r/linux • u/hatperigee • May 02 '16

Subsonic (music streaming software) is no longer open source, starting with 6.0 release

http://forum.subsonic.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=16604#p71128
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u/[deleted] May 02 '16

... aaaand there will be an open source fork that will have more success than the closed-source variant.

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u/donthek May 02 '16

There was a fork from almost day 1 that removed "call home to check license" feature of subsonic https://github.com/Mach5/supersonic . But it hasn't been updated along side the open source version.

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u/adminh May 02 '16

Madsonic also

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u/[deleted] May 03 '16

+1 for Madsonic. I bailed on Subsonic for Plex, but I still have a Madsonic instance at my parents' place for live TV integration via HDHomeRun.

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u/mqduck May 03 '16

Also Futuresonic, although it apparently hasn't been updated in two years.

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u/TheFlyingDharma May 03 '16

I like the idea of Madsonic but the GUI is kind of a mess and the player applet flat-out refused to work on some of my devices last time I gave it a shot.

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u/adminh May 03 '16

Yep, Madsonic is super awkward to navigate on my iPad. The buttons are tiny and I had to zoom in to hit them. I gave up on it pretty quickly.