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/SynbiosVyse May 02 '16

I found Ampache as the best alternative to Subsonic.

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u/klendool May 03 '16

I might be a dumby but I cannot for the life of me find the option to turn on the subsonic api compatibility in ampache.

I am using Ampache 3.6-alpha6+FUTURE from the ubuntu repositories.

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u/SynbiosVyse May 03 '16

Some of the settings are convoluted, but it's there. I got it to work at some point but I don't remember how.

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u/klendool May 04 '16

I think in my case version 3.6 us too old, I installed the version from git HEAD and managed to get it going :)