I’ve tried a few options over the years, including SMB and NFS, XBMC as well as HTML with javascript I found online.

I don’t have a large collection of music (fewer than 100 albums), so hand coding things was actually one of the quicker options to setup. That’s despite then hassle of hand coding the URL to each FLAC file as well as the album art. But sometimes the javascript doesn’t handle large collections of FLAC and each implementation I tried had different quirks so I’ve sunk a lot of time into that in other ways without a satisfactory result.

I’ve heard of Emby, Jellyfin, Plex, Roon and Servio. I just need something that’s simple to set up and access. I don’t need fancy features beyond the ability to play the music with a pleasant UI that can be accessed from the web (HTTP, not HTTPS). I’d be running this from a Raspberry Pi 3B which already has the lighttpd server running.

I’m also considering just getting a portable, 128GB FLAC player with a minijack connection and moving on with my life without getting involved in networking at all.

Any recommendations for an uncomplicated way to approach to doing this?

Edit: Thanks so much for the helpful and enthusiastic comments! I tried Navidrome and had it up and running in ten minutes thanks to this tutorial video: https://invidious.nerdvpn.de/watch?v=7V5UUJlSknY

I had to install docker-compose on the RPi. Then I got an error which turned out to be because I also needed a separate docker daemon which I installed following these instructions: https://www.simplilearn.com/tutorials/docker-tutorial/raspberry-pi-docker

In just 10+ minutes I had my music collection accessible from all my devices - thanks again!

  • geography082@lemm.eeEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Why would you stream flacs? If you download lossless is to hear directly with ASIO or WASAPI .

  • ѕєχυαℓ ρσℓутσρє@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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    6 months ago

    I’ve been very happy with Navidrome. I have it accessible on a subdomain, so I can just use it from wherever I want. Feishin is a great frontend for Linux desktop, and Tempo is a great frontend for Android.

    My friend uses Jellyfin instead of Navidrome, and he’s also happy with it. Both the frontends that I mentioned work with Jellyfin as well.

  • smee@sosial.link
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    2 months ago

    I like Navidrome, it also supports the… Subsonic(?) protocol so one can use dedicated apps with on-device caching, which is nice for mobile devices without unlimited data.

  • rsolva@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 months ago

    I use Navidrome, it’s a single binary and gives you your own Spotify, kinda. It can be use with many other apps, in addition to the web interface, as it supports the subsonic protocol.

      • tux7350@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        6 months ago

        Another tip, please be very careful when exposing ports to the public. With docker you’re already mitigating your attack surfaces but an open port allows anyone to make a connection and there are lots of bots out there looking for open ports and vulnerabilities. A good alternative would be to setup wireguard and instead then connect through that or if you like simplicity check out Tailscale.

        • FarraigePlaisteach@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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          6 months ago

          Thanks for that. I’ll look into tail scale (since you mentioned the magic word, ‘simplicity’). My domain doesn’t have any links to the pages on my server, and Navidrome is username and password protected. Would that be safe enough? I am using unencrypted http, though.

          • tux7350@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            6 months ago

            Unencrypted HTTP can mean that anyone can see your traffic as it passes through their network. Your ISP will see that traffic. If you’re streaming pirated music and you’re in a country that cares about those things, might not go very well. From a security stand point though, you still wouldn’t want to trust the authentication on the open port. A vulnerability may exist that you don’t know about. It’s always better to keep them closed and add another layer or two between your home computer and the public.

            Tailscale let’s you tunnel into your home network without opening any ports, and it encrypts the traffic. Much safer way of doing it.

    • Kelo@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      6 months ago

      I can vouch for Jellyfin - Nothing harder than setting up docker and connecting via Finamp. Been a very “set it and forget it” experience for me.

  • Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyzBEnglish
    01·
    6 months ago

    Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:

    Fewer Letters More Letters
    HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web
    IP Internet Protocol
    NAS Network-Attached Storage
    Plex Brand of media server package
    SMB Server Message Block protocol for file and printer sharing; Windows-native
    VPN Virtual Private Network

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  • 9point6@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Plex is probably the easiest and most convenient, I think jellyfin is viable too, but I don’t use it.

    If you’ve got the money, Roon or Audirvana are the gold standard of self hosted music

    If you want something similar, but free, look into things like volumio or subsonic based solutions.