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Ampache: An open source web based audio/video streaming app and file manager

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Re: Ampache: An open source web based audio/video streaming app and file manager

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I dabbled with a number of music streaming servers, including Ampache and Subsonic (and it's many forks), and had trouble with either web interface loading times or app connectivity and couldn't find one that worked 'as advertised'. In one of these similar music streaming discussion threads, HN member epoupon mentioned the system they'd authored: LMS[0] (Lightweight Music Server), which I found ticked all the boxes a…

Did you by any chance try Funkwhale[0]? Seemed like a pretty good option

[0]: https://funkwhale.audio/

Re: Ampache: An open source web based audio/video streaming app and file manager

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post #8

I dabbled with a number of music streaming servers, including Ampache and Subsonic (and it's many forks), and had trouble with either web interface loading times or app connectivity and couldn't find one that worked 'as advertised'. In one of these similar music streaming discussion threads, HN member epoupon mentioned the system they'd authored: LMS[0] (Lightweight Music Server), which I found ticked all the boxes a…

Funkwhale is great from a UI standpoint. Adding music, however, was a chore.

I ended up going with the Subsonic server built into Nextcloud, because it's just drag and drop. Nextcloud also has Ampache built in.

Re: Ampache: An open source web based audio/video streaming app and file manager

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Installation instructions vary based on your web server. Please see https://github.com/ampache/ampache/wiki/Installation

I wish there was a docker compose file

I don't use it anymore, but when I did, I ran roughly the following: https://gist.github.com/RulerOf/1c9dd1eb51af4991e4b6b48afdd6...

Re: Ampache: An open source web based audio/video streaming app and file manager

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post #8

I dabbled with a number of music streaming servers, including Ampache and Subsonic (and it's many forks), and had trouble with either web interface loading times or app connectivity and couldn't find one that worked 'as advertised'. In one of these similar music streaming discussion threads, HN member epoupon mentioned the system they'd authored: LMS[0] (Lightweight Music Server), which I found ticked all the boxes a…

Did you by any chance try Funkwhale[0]? Seemed like a pretty good option [0]: https://funkwhale.audio/

No, I didn't know about it until relatively recently, and whilst I'd like to try it out, and it's community, decentralised, federated, open source focus sits well with my world-view, it's just not high enough on my priority list.

Re: Ampache: An open source web based audio/video streaming app and file manager

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Personally settled on: https://github.com/airsonic Its containerless :D and runs anywhere Java is installed. Also evaluated: https://github.com/ant-media/Ant-Media-Server

Did you also try AirSonic Advanced? I have not used it much myself but seems to be a strict improvement over AirSonic. It has diverged enough that it should be considered a separate effort and project at this point.

https://github.com/airsonic-advanced/airsonic-advanced

Re: Ampache: An open source web based audio/video streaming app and file manager

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post #8

I dabbled with a number of music streaming servers, including Ampache and Subsonic (and it's many forks), and had trouble with either web interface loading times or app connectivity and couldn't find one that worked 'as advertised'. In one of these similar music streaming discussion threads, HN member epoupon mentioned the system they'd authored: LMS[0] (Lightweight Music Server), which I found ticked all the boxes a…

Navidrome [2] is another relatively new option for music streaming servers. Lightweight, written in Go, can handle very large music collections, and is compatible with Subsonic/Madsonic/Airsonic.

[2] https://github.com/navidrome/navidrome

Re: Ampache: An open source web based audio/video streaming app and file manager

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Did you by any chance try Funkwhale[0]? Seemed like a pretty good option [0]: https://funkwhale.audio/

No, I didn't know about it until relatively recently, and whilst I'd like to try it out, and it's community, decentralised, federated, open source focus sits well with my world-view, it's just not high enough on my priority list.

Appreciate the response! I saw that you were happy with LMS and added it to my list as well. Someone ought to compare these in a meaningful way at some point.

Looks like LMS has all the basics covered (mobile apps, simple mobile friendly web client, etc), but as a former Grooveshark user Funkwhale was my first choice. Looking forward to trying them both.

Re: Ampache: An open source web based audio/video streaming app and file manager

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I ended up settling on Roon https://roonlabs.com/ (It's paid, not Open Source) after having tried Ampache, Subsonic, and many, many others. The UIs on most of the open source music apps are terrible, and they don't do well with a large music library and were always crashing on me. Roon's apps feel a lot more like Spotify and it can do multi-room lossless audio across many devices.

Re: Ampache: An open source web based audio/video streaming app and file manager

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post #15

Personally settled on: https://github.com/airsonic Its containerless :D and runs anywhere Java is installed. Also evaluated: https://github.com/ant-media/Ant-Media-Server

Did you also try AirSonic Advanced? I have not used it much myself but seems to be a strict improvement over AirSonic. It has diverged enough that it should be considered a separate effort and project at this point. https://github.com/airsonic-advanced/airsonic-advanced

Nay ghost rider. Looks interesting though.
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