Subj : Re: What do you use?
To   : nelgin
From : cyberzoo
Date : Tue Oct 10 2023 21:47:13

 ne> My needs are fairly simple. I used to use subsonic but I was looking for
 ne> something more advanced. I found Madsonic but I didn't like the
 ne> subscription model they used.
 ne> Another option I use from time to time is Ampache, which is a self hosted
 ne> jukebox type script, since all my media is on my Linux server, I can
 ne> share it between different programs.
 ne> 

Hi! I use emby for more than a few years now. I tried to use plex but with little success. I know emby is not the panacea, but I think is worth the try.
You have two subscription models: Free and paid, of course.
There are few diferences between them and for a few years a used the free mode without any problem.
The paid version give me a few options, like including the app that can be used in any SmartTV, and a few more like offline media, hardware accelerated transcoding, and the app that I use in my Android TV, just to mention a few. You can purchase the app alone and is more cheaper, of course.

If you want a more traditional media center, perhaps you can try Kodi, which will work with most Linux distributions out there. You can even run it on a Raspberry Pi, but, of course, would suffer from some perfomance degradation.

Let me know if you need any help if you like to try emby. (this is not a paid promotion, I promess!)

Salu/2!
Cyberzoo

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