my phone since I can't fit it all in storage. Its been really frustrating.
Ultrasonic works fine for me, on my pixel9 with Navidrome. Plays in the background just fine as well.
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pixel7a gOS gang rise up!
🤜🤛
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I have just set up Navidrome from the first time and I'm using Feishin as my Linux desktop client. I installed it via nix because it isn't in the Fedora repos as far as I could tell
I did use Feishin for a while, it's an excellent music player but unfortunately not a native program. I might switch back to it from Tauon though, as actually playing the whole song before going to the next is a pretty nice upgrade hehe
Can't recommend symfonium enough it's really great even better then plexamp
It looks really good indeed, and I don't mind at all to pay for apps (I pay for FairEmail)... however it is very strange for me to add a nonfree app to the list I use every day... everything else is open source.
It is, but it requires GPlay to operate and maintain your sub.
I switched to Subtracks when I dumped Google.
I just torrent the sht out of it. And put it on a USB stick. And plug it into my car. That's it.
old school. tried and true. network agnostic. love it!
E:\mp3
I got an SMB sync app on my phone, stores any new music I've found into the network folder and syncs it up on my phone.
Sorted. Wherever I get more tracks from, they're available on all my devices.
I like using rygel currently, just run it by command line and media folders are available over the network. Any device with VLC can see it on the network and play.
Music folder on a network share. Navidrome and plex and jellyfin all have access to that library, then pick your poison for the client app. Plex is also DLNA enabled so my dumber AVR can access it too. I mostly use tempo app on android though. I'm a pinch, I can use navidromes web UI player to listen. The plex and jellyfin are mainly just a backup and overkill cause I can't make up my mind.
ooolala i didn't think about a gauntlet to the death!
Why do I see no mentions of Ampache here? From what I found, it was the only program except Navidrome to support nested smart playlist, and Ampache has the editor directly in the web interface.
Anyways, I host mine too! Over 2TB of music files on my server, and it runs pretty well.
Uncompressed flac? That's a shit ton of music...
Item Count: 74939 | Duration: 5274:37:36
Wow. Maybe create some torrents out of your collection? 😉
They're available in Soulseek! Both Soulseek and Ampache share the same directory. I was thinking of creating a torrent, but I am still in the process of deduplicating them, so I decided against it.
slsk and nicotine+ have been so cool for so long!
i feel bad when im likely destroying someone's uploads because i found a hidden treasure of FLACs from some older or obscure artists
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2TB? How!
Currently sat on 5GB across 920 files
Well, I don't actually play all of them in a straight line; it's more of an archive. Still, my main playlist is few thousand songs long, which is created with smart playlists.
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Hosted on Jellyfin, Feishin on laptop and Finamp on mobile.
Navidrome, Feishin, Tempo.
after using jellyfin and emby for a long while ive gone back to basics, just local mp3s synced between devices using syncthing
something like KDE Connect might work for remote control as long as you are able to install it on both devices
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