Navidrome on my server, with Feishin as the client on my computers, and Symfonium on my phone.

I use Navidrome on the server side

Tempus on Android (maintained fork of Tempo)

Feishin on desktop

I also recently set up music assistant to try and stream my music to my TV too, although I haven't used it yet beyond just testing and don't see myself using it too much

I scrobble my Navidrome up to ListenBrainz too, which then gives weekly recommendations to add to my collection.

Navidrome server, which I access either through the web UI or through the Tempus app on Android

Plexamp

If I'm working then normally I use the smart playlists to mix it up a little.

Tempus is phenomenal. I switched to navidrome on my server to use it. Chora is also good, and I use it on my TV (works well on any screen). If you don't mind closed-source, Symphonum is excellent.

If you are using Jellyfin, it works well on PC, with Fintunes on mobile.

You can find a number of good apps for navidrome here. I quite like Strawberry, which is cross-platform. I use it locally for library management.

I connect everything with Tailscale, which may or may not work on your work network, depending on how locked down the network is. I never had an issue.

Navidrome server.

Mobile: dsub2000

Desktop: feishin (or sometimes my own tui client)

Streaming server: Navidrome

Desktop client: Navidrome web

Android client: Symfonium

Feishin on Desktop. Symfonium on phone. (I can also recommend Tempo, which is open source but doesn't work over Android Auto last I tried.) To host my music I use Navidrome. Which I have setup as a docker container, behind a reverse proxy. The files are stored on my NAS. To access remotely I have Wireguard setup. That being said, to use Android Auto with Symfonium while my Navidrome is only accessible on my network or over VPN I use split tunneling otherwise Android Auto throws a fit.

I recently set up Navidrome on my home server. I listen using Symphonium. Its all basically "Spotify but my own music collection."

VLC, I just rsync my library to my phone with a script when at home

Navidrome server on the NAS. If I'm away from home and using a computer, I have it exposed to the internet and just use the web app.

On my home computer I've been using PsySonic lately and like it quite a bit. Quirks here and there, but it does get updates.

On my phone, and so just about everywhere, I use Symfonium. None of the FOSS apps I found last year did it for me. Symfonium is ridiculously customizable.

Jellyfin as a server where my music is hosted.

Jellyfin's web client to stream on my personal laptop.

Symphonium to stream on my Android phone, and sometimes Deezer (when I want to check out new songs).

Deemix to extract songs I like from Deezer to my server.

Tailscale for external access.

On my work laptop I only listen to online radios, or I just use my phone. I guess I could connect to my server on it, but the laptop belongs to my company, so I avoid any access to my personal stuff.

Just sync my files to my sd card.

Copy stuff from my nas to phone (cable or x-plore), play independently with pulsar+

always locally hosted on my device

I also use Internet radio to listen to new stuff

Booming Music for local storage, with some Bandcamp streaming and occasional YouTube playlists via NewPipe.

Hoo boy I wanted the full 2000's download individual songs and organize them on your device experience so I spent too much time finding apps for each step.

Seal - lets you download videoes if you have a video link, like a youtube video

zarchiver - gives you better file management and control than most standard smart phone OS obfuscation bullshit. use it to rename and organize your downloads

Aimp - allows you to make playlists and play your music

Is it the fastest way? nope is it even good? probably not but there are no commercials, its all on your phone, and you only have to organize it once

Musicolet or vlc on my android. 100GB of local music on my SD card I have collected since I was a kid.

Don't use an app, just Swing Music

VLC on mobile or desktop, SD card music folder synced with desktop and server

GoneMAD playing a local music library I keep on my phone.

Music Folder Player, the only good player I've found in all these years. I'm not streaming.

Looks like I'm an outlier here. I run navidrome on my server, but for jams on the go I use a HiFi Walker H2 dac/mp3 player with Rockbox. I sync my library from the server to the sd card when I add new music/podcasts/audiobooks. I wrote a python cli tool for the syncing.

At home I use the web interface on my laptop, and an old android (wifi only) phone connected to Bluetooth speakers for kitchen tunes.

At work, youtube with ublock origin, adblock plus, etc, preventing the ads

Sometimes I'll stream stuff from bandcamp

On the move, the SD card in my phone (with pairdrop.net to upload albums) playing through VLC

I use Vanilla music. It was the only music player I found that would keep my place in my long running playlist that I have on shuffle all the time. It gets through all the songs, shuffles, and then queues through all the songs again, reshuffled. Other players I tested would forget the place, or that music was playing in the first place, and that was frustrating.

I stream it to my computer by connecting my phone to my computer via Bluetooth. I think it's was a new KDE feature, but now my Linux laptop will pretend to be a headset/speakers, and the Android phone will just play to it. It's so amazing. Because then I can listen to audio from both my phone and my computer at once pretty easily, and keep my spot in that one playlist I keep running. Unfortunately, it has an annoying issue where it drops out (but doesn't pause the audio) when the CPU is used too much. Lemmy post: https://programming.dev/post/45725312

When I want a more reliable setup, like when I am compiling things, I usually plug my phone into my computer and use srcpy. This can stream the android screen to the computer over ADB, but I just stream the audio, since that's all I care about.

Roon on the server and ARC on the phone

I personally just use local music playback, with SyncThing for syncing between devices. That mean I can listen to them offline!

On Android, I use Auxio, but Lotus and Chocola (previously CuteMusic) are awesome too.

On Linux, I use an mpd-based option called rmpc. Tauon and Gapless are also great! As for mobile Linux, Gapless is a good option that works pretty well. You might also like Plattenalbum, a GTK-based MPD client.

Working at home: mpd + ncmpc on my personal laptop.

At the office: mpd + malp on my phone.

No streaming. I buy CDs and vinyl and rip them and download live recordings, and only listen to entire albums or concerts.

Personal Jellyfin server for my own vinyl, CD, and cassette tape rips.

Grayjay for streaming.

I have a local Jellyfin server and use the Jellify app when I'm out on my phone.

Music Assistant most of the time. Sometimes I just use Symfonium directly but they both tap into my Navidrome server.

Just termux for android.

I download music using yt-dlp, then I use a few bash scripts to play/shuffle/filter etc.

Main advantage is simple playlists I can make with mkdir and symlinks.

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I have a Pandora subscription. Trying to make it play nice with Music Assistant.

Tried selfhosting for a while but didnt quite flop my mop. Now paying for Qobuz which works great!

In my living room, Kodi. On PC, Strawberry Music Player. On android phone, Musicolet.

Im just using Symphony to play my local files on phone which sync with my server over synchting whenever I add some new tracks. My "Server" is to slow for streaming...

Youtube music i get a discount from my phone provider.

Navidrome + Subsonic Streamer + feishin

Moved to Apple Music after Rogan started airing on Spotify. Hence Apple Music on the phone, streaming through Cider on Arch otherwise

Edit: I could not work with local files or my own file server because of the breadth and amount of music I listen to. I’d have to have a massive collection and constantly keep buying 🤑

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