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I am just a hobbyist and don't do any tech for work, but I enjoy tinkering. I have a Nextcloud that I like to use to keep files between my phone and a few computers in sync. That does include my media. For my phone I have been liking an app Power Ampache 2 as it lets me stream and save music locally (I don't have unlimited data so somethings I do want to keep).

Part of the motivation is just because and just to host more things makes me feel more pro. I am a bit curious about what otherset ups people in the community might have settled for and why?

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[–] DarkSirrush@piefed.ca 1 points 3 days ago (3 children)

I haven't tried navidrome, but my only gripe with jellyfin for music is that I can't find any non-subscription apps that work with android auto (if someone wants to point at one, let me know!)

I know jellyfin itself at least used to have android auto compatibility, but it was absolute shit and didn't have even some of the basic music controls when I tried, and I am unsure if any version of the app still has that even.

[–] BingBong@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

use finamp. it works fantastic!

[–] DarkSirrush@piefed.ca 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I am, it doesn't have android auto.

[–] BingBong@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

i literally just got out of my car where i was playing music using finamp in amdroid auto. IIRC there is a major rewrite going on but the builds are stable. look in the repo for instructions to use the rewrite and not the basic play store version

[–] DarkSirrush@piefed.ca 1 points 2 days ago

Pretty sure I am on the fdroid version, but that is fantastic news.

I should probably actually look at utilising obtanium for apps like finamp.

[–] LuigiMaoFrance@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Have you checked out Symfonium? Love that for music streamed from Jellyfin, and it has Android Auto listed in the settings, although I haven't used that yet.

[–] DarkSirrush@piefed.ca 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yes, it is good, but i will not spend money on the play store.

[–] thagoat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I understand the Big Tech revulsion, I'm a hardcore, privacy-first self-hoster 10 years deep, but the app was like 5 bucks one time and it's been my daily driver for about 3 years now. It tops every other android *sonic app. It has multiple backend sources so if you change your media server down the line, Symfonium will connect to it. TOTALLY WORTH THE MONEY!

[–] DarkSirrush@piefed.ca 1 points 3 days ago

I honestly dont listen to music enough for it to be worth it to me, but it definitely looked clean and worked well when I tried it.

I just wish it wasnt the only worthwhile option.

[–] rollerbang@lemmy.world 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] DarkSirrush@piefed.ca 1 points 3 days ago

Since when could you link jellyfin to it?