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I have been using Subsonic.org on my servers since 2009. It has and still is serving me very well.

CaptSpify 11y ago
I've been using ampache, because I hate java, but it's pretty much the same thing. Both products work really well
neumann 11y ago
Subsonic is great. I switched to Kodi with the chorus web application that allows controlling and streaming your music to the web browser. Not as feature rich, but together with yatse on my android devices it means a raspberry pi with only kodi running can be a total home media server.
e40 11y ago
I've been happy using Subsonic, though just this week I upgraded the server and got jetty db corruption. The forums have a few other people complaining of this (on Linux) and no solutions. Very frustrating.
- greatquux 11y ago
  This was the very problem that got me to switch to Madsonic and I haven't looked back since!
bombtrack 11y ago
I just want to echo the love for Subsonic (and the iOS iSub app). I happily used Google Music until I hit the (at the time) 20k track limit. Now that I've been running and using Subsonic for a couple years, I consider it a complete upgrade in terms of features and performance. I had not heard of koel or ampache until today, but choices will always be welcomed.
pervycreeper 11y ago
Subsonic works well enough, if you ignore the fact that it requires Java, frequently corrupts its own database, doesn't properly cache certain file formats on the client side even though it sends transcoded files (this one is inexplicable to me), and has many other strange quirks. Worst of all, though, is that it bills itself as free software, but requires activation after a short period of use, and patches to circumvent the ransomware anti-features have been taken down (not sure why tho). Recently, the pod catcher has been crippled and made ransomware as well. A good replacement would be welcome.
- CaptSpify 11y ago
  Have you looked at ampache? I switched to it because of everything you just mentioned.
  - mintplant 11y ago
    I could never get any of the Android apps for Ampache to work.
    - CaptSpify 11y ago
      The android apps are kind of terrible. I use ampache-provider and just-player and it gets the job done. It's not a great solution though
    - pervycreeper 11y ago
      Appears to be compatible with subsonic apps, too.
  - pervycreeper 11y ago
    I might have a long time ago, but I didn't realize it was so fully-featured. Is there a guide for setting this up on Windows anywhere?
    - CaptSpify 11y ago
      http://mpd.wikia.com/wiki/Windows_Compatibility http://mpd.wikia.com/wiki/Windows_Compatibility might be your best bet. I don't really run windows boxes, so I don't know unfortunately.
- greatquux 11y ago
  This is why I've been using the Madsonic fork. It gets around everything you mention.
jeena 11y ago
Subsonic is nice, but I'm running it on a Raspberry Pi 2 and you really can feel how haevy Java is on a machine like that. It would be nice to have a lightweight server with the same API but no webfrontend and written in C or go or something for speed. Right now, when I want to start playing a song it sometimes takes up to a couple of seconds what should be instantanious in for example Clementine.
frik 11y ago
I am looking for a music player that plays playlists in a more intelligent way. If I rated a song with 5 stars it should be played more often in a random fashion then a song with 3 stars. And I never want to hear again a 1 star song, and rarely a 2 star song. If I press the next/skip button while a song is playing, it should decrease the star rating after the second time. If I play a song two or three times in a row it should increase the star rating.

I've been using ampache, because I hate java, but it's pretty much the same thing. Both products work really well

Subsonic is great. I switched to Kodi with the chorus web application that allows controlling and streaming your music to the web browser. Not as feature rich, but together with yatse on my android devices it means a raspberry pi with only kodi running can be a total home media server.

e40 11y ago

I've been happy using Subsonic, though just this week I upgraded the server and got jetty db corruption. The forums have a few other people complaining of this (on Linux) and no solutions. Very frustrating.

greatquux 11y ago
This was the very problem that got me to switch to Madsonic and I haven't looked back since!

bombtrack 11y ago

I just want to echo the love for Subsonic (and the iOS iSub app). I happily used Google Music until I hit the (at the time) 20k track limit. Now that I've been running and using Subsonic for a couple years, I consider it a complete upgrade in terms of features and performance. I had not heard of koel or ampache until today, but choices will always be welcomed.

pervycreeper 11y ago

Subsonic works well enough, if you ignore the fact that it requires Java, frequently corrupts its own database, doesn't properly cache certain file formats on the client side even though it sends transcoded files (this one is inexplicable to me), and has many other strange quirks. Worst of all, though, is that it bills itself as free software, but requires activation after a short period of use, and patches to circumvent the ransomware anti-features have been taken down (not sure why tho). Recently, the pod catcher has been crippled and made ransomware as well. A good replacement would be welcome.

CaptSpify 11y ago
Have you looked at ampache? I switched to it because of everything you just mentioned.
- mintplant 11y ago
  I could never get any of the Android apps for Ampache to work.
  - CaptSpify 11y ago
    The android apps are kind of terrible. I use ampache-provider and just-player and it gets the job done. It's not a great solution though
  - pervycreeper 11y ago
    Appears to be compatible with subsonic apps, too.
- pervycreeper 11y ago
  I might have a long time ago, but I didn't realize it was so fully-featured. Is there a guide for setting this up on Windows anywhere?
  - CaptSpify 11y ago
    http://mpd.wikia.com/wiki/Windows_Compatibility http://mpd.wikia.com/wiki/Windows_Compatibility might be your best bet. I don't really run windows boxes, so I don't know unfortunately.
greatquux 11y ago
This is why I've been using the Madsonic fork. It gets around everything you mention.

jeena 11y ago

Subsonic is nice, but I'm running it on a Raspberry Pi 2 and you really can feel how haevy Java is on a machine like that. It would be nice to have a lightweight server with the same API but no webfrontend and written in C or go or something for speed. Right now, when I want to start playing a song it sometimes takes up to a couple of seconds what should be instantanious in for example Clementine.

frik 11y ago

I am looking for a music player that plays playlists in a more intelligent way. If I rated a song with 5 stars it should be played more often in a random fashion then a song with 3 stars. And I never want to hear again a 1 star song, and rarely a 2 star song. If I press the next/skip button while a song is playing, it should decrease the star rating after the second time. If I play a song two or three times in a row it should increase the star rating.