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Something like multi-library support for self-hosted music? Trying to recreate iPod feel (lemm.ee)
submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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I've been self-hosting my music in Navidrome for the last 3 or 4 years and in general I've been very satisfied. Before that I was using an old iPod. The key difference I haven't been able to recreate in Navidrome is a feeling of my own curated library where I scroll through and recognize all the artists. When I set up navidrome I ended up integrating a bunch of mp3 libraries (my father's, my own, and a few of my friends). Because many people share the Navidrome server with me, I let them add stuff that they listen to. When I browse the artist in the iOS client play:Sub I end up not recognizing about half the artists. I've found that I forget about a bunch of music because I rely so heavily on the 'search' function and don't scroll through my artist library like I did on the iPod back in the day.

I'm not sure how to address this, and I think it pretty significantly affects my relationship to my music library. I'm not sure if the solution is server-side or client-side, but essentially I want to be able to have all the music accessible in some way, and most the time I want to just browse a selection of artists that I choose. I feel like creating a playlist is not sufficient because I don't know how I would browse by artist within a playlist (at least within the clients I'm familiar with). Has anyone felt this way? Any recs?

Thank you!

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Hey!

So I've just got my Navidrome up and running and I have a family library too. That said, I'm in the middle of organising things on the backend, because previously I was constrained by size and tried to avoid duplicates with a flat directory structure, but I digress...

In Navidrome, you're able to favourite artists and most clients then allow you to browse through that favourite list. Also if you're anal like me, you use ratings and stars and you can set up smart playlists to play you songs you like a lot that you haven't played for a long time.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

At your recommendation, this is what I've been trying for the last week. I favorited all my artists, and I have to say that it's working pretty well! I feel that my music library is much more intimate now. I'll keep 'testing' it for a while longer but this might be my solution. Thanks!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

This genuinely makes me happy. I'm glad it's working well for you.