P PWRmx24 Junior Audioholic Jun 14, 2023 80 0 6 45 Jul 24, 2023 #1 Is there a thread voting the top media server software/apps? I have a W10 laptop I'm turning into a server. Plex? Jriver? I dont have a need to stream movies from it. Just music I've ripped to FLAC and DSD.
Is there a thread voting the top media server software/apps? I have a W10 laptop I'm turning into a server. Plex? Jriver? I dont have a need to stream movies from it. Just music I've ripped to FLAC and DSD.
BoredSysAdmin Audioholic Slumlord Aug 21, 2007 15,616 0 113 New Joisey Jul 24, 2023 #2 For only music, I'd looks elsewhere, not at Plex - it's not that great with organizing large music collections. Thought I do have plex and have a sizable music collection, but I can't say I love how it deals with music. PlexAmp is ok, especially since it works in Android Auto/CarPlay, but it missing some important features. Like Plex doesn't support Flac and Cue sheet files. It would only play flac (whole album) as one track. Maybe clementine will serve your needs: Clementine Music Player www.clementine-player.org Or maybe classic FooBar2000 with plugins foobar2000: Components Repository foobar2000 www.foobar2000.org foobar2000: Components Repository - Album list panel foobar2000 www.foobar2000.org I've tested before DSD playback in FooBar2000 - https://help.nativedsd.com/en/articles/94982-foobar-2000-and-playing-dsf-audio-files Last edited: Jul 24, 2023 Reactions: lovinthehd and panteragstk
For only music, I'd looks elsewhere, not at Plex - it's not that great with organizing large music collections. Thought I do have plex and have a sizable music collection, but I can't say I love how it deals with music. PlexAmp is ok, especially since it works in Android Auto/CarPlay, but it missing some important features. Like Plex doesn't support Flac and Cue sheet files. It would only play flac (whole album) as one track. Maybe clementine will serve your needs: Clementine Music Player www.clementine-player.org Or maybe classic FooBar2000 with plugins foobar2000: Components Repository foobar2000 www.foobar2000.org foobar2000: Components Repository - Album list panel foobar2000 www.foobar2000.org I've tested before DSD playback in FooBar2000 - https://help.nativedsd.com/en/articles/94982-foobar-2000-and-playing-dsf-audio-files
P PWRmx24 Junior Audioholic Jun 14, 2023 80 0 6 45 Jul 29, 2023 #3 Thanks. I don't like Plex's movie focus. I did some tinkering with Foobar and think it will do what I want. Looks like it'll take a few hours to learn how to do the plugins.
Thanks. I don't like Plex's movie focus. I did some tinkering with Foobar and think it will do what I want. Looks like it'll take a few hours to learn how to do the plugins.
P PWRmx24 Junior Audioholic Jun 14, 2023 80 0 6 45 Jul 30, 2023 #4 I see that PlexAmp just went free for most features. Still I will try Fubar for now. Fubar SAYs it doesn't share my data with third parties. That's important to me.
I see that PlexAmp just went free for most features. Still I will try Fubar for now. Fubar SAYs it doesn't share my data with third parties. That's important to me.
P PWRmx24 Junior Audioholic Jun 14, 2023 80 0 6 45 Jul 31, 2023 #5 Any recommended list of plugins for Fubar? I see a lot of them..
BoredSysAdmin Audioholic Slumlord Aug 21, 2007 15,616 0 113 New Joisey Jul 31, 2023 #6 I don't have specific recommendations since I only used DSD plugins with my foobar, but Beefweb RC seems interesting for what you are trying to do, as well as the UPnP server. The album list panel plugin (linked above) also seems relevant to you.
I don't have specific recommendations since I only used DSD plugins with my foobar, but Beefweb RC seems interesting for what you are trying to do, as well as the UPnP server. The album list panel plugin (linked above) also seems relevant to you.
panteragstk Audioholic Warlord Aug 14, 2012 8,258 0 113 New Braunfels, TX Jul 31, 2023 #7 I use Plex for music, but as BSA said it kinda sucks for it unless you want to put in effort. Even then, it's a pain and the playback interface sucks ass on my devices. People really like Roon. I've never used it, but it has a lot of features.
I use Plex for music, but as BSA said it kinda sucks for it unless you want to put in effort. Even then, it's a pain and the playback interface sucks ass on my devices. People really like Roon. I've never used it, but it has a lot of features.
BoredSysAdmin Audioholic Slumlord Aug 21, 2007 15,616 0 113 New Joisey Jul 31, 2023 #8 panteragstk said: I use Plex for music, but as BSA said it kinda sucks for it unless you want to put in effort. Even then, it's a pain and the playback interface sucks ass on my devices. People really like Roon. I've never used it, but it has a lot of features. Click to expand... I wanted to mention Roon originally, but it's also lacking FLAC w/ CUE (support - not sure if this is important to you or not. It's also not free, but there are many fans of it. Btw something I've learned recently is that as far as lossy codecs go: Opus>AAC>mp3
panteragstk said: I use Plex for music, but as BSA said it kinda sucks for it unless you want to put in effort. Even then, it's a pain and the playback interface sucks ass on my devices. People really like Roon. I've never used it, but it has a lot of features. Click to expand... I wanted to mention Roon originally, but it's also lacking FLAC w/ CUE (support - not sure if this is important to you or not. It's also not free, but there are many fans of it. Btw something I've learned recently is that as far as lossy codecs go: Opus>AAC>mp3
panteragstk Audioholic Warlord Aug 14, 2012 8,258 0 113 New Braunfels, TX Aug 1, 2023 #9 BoredSysAdmin said: I wanted to mention Roon originally, but it's also lacking FLAC w/ CUE (support - not sure if this is important to you or not. It's also not free, but there are many fans of it. Btw something I've learned recently is that as far as lossy codecs go: Opus>AAC>mp3 Click to expand... I've seen Opus come up again in the last few years.
BoredSysAdmin said: I wanted to mention Roon originally, but it's also lacking FLAC w/ CUE (support - not sure if this is important to you or not. It's also not free, but there are many fans of it. Btw something I've learned recently is that as far as lossy codecs go: Opus>AAC>mp3 Click to expand... I've seen Opus come up again in the last few years.
