LMS VS Volumio

For those that dont know if you add an album that has multiple album artists ( artist 1;artist b) then plex/plexamp instead of showing the album in both artists pages and showing both artist tags as clickable (same way EVERY streaming service is serving music right now) it populates a new artists page named "artists a;artist b". They keep adding trash features that none cares about or even asks and don't even have a basic feature that projects like Lightweight Music Server already have.

Just wanted to give quick plug for my music player app Supersonic! It's a client for Subsonic API-compatible servers, so it handles the UI and playback while the server (Gonic or LMS would be good lightweight choices for localhost-only setup) handles the library management/metadata indexing. It's a quite young project but I have lots of plans for continued improvement and new features (and would gladly accept contributions)!

If you're concerned about power usage You can start with just a raspberry pi or something similar running something like Lightweight Music Server which uses a subsonic protocol. Then any app that can connect to a subsonic server like ultrasonic (not sure if this one specifically available for iOS). That's how I started before moving onto Plex and Plexamp.

Good time to move your library to something else like LMS https://github.com/epoupon/lms

I use LMS (Lightweight Music Server) to stream my music to desktop and mobile. It supports the Subsonic API for clients, scrobbling to ListenBrainz, has a nice web UI, and for some reason is the only music server that supports volume equalization with Replaygain.

Not sure if that would fit your needs but https://github.com/epoupon/lms has a radio mode that automatically feeds the play queue with similar tracks. Just seed with some tracks (a whole album, a discography, a single track, etc.) and hit play.

LMS - LightWeight Music Server https://github.com/epoupon/lms Super fast with a good set of features. Seems to be well coded in general.

Hmm, that link shows me my IP address is banned (I assume from the time when the provider I use had dynamic IPs so a whole range is banned). Anyway - is it this? https://github.com/epoupon/lms

https://github.com/epoupon/lms has a built in recommandation engine to help you find similar tracks (in your collection) to what is in your current play queue.

Maybe Substreamer has a problem with a specific server? The server I used is here (open-source): https://github.com/epoupon/lms/blob/master/INSTALL.md

Possibly volumio OS - found at volumio.org

You can find some ways to kind of hack something together. It's not as convenient as a ready-made consumer product, but you can get a Raspberry Pi and install something like Volumio on it. (I haven't personally used Volumio, so that's just an example more than a recommendation, although it's probably good.)

Haven't tried it myself but Volumio looks like a nice option.

For anyone else who wants to do this, just set up the absolutely amazing Volumio on your RPi or any other computer.

https://volumio.org/

The web app is great for use in your house, the Spotify plugin is first class - it's supported as a target in your Spotify app, or you can browse straight from the webapp, which means even a guest on your wifi can easily pop on and help pick the music.

If you're using Spotify, a Raspberry Pi 4 running Volumio (https://volumio.org/) is a sub-$100 setup (the Pi is cheap but you'll want a case and whanot) that works great. Volumio will turn it to a Spotify Connect endpoint that you can control via your phone/computer through the normal Spotify app. Use the Pi's USB out directly into the Bifrost (don't need to bother with any of the hats) and you're all set!

What I ended up doing is running Volumio on a raspberry pi hooked up to an AudioQuest Dragonfly USB DAC, which in turn outputs to one of the analogue inputs on my main amp. It's not as slick as a native Plex client, but it works well enough and (thanks to that DAC) sounds really good.

Buy a music streamer. Like iFi Audio Zen Stream, Bluesound. Or Raspberry PI running Volumio (https://volumio.org/). Or maybe a VM running Volumio, pass the USB to it?

If you just want to play music, look into Kodi-based distros like LibreElec or OSMC, or audio-only distros like Volumio. Failing that, antiX or Q4OS Trinity.

Also Before I used Plex I use to have a pi plugged into my home theatre system running volumio https://volumio.org