I see that when people ask for music servers, people frequently suggest Navidrome or mpd/mopidy. I haven’t tried either. I’m just using Jellyfin as an all-in-one. I’m wondering why do people choose to use a dedicated music server over an all-in-one like Jellyfin?

Is the extra overhead worth it?

  • [object Object]@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    2 months ago

    One major reason why I have Ampache as a separate server is that they support smart playlist, which wasn’t well supported on Jellyfin. Navidrome also supports smart playlist, but you couldn’t edit on the web.

      • [object Object]@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        2 months ago

        It works pretty well despit having 30k+ music files read over rclone, though I am the only user. It also has a web client, though it looks a bit old. I use Symfonium on Android and Feishin on Desktop since it provides OpenSubsonic API.

        • SidewaysHighways@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          2 months ago

          thanks for your response!

          i had ampache running in docker for like an hour or something but can’t remember why i didn’t give it a fair shot. i think it was because i was still looking for jukebox mode.

          how long have you been running it?

          i had gonic for a bit but ended up back at Navidrome as the playlists can be edited by the mopidy subidy extension.

          still haven’t figured out the smart playlists lol