Hi Selfhosted,

I am looking for the best solution to replace spotify for at home and out of the house music.

I already have a large music library and run moOde for multiroom audio and use spotify connect to cast to it.

Is my best option to set up an MPD server and wireguard vpn to use it on the go? Are there other options? What would you recommend?

  • @apochryphal_triptychEnglish
    14•1 year ago

    Plex server streaming to Plexamp here. Currently handling around 50k tracks all stored on my NAS no problem. Soundiiz supports Plex, so converting Spotify playlists over to Plex is pretty straight forward, provided you have the songs.

    • Plex pulls down it’s own metadata, so if you’re a tagging freak like me, you’ll have to check the “Prefer local metadata” on your Plex server.
    • Smart playlists are a little cumbersome. They’re actually saved filtered searches. Not intuitive at all.
    • No HiRes - if that’s your thing. (on iOS, not sure about Android)
    • Plexamp has a separate EQ for each bluetooth device on iOS, but it can’t differentiate between wired headphones using an adapter.
    • It does save music or playlists to the device for offline playback, but they’re captured within Plexamp. You can’t play those offline tracks in any other app (might be possible in Andorid, but the filenames will be random and idk about metadata). I have not run into an offline download limit, like in the old days.
    • @MechaniteEnglish
      2•1 year ago

      I use plexamp too with a large library so I can comment on the android side (I didn’t know some of these differences existed)

      • the app has settings for audio quality dependent on connection type, including not converting hires audio
      • as far as I can tell the EQ in plexamp is global across devices, though it has presets for specific devices -same on Android I don’t think you can manually listen to downloaded songs outside of the app

      I’ll also comment that I sort all my music by folder and Plex does ok with this Not great, but it works

    • Tunahan YılmazEnglish
      1•1 year ago

      The best part is the TIDAL integration IMO. You can have both local tracks and streamed tracks without having to deal with downloads. Best of both worlds.

      • @apochryphal_triptychEnglish
        1•1 year ago

        I forgot about TIDAL integration, since I’m not a subscriber. I only subscribe to Spotify for the family account. My three teenagers and my wife would all mutiny if I stopped paying for Spotify. I just now convinced them that Plex is stable enough to use for video. Small victories.