Best subsonic alternative?
from baconmonsta@piefed.social to selfhosted@lemmy.world on 03 Jan 09:10
https://piefed.social/c/selfhosted/p/1627160/best-subsonic-alternative

Hey folks,
I’m using since years subsonic to stream music to my mobile device. Subsonic and it’s known alternatives like Airsonic aren’t really mainained though and some existing bugs are frustrating. Can you recommend me a good alternative to stream my own music collection to my mobile device?

#music #selfhosted #subsonic

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freeman@feddit.org on 03 Jan 09:13 next collapse

I heard of Navidrome, never used it. Jellyfin works as well.

The client is maybe more inportant, can recomment Symphonium.

Statick@feddit.online on 03 Jan 09:15 next collapse

Navidrome uses the subsonic API but is actively developed and works great.

baconmonsta@piefed.social on 03 Jan 09:32 collapse

Ok so I just installed Navidrome and the web UI looks modern and promising. However it seems to have the same bug as other services I tried earlier: If the artist name or album name has any umlaut letters (like ä, ö, ü) then all tracks on that album are displayed twice on my mobile client (have tried substreamer, ultrasonic, tempus). Any idea what’s causing that for me?

drkt@scribe.disroot.org on 03 Jan 10:10 next collapse

I don’t have any solution for you, but I’m just adding some information to the conversation; I use Gonic as a server and Ultrasonic as a client and it does not have any issues displaying umlaut or any other special characters.

Shjosan@sopuli.xyz on 03 Jan 12:14 next collapse

I’m using Navidrome and Symfonium on my phone, I have no issues with any umlaut or special characters (å ä ö, japanese, korean, etc) displaying double, did a double-check now as well. Don’t think I had any issues when using tempo either. Things I would check (if not already done): Are the songs / albums tagged correctly Are multiple sources active in the client?

Harald_im_Netz@feddit.org on 03 Jan 13:13 next collapse

I’m using Navidrome with Ultrasonic and Tempo on my phone, and have no such issue.

nshibj@lemmy.world on 03 Jan 15:04 collapse

If you use Tempo I’d recommend switching to Tempus, a fork that is actively maintained. Tempo has been unmaintained for a few months now.

Harald_im_Netz@feddit.org on 03 Jan 22:29 collapse

Thank you, already did so, when I’ve skimmed this thread earlier. Tempo was my second choice so far, Ultrasonic has worked better with my OS and headphones so far (usability-wise). Will see how Tempus works out.

clmbmb@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 03 Jan 13:32 collapse

I have a lot of music using umlaut and all other kinds of accented characters, even Japanese characters, and never had issues with them. Try symfonium client and see it you have the issue. I’ll check tempus with my server to see it there’s anything wrong.

illusionist@lemmy.zip on 03 Jan 09:18 next collapse

Navidrome

github.com/basings/selfhosted-music-overview

baconmonsta@piefed.social on 03 Jan 09:24 collapse

Thanks! Checking it out right now!

markstos@lemmy.world on 03 Jan 18:26 collapse

I am using Navidrome and if it has significant bugs, I haven’t run into them yet.

Mosfar@sh.itjust.works on 03 Jan 11:20 next collapse

I use Navidrome with symfonium and they’re great

dimjim@sh.itjust.works on 03 Jan 18:33 next collapse

This is my current setup, couldn’t recommended it more!

Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works on 03 Jan 18:47 next collapse

This but just JF instead of Navidrome

Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works on 03 Jan 18:50 next collapse

Navidrome + airsonic-refix for Web play and symfomium for mobile.

HotChickenFeet@sopuli.xyz on 03 Jan 19:36 collapse

I use Feishin on desktop instead of the webapp. But otherwise - same setup!

MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz on 03 Jan 11:46 next collapse

I use Jellyfin with the Symfonium mobile client.

Navidrome is popular but does not support multi-tags for some fields, like artists.

Harald_im_Netz@feddit.org on 03 Jan 12:51 collapse

Navidrome does support multi-tags since a few updates ago.

MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz on 03 Jan 13:08 collapse

Neat! That was a dealbreaker back when I last tried it.

ddsfaas@crust.piefed.social on 03 Jan 11:57 next collapse

There’s Swingmusic and Funkwhale, the former closer to Navidrome, the latter with… nice features (federation, built in library management) and issues (slow development cycle, bugridden Android app).

mustard57@lemmy.world on 03 Jan 12:10 next collapse

I’ve been using Finamp for a few months now. I like the beta version that allows me to download music to my phone for offline use. I added Audiomuse and I really like the smart playlist creations. 10 outta 10

HotChickenFeet@sopuli.xyz on 03 Jan 19:42 collapse

github.com/NeptuneHub/AudioMuse-AI ?

mustard57@lemmy.world on 03 Jan 20:48 collapse

That’s the one.

7uWqKj@lemmy.world on 03 Jan 12:54 next collapse

Nextcloud has an app called Music which contains subsonic and ampache servers.

mhzawadi@lemmy.horwood.cloud on 03 Jan 13:24 next collapse

Moved from subsonic to jellyfin, never looked back. Jellyfin does music and movies and TV shows, the only bit I miss is jukebox mode

polographee@infosec.pub on 03 Jan 17:50 next collapse

Mainly jellyfin and I have a navidrome backup

irmadlad@lemmy.world on 03 Jan 18:03 next collapse

Navidrome checks all my boxes. I don’t seem to have the same issues you are having with umlaut letters tho. I’d check tags/metadata. MusicBrainz, Mp3tag, Foobar2000, Beets, can help with that.

variety4me@lemmy.zip on 04 Jan 06:48 next collapse

lyrion.org happy with it after trying both navidrome and jellyfin

Await8987@feddit.uk on 04 Jan 11:00 collapse

OP I’m fairly certain your issue is with your music file metadata rather than the software. I suspect if you clean it with musicbrainz picard or open it with a tag editor you will find its using slightly different characters in different metadata fields. You can test this by loading up one of the offending files, clearing all of its metadata and see if that looks better!

baconmonsta@piefed.social on 04 Jan 16:41 collapse

This is a great idea and reading through all these other replies points the same direction. I will try just that!