[Discuss] Music Server/Player

Derek Atkins derek at ihtfp.com
Sun Oct 30 19:38:51 EDT 2022


I second Owntone.
I copy the music library from my wife's Mac for her play lists, and I have 
it integrated into my home assistant to control it from anywhere in the house.
-derek
Sent using my mobile device. Please excuse any typos.
On October 30, 2022 19:36:37 Dan Ritter <dsr at randomstring.org> wrote:

> Rich Pieri wrote:
>> Years ago I used a little Python-based media server called Edna to
>> stream MP3 files to web browsers (essentially anything that could do
>> http). Edna handled the http service, presented music directories, and
>> let the browser do all the playback.
>>
>> Edna hasn't been updated in going on 20 years and everything "simple"
>> that I've been able to find is either a full-blown home theater setup
>> (which I don't need) or is DLNA (which is all dedicated applications
>> and devices, not web browsers).
>>
>> Does anything like Edna still exist? I just need something that can
>> play music in a browser tab, ideally with shuffle/random playback.
>
> I really like Owntone, a descendant of daapd.
>
> It can play and be controlled on anything with a reasonable web
> browser; it also knows how to play to varying speaker systems.
> It presents directory views on demand (my preferred view,
> most of the time) but also builds an index of artists, albums,
> and titles.
>
> https://github.com/owntone/owntone-server
>
> Debian has slightly old packages; it builds easily, too.
>
> -dsr-
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