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How much of your use is audio streaming? I'm dying to make my collection remotely accessible after leaving the Plex ecosystem.

jszymborski 5y ago
In the past I wasn't super thrilled by Jellyfin's audio streaming (nor Plex's tbh). I'm auditioning Subsonic at the moment, but I might give Ampache a go soon (it's apparently having a bit of a revival at the moment).
- hardwaresofton 5y ago
  Also check out funkwhale!
  - rglullis 5y ago
    I want to say +1 for funkwhale, but I didn't get it to work with the subsonic client and haven't found yet a way to download/cache songs from my library on the phone. Have you figured this out?
    - hardwaresofton 5y ago
      Ahh no I haven't, if that's not working then it might be better to stick with subsonic...
    - theandrewbailey 5y ago
      Subsonic phone clients were kind of a crapshoot last I checked. Ultrasonic was the only one that kinda worked for me. https://github.com/ultrasonic/ultrasonic https://github.com/ultrasonic/ultrasonic
  - revolvingocelot 5y ago
    Funkwhale is awesome, but it's also one of those FOSS projects whose website doesn't exactly illustrate what it exactly is or what it's exactly for, so here's a direct link to straightforward answers for both of those questions https://docs.funkwhale.audio/features.html#scope https://docs.funkwhale.audio/features.html#scope
- gh02t 5y ago
  Airsonic is also nice. I was a long time (paying) Subsonic user, but got a bit fed up with it and migrated.
napkin 5y ago
Just try Navidrome!
- stock_toaster 5y ago
  I use navidrome with bobob and it works great! bonob acts as a media libary bridge so sonos can use navidrome as a media library (instead of having to use a janky old version of smb auth that sonos requires)
- klahaha 5y ago
  i use navidrome but no folder view, so mixtapes with many artist is counted like many albums
  - commotionfever 5y ago
    maybe you could try https://github.com/sentriz/gonic https://github.com/sentriz/gonic (nightly build) it supports browsing by folder
  - deluan 5y ago
    Just tag the tracks of you mixtape with "compilation=true": https://www.navidrome.org/docs/faq/#i-have-an-album-with-tracks-by-different-artists-why-is-it-broken-up-into-lots-of-separate-albums-each-with-their-own-artist https://www.navidrome.org/docs/faq/#i-have-an-album-with-tra...
mawise 5y ago
I'd love audio streaming suggestions too, I've been running Kodi on an old fire tablet to stream music from a Synology NAS but it's surprisingly flaky
smbv 5y ago
I use Finamp with Jellyfin for audio https://github.com/UnicornsOnLSD/finamp https://github.com/UnicornsOnLSD/finamp
- RealStickman_ 5y ago
  I also use Finamp for audio streaming (or local, downloaded playback). It's a good app, but still lacking a lot of features other audio players have, like rearranging the play queue. I'd suggest also trying [Gelli](https://github.com/dkanada/gelli https://github.com/dkanada/gelli), which seems to be a more mature app for music playback.
29083011397778 5y ago
Another comment not from GP, but I'd recommend Polaris. It's very light (unlike Airsonic), FOSS all the way, and has a functional web client (again unlike Subsonic). Can't recommend it enough
- rascul 5y ago
  I would like to look up Polaris but my searching skills seem to be lacking. Might you have a web site for it that you could share?
  - jszymborski 5y ago
    had a hard time too but I think it's this https://github.com/agersant/polaris https://github.com/agersant/polaris
IceWreck 5y ago
I tried out Jellyfin for music, but it kept messing up my music tagging. I switched to Navidrome last year. It works with all subsonic clients and has a great web UI.
dangravell 5y ago
An alternative is to use a cloud based player, and stream music from a cloud storage service. Disclaimer: I run this service: https://asti.ga/ https://asti.ga/ I've written up some alternatives at https://www.blisshq.com/music-library-management-blog/2021/02/10/comparison-best-cloud-music-players/ https://www.blisshq.com/music-library-management-blog/2021/0... I'd love to know any feedback you have.
- notesinthefield 5y ago
  I have close to 3 tb of music, storing it all offsite is prohibitively expensive at the hundreds of dollars per month level, so that service is not good for me.
  - dangravell 5y ago
    Depends what you mean by prohibitively... you can store that for $5/month...

jszymborski 5y ago

In the past I wasn't super thrilled by Jellyfin's audio streaming (nor Plex's tbh). I'm auditioning Subsonic at the moment, but I might give Ampache a go soon (it's apparently having a bit of a revival at the moment).

hardwaresofton 5y ago
Also check out funkwhale!
- rglullis 5y ago
  I want to say +1 for funkwhale, but I didn't get it to work with the subsonic client and haven't found yet a way to download/cache songs from my library on the phone. Have you figured this out?
  - hardwaresofton 5y ago
    Ahh no I haven't, if that's not working then it might be better to stick with subsonic...
  - theandrewbailey 5y ago
    Subsonic phone clients were kind of a crapshoot last I checked. Ultrasonic was the only one that kinda worked for me. https://github.com/ultrasonic/ultrasonic https://github.com/ultrasonic/ultrasonic
- revolvingocelot 5y ago
  Funkwhale is awesome, but it's also one of those FOSS projects whose website doesn't exactly illustrate what it exactly is or what it's exactly for, so here's a direct link to straightforward answers for both of those questions https://docs.funkwhale.audio/features.html#scope https://docs.funkwhale.audio/features.html#scope
gh02t 5y ago
Airsonic is also nice. I was a long time (paying) Subsonic user, but got a bit fed up with it and migrated.

napkin 5y ago

Just try Navidrome!

stock_toaster 5y ago
I use navidrome with bobob and it works great! bonob acts as a media libary bridge so sonos can use navidrome as a media library (instead of having to use a janky old version of smb auth that sonos requires)
klahaha 5y ago
i use navidrome but no folder view, so mixtapes with many artist is counted like many albums
- commotionfever 5y ago
  maybe you could try https://github.com/sentriz/gonic https://github.com/sentriz/gonic (nightly build) it supports browsing by folder
- deluan 5y ago
  Just tag the tracks of you mixtape with "compilation=true": https://www.navidrome.org/docs/faq/#i-have-an-album-with-tracks-by-different-artists-why-is-it-broken-up-into-lots-of-separate-albums-each-with-their-own-artist https://www.navidrome.org/docs/faq/#i-have-an-album-with-tra...

mawise 5y ago

I'd love audio streaming suggestions too, I've been running Kodi on an old fire tablet to stream music from a Synology NAS but it's surprisingly flaky

smbv 5y ago

I use Finamp with Jellyfin for audio https://github.com/UnicornsOnLSD/finamp https://github.com/UnicornsOnLSD/finamp

RealStickman_ 5y ago
I also use Finamp for audio streaming (or local, downloaded playback). It's a good app, but still lacking a lot of features other audio players have, like rearranging the play queue. I'd suggest also trying [Gelli](https://github.com/dkanada/gelli https://github.com/dkanada/gelli), which seems to be a more mature app for music playback.

29083011397778 5y ago

Another comment not from GP, but I'd recommend Polaris. It's very light (unlike Airsonic), FOSS all the way, and has a functional web client (again unlike Subsonic). Can't recommend it enough

rascul 5y ago
I would like to look up Polaris but my searching skills seem to be lacking. Might you have a web site for it that you could share?
- jszymborski 5y ago
  had a hard time too but I think it's this https://github.com/agersant/polaris https://github.com/agersant/polaris

IceWreck 5y ago

I tried out Jellyfin for music, but it kept messing up my music tagging. I switched to Navidrome last year. It works with all subsonic clients and has a great web UI.

dangravell 5y ago

An alternative is to use a cloud based player, and stream music from a cloud storage service. Disclaimer: I run this service: https://asti.ga/ https://asti.ga/ I've written up some alternatives at https://www.blisshq.com/music-library-management-blog/2021/02/10/comparison-best-cloud-music-players/ https://www.blisshq.com/music-library-management-blog/2021/0... I'd love to know any feedback you have.

notesinthefield 5y ago
I have close to 3 tb of music, storing it all offsite is prohibitively expensive at the hundreds of dollars per month level, so that service is not good for me.
- dangravell 5y ago
  Depends what you mean by prohibitively... you can store that for $5/month...