I am at my wits end with this and kindly ask for assistance.
I cannot for the life of me decide on how to set up my music library for the foreseeable future:
I started out having my library on my local pc, managed by MediaMonkey
As I bought a NAS, I moved my library to it and used Navidrome to stream it to an android app (Synfonium)
This meant that I’d lose the MediaMonkey management, but I thought for now I’d just manually transfer new songs/playlists over to the NAS when needed
As I started streaming with Navidrome, I noticed that the speeds were really bad and music often buffered (no idea why, Jellyfin works fine), so I cached all the songs offline
This made me think that I don’t even need Navidrome since at that point I could just copy the music files to my phone if they’re gonna be offline anyway, but then I don’t have a backup on the NAS
And now I’m kinda lost, unsure what the best way to handle this is. I’d like to keep MediaMonkey in the flow for library and playlist management, and streaming is pretty cool for those times where I’m listening on other devices. However, having the music on my NAS just seems to create an extra middleman. What’s most important to me is a smooth mobile experience, with a good UI and no interruptions, as that is where I listen to music 95% of the time.
How do you do it ? Any suggestions for how to future proof my setup without too much of a hassle (still kinda new to all this stuff)? For reference I don’t have a huge music library, maybe a few dozen GB, so it still fits easily on my phone.
Sorry if this was too long or doesn’t fit the subreddit, but I hope someone can enlighten me.
How much music do you have that you actually listen to a lot on your phone?
Most phones are over 200 gigs now so you should have plenty of room to just store it on your phone.
Also, when the bombs go off, wouldn’t it be nice to have your favorite song on your phone so you can listen to it one last time before the darkness creeps in?
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If your music fits on your phone, you could just use Syncthing on your NAS and phone to simplify the process of adding new music to your phone.
I have no issues with Jellyfin + Symfonium, but I also cache my songs offline. I almost never play a track that hasn’t been downloaded.
How much music do you have that you actually listen to a lot on your phone?
Most phones are over 200 gigs now so you should have plenty of room to just store it on your phone.
Also, when the bombs go off, wouldn’t it be nice to have your favorite song on your phone so you can listen to it one last time before the darkness creeps in?