Hi guys I’m looking for hosting own audio server. So far I have run Roon and Plex. Server I want to host is on remote machine and want to stream to iOS, Android TV and Desktop. Would be great if it also would let me organize my library (that part might also be separate app)

  • SpinachSaxophone@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 years ago

    I use Navidrome with play:Sub (paid) or Amperfy (free as in beer) on iOS. I also use the Volusonic plugin with Volumio to play music throughout the house. All my music is curated using MusicBrainz Picard and the files are mounted read-only for Navidrome.

    I looked at Roon briefly, and I know many people like it, but I can’t justify the cost. Plex and I don’t get along; pretty sure it’s operator error and/or grumpiness. Jellyfin looks promising, but I ran into challenges with it as well. I think if you’re just hosting music, then Navidrome is fine. If you think you might expand to series or films, something like Plex or Jellyfin could be better long term.

  • RustedSwitch@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Roon is expensive, but if you are a serious music fan, it’s 100% worth it.

    I describe it to others as like talking to a super knowledgeable music store employee. It knows so much about each track, each musician, each band… cross-referencing them all, so you can go down a rabbit hole of hyperlinks learning about the music. It seamlessly mixes playlists across streaming and locally stored music. It does a decent job of streaming around the house to Apple, android, and audiophile devices. They just added an app that enables remote listening to your locally stored music.

    • Gabriel Martini@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 years ago

      Love Roon. I also have Navidrome in my server but found out a docker image of RoonServer and my gosh, I love it. I need a webapp to control it from my Linux desktop, otherwise, perfect (and expensive).

      • RustedSwitch@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 years ago

        I use my phone and tablet to control the server. But, wouldn’t it be possible to run the android app on a Linux desktop?

    • Madiator2011@lm.madiator.cloudOPEnglish
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      2 years ago

      I have active Roon subscribtion though most issue is that Remote connection works clunky. The desktop app is only on windows and also Siri on iOS do not support song selection with voice commands.

  • DontAskAboutUpdog@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    2 years ago

    I tried jellyfin but it was too slow to index my library. So I switched to navidrome. It works and it indexes music very fast. Searching for songs is for some reason slow. It only works with tags so browsing by folders is not possible. My workaround is a script that auto creates playlists in folders with songs from different artists/albums. Ios app play:sub is nice.

    I am happy with it so far.

  • Shurimal@kbin.social
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    2 years ago

    And another vote for Navidrome. I use it vith DSub frontend (the only one I’ve found that supports DLNA, for playing back on any DLNA renderer device) and Tailscale for remote access.

  • doctorspike@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 years ago

    I paid for and don’t regret Plex pass so I could access PlexAmp. It’s quite nice. Will it be worth the price for others? I’m not sure.

  • easeKItMAn@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 years ago

    I can recommend Navidrome. Organizing of library with Lidarr and (Beets)[https://beets.io]
    I’m using Beets for tagging because of the Discogs plugin.
    Lidarr for visual overview of the library.

    • Madiator2011@lm.madiator.cloudOPEnglish
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      2 years ago

      Beets My issue is that some of my media files are messed up tried to use Beets though not sure if I did something wrong but I messed up a bit.

      • easeKItMAn@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 years ago

        Lidarr can be used for tagging too and it does have a web interface.
        Cleaning a messed up library with Beets is tough and depends on how the individual files are sorted. Start importing/organizing a small part or some albums to find out how it works. And a backup of data is always recommend!

  • u_tamtam@programming.devEnglish
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    2 years ago

    I would recommend something compatible with the subsonic API, because some clients are great, and there’s always one decent for every major platform. That leaves us with:

    depending on how much configurability you need and how many resources you are willing to throw at it. Navidrome is still quite crashy, though, while airsonic ticks like a clock.

      • u_tamtam@programming.devEnglish
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        2 years ago

        I’m pretty confident it does it better. Navidrome is a very young reimplementation of sub/airsonic after all…

    • easeKItMAn@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 years ago

      Had for years airsonic, later airsonic advanced. The overhead is huge compared to Navidrome.
      Had never an issue with Navidrome and it is much snappier. No even starting to talk about the modern interface compared to Airsonic.

      • u_tamtam@programming.devEnglish
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        2 years ago

        Airsonic is a Java-server app, so it takes a lot of memory because it’s optimizing for high-thoughput and high-load. You can customize the JVM settings to make it much leaner! (but not as much as navidrome, sure).

        Regarding the UI, I generally don’t play my music in a web-browser, but I get the sentiment :)