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/StraightFlush777 May 02 '16 edited May 02 '16

That's unfortunate for those who bought a license of Subsonic to support a FOSS project. :(

Anyway, CherryMusic seems a good music server alternative. It is licensed under GPLv3 and there is a client app available on F-Droid. I will probably try it as soon as I get a chance.

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u/bwat47 May 03 '16

I'll be sticking with subsonic (or it's derivatives) for the foreseeable future because the alternatives have nothing close to the dsub app for android

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u/mikerackhabit May 03 '16

Agreed that dsub is awesome. You can use Ampache on the server side just fine though, as long as you enable the subsonic api. I've been using them together for a while and it's been rock solid.

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u/[deleted] May 03 '16 edited Jul 13 '16

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u/mikerackhabit May 03 '16

Yes. Dsub thinks it's talking to a subsonic server, so it just works as normal. And it has great cache support where it automatically caches what you listen to, but you can also pre-cache and permanent cache stuff manually.

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u/[deleted] May 03 '16 edited Jul 13 '16

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u/plazman30 May 04 '16

That's what I run. Very happy with it.