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Been seeing a lot of posts about replacing Spotify and such, so I wrote up a guide on how I did just that (badabingus.ghost.io)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by nfreak@lemmy.ml to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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Full disclosure, I'm pretty new to selfhosting myself, and I haven't written a guide like this before, but hopefully this scatterbrained writeup is enough for someone out there lmao

This is just what works for me and how I set it up. Always open to ideas for improvement as well.

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[–] 3abas@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (3 children)

I had issues with auto scan years ago, just re-enabled it and it's working fine now so that's resolved, thanks.

The other issue is still a problem, and why I'll be switching to Navidrome for music. Jellyfin wasn't mature enough last time I tried to replace my lifetime Plex pass, but I have a feeling I'll be ditching Plex entirely soon.

[–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

In PlexAmp, on the bottom right, tap the gear. Tap account. Tap “switch user”.

Now switch users.

[–] dai@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You hosting your plex service for other users outside of your home? I'm finding the ease of access for other users / the wife is the largest driving point for me to continue using plex.

I could configure a VPN and attach my jellyfin server to that network however that's a large hurdle for some of the general population users I have on my plex currently.

For something on-topic the wife and I agreed that she should move to the student sub as she's studying and kick me off Spotify entirely. I've got until the EOM to get plexamp / something else self hosted. Interested to see what comes from this post as it's pretty relevant for me right now.

Admittedly I could Bluetooth to my head unit in my car and stream Grayjay music to it, but that's just leaning on an unfree service.

[–] blitzen@lemmy.ca 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I love the idea of Jellyfin, but since I host for my extended family, and it has to be wife approved (re: easy) plex is the answer. If you already have a plex pass it’s annoying brainer. If you don’t, weigh the pros and cons because there are cons.

Spool up an instance of Plex, and install PlexAmp. Put a handful of your favorite albums on it, see if you like the features and the interface.

[–] dai@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Yer I host Plex for 10+ folks and it's an easy send. Really wish I could pipe it through CloudFlare but not willing to risk it currently.

I'll give plexamp a go, man my tastes are all over the shop so it will be an album dump (that I should have done years ago) spinning up some old cds and the external dvd drive 😂

[–] FreedomAdvocate 1 points 9 months ago

The other “issue” isn’t an issue at all. Plex handles all that stuff just fine and super easily.