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I don't want streaming music, I just want to stream my music

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Re: I don't want streaming music, I just want to stream my music

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Post by ibroadcast »

Hi Cory,

We feel your pain! We are in the same position as you and this is exactly why we exist! We scrobble to Last.fm, have native apps for iOS and Android, a web based player for the computer, and tons of device support in one form or another – Chromecast, Alexa, Roku, Apple TV, Android TV, and more! Our core, free service gives you unlimited access to all your music, device support, and no limitations on uploading, recommendations, nor playlists. On top of that, we are always improving our recommendation system, which recommends only music inside your own library. We never modify your original files, and we never change your metadata. Give us a try – it costs nothing but a bit of your time – and we hope we can fill that void in your music addiction.

Rock on!

The iBroadcast Team

https://ibroadcast.com

Re: I don't want streaming music, I just want to stream my music

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Post by flipcoder »

wldcordeiro wrote: post #105

It's funny Youtube Music was mentioned because Google Play Music was actually great for listening to your music and having a curated library of stuff you uploaded along with the music on the service. When they killed that in favor of Youtube Music I noticed the "library" experience there is seemingly intentionally hobbled. The artist page is sorted by the "artist" field not "album artist" and then on top of that inst…

The transfer from Google Music to Youtube Music didn't even work for me. It kept giving me an error message about my account not being valid.

Re: I don't want streaming music, I just want to stream my music

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Post by saganus »

Larrikin wrote: post #124
ggm wrote: post #10

I paid for plex, I stream my own music from anywhere via the callback into my home net. I can chromecast, play in-car, whatever. If I have IP "it just works" Its backed on an RPI-4 NAS I built, running the plex arm linux code. I have another RPI-3 in the living room as a headless music source to an amp. In the past I've used HDMI to VGA+audio splitters to scatter output to devices. This is my music, on my disks, unde…

What do you do for podcast? I feel like its the biggest (and really only) regression Plex ever did. Theres a plethora of other apps, but they all kind of suck and don't work with everything. My pain point is lack of Sonos support. Spotify has podcasts but literally has the worst UI for keeping up with podcasts. They make it as difficult as possible to find what you've already listened to and what you're currently lis…

So I'm not the only one fighting the podcast UI in Spotify!

I've been trying to use Spotify for a few podcasts and the UX is just terrible.

I can't believe they spent millions of dollars getting Joe Rogan exclusively and then not invest a tiny bit in improving the podcast experience.

Re: I don't want streaming music, I just want to stream my music

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Post by unethical_ban »

christoph wrote: post #85
klooney wrote: post #80

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How old can an m1 mac mini actually be

In the UK businesses generally write computer hardware off over 3 years, or 5 years if it's a really extravagannt purchase, this little M1 is now written off from a business perspective... so... They make really great low powered, insanely fast & quiet home servers... It's a lovely time to be alive! :-)

3 years is pretty short, I feel like it's 5-7 here. Maybe laptops are different nowadays.

Re: I don't want streaming music, I just want to stream my music

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Post by unethical_ban »

wanderingmind wrote: post #108
christoph wrote: post #48

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Jellyfin is excellent. Swapped to it from Plex about a year ago. Haven't looked back once. I run the server on an old M1 Mac Mini, it's the first time I've felt I have my own personal Netflix. I can stream 40gb 4k HDR Atmos rips to old stereo 1080p plasmas with ancient Firesticks (on wifi) in bedrooms in my house with almost zero delay, even when fast forwarding, and getting near realtime frame previews as you skip.…

have you been able to work out how to stream when you are not in LAN, like with tailscale or other overlay network?

I have a caddy proxy in front of jellyfin's web UI with HTTPS and a domain. It's publicly reachable.

Re: I don't want streaming music, I just want to stream my music

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Post by mr_woozy »

userbinator wrote: post #134

I have a little script that takes keywords, queries YouTube's search, and starts playing through the results. It's a similar experience to listening to an actual radio station, complete with non-music and the occasional ad that I let through (and I filter out the excessively long "n-hour remixes"), although I can also skip to the next result and "change the channel", but most of the time it's just a background in the…

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Re: I don't want streaming music, I just want to stream my music

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Post by Teever »

siquick wrote: post #121
sen wrote: post #119

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> Oh man I thought I was the only one who still had a carefully curated digital library... I threw out my CDs a long time ago, but my digital library is my baby. I've been curating this since I was 10. It's who I am! You’re definitely not alone. I’ve been collecting MP3s since they first began, choosing 1-2 songs a night to leave downloading over dialup. I still have ever MP3 I ever downloaded short of deleting the f…

Have you ever bought any of that music you prize?

I prefer to not pay record companies to listen to music of long dead musicians, and I try and see as many live shows of performers who are still touring, and I buy their shirts.

Re: I don't want streaming music, I just want to stream my music

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Post by grose »

cdme wrote: post #169
kvirani wrote: post #164

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This is awesome. Why do you think you never found success with it?

Agreed — I love the simplicity. In a perfect world I want this with server-side Last.fm support and a plain, reliable iOS app.

I'll look into serverside Last.fm support. I think it should be relatively easy to add. Agreed that an app would be awesome but I don't have the resources for it :(. The web interface works decently as a PWA (at least on Android according to testers, it has MediaSession support and stuff) but it's still kind of bad, definitely not a real app substitute.

Re: I don't want streaming music, I just want to stream my music

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Post by mosiuerbarso »

I can't believe no one has mentioned it but Jriver is a damn fine feature rich media which has been developed by a dedicated team for years: https://www.jriver.com/

They even have a lossless streaming service of sorts where you can upload your own playlist and then stream it wherever you want: https://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/Cloudplay

I've been using it for nearly 10 years and the devs have kept it functional, feature rich, and importantly it's avoided the gradual shitification which seems to infest a lot of modern music service/programs (ie. Spotify).

Also, their pricing is reasonable. Namely a yearly fee which - even if you don't pay it - their software still carries on working (a rarity these days).

I've used it pretty much most days for nearly 10+ years and it just works. I've never had it corrupt my massive digital music collection. I can tag something when i need to. LastFM works with it. And the interface has the highly usable old itunes-esq look/layout which is great if you're working on a desktop all day.

I also have a RaspPi and a MiniPC in other parts of the house, they both run Jriver and sync with my main library on my work PC. All playlists and ratings are sync, and if i change one it will update to the master library. And my licence allows as many installations of jriver as i want (another rarity these days).

Re: I don't want streaming music, I just want to stream my music

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Post by AyJayColumns »

ollien wrote: post #94
TechBro8615 wrote: post #92

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I used Jellyfin for the first time recently. It was very smooth and worked flawlessly for my use case (watching episodes of a TV show on my phone after downloading them on my computer). I never used Plex because it creeped me out. Maybe I misunderstood something but it seemed like it was needlessly phoning home.

I'm really trying to like Jellyfin, but unfortunately the Roku app is just absolutely terrible by comparison. The thing that grinds my gears the most is I can't see how much time is left in what I'm watching without pausing.

Yes roku app leaves a lot to be desired. I went to play music on it, and it only displayed the list of artists. Still, I’m rooting for it to improve!
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