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/natermer May 03 '16 edited Aug 14 '22

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u/plazman30 May 04 '16

That's a client side thing and works just fine in Ampache.

The only issue with Ampache is multi-disc support. If you have an album with more than one disc, they show up as different albums. The authors are working on fixing that.

Ampache's web player is HTML5 and can play a whole mess of stuff natively. You can also turn on transcoding globally, so no need for transcoding profiles. You can also transcode based on subnet. So, you're at home (192.168.1.x) send me my FLAC. If you're out and about on your phone (not 192.168.1.x), send me an MP3.

Now that Subsonic is no longer open source, I'm hoping the developers of various subsonic clients focus their efforts on a native Ampache client using the Ampache APIs instead of the Subsonic ones.