I was hoping to go all in with Jellyfin, but it’s been absolutely maddening to try to get it to play nice with my curated library. It just makes too many dumb assumptions about artist metadata.

Any other suggestions?

EDIT: I installed Navidrome, then poured over the documentation for the config file and micromanaged every setting. This has allowed me to get damn near close to the exact unobtrusive behavior I had hoped for.

EDIT 2: AFA mobile client goes, I’d absolutely consider paying for Symphonium, if it didn’t seem to require my having a Google Play account (fuck that). So instead I’m trying Tempo.

  • remon@ani.socialEnglish
    31·
    11 hours ago

    So you only listen to music on one device? If not, do you swap the SD card between devices all the time or do you have a separate SD card for all devices? How do you keep them in sync, transfer playlists, etc? What if you have more than 2TB?

    Yeah, go local as in: Run your own media server and stream from that.

    But only keeping music files on the end device is a step in the wrong direction.

    • Nico198X@europe.pubEnglish
      31·
      11 hours ago

      i listen on two devices: my phone and my PC.

      depends on ppl’s use cases. a home media server is over-engineered solution for me, and perhaps others. but it’s good to stop for second and consider what one’s needs actually are.

      • corsicanguppy@lemmy.caEnglish
        1·
        2 hours ago

        ppl

        I hate the kid-pidgin, but you make a really good point here:

        it’s good to stop for second and consider what one’s needs actually are.

        I mean, this is always excellent.

        Too often - you’ll see it in this comment thread - we go all out and show our own solution would fit OP’s case. And to them it must sound like “if you want a coke from the sev(7-eleven, like circle-k, Ted) you’re gonna need a van, a really big spring, a holocaust cloak and a wheelbarrow for sure.”

        Considering OP’s situation, skill level, fuckery tolerance and perseverance is key. Resilio could be all they need, here – Not elegant, not D.R.Y, not pretty, but its fuckery is low (good g.o.l.f number), but it could be fire-and-forget.

        Now, I’m not sure you’re not replying to a comment that says the same thing …just, not as well. Still good advice.

      • remon@ani.socialEnglish
        2·
        11 hours ago

        Right, but considering that OP is already running a media server and also is looking for a way to curated his library, I don’t see how switching to on-device storage would be anything but a downgrade.

        • Nico198X@europe.pubEnglish
          21·
          11 hours ago

          up to OP. i read it as “i wanted to go all in on Jellyfin, but it’s been a PITA. what else would you suggest?”