So i just saw the post here about harmonoid. Very good looking app, but it’s only for a local music library.

I have mounted the iscsi disk that i also use for my plex library so i could just use harmonoid to play my plex music.

But that’s not what i want. I want to be able to use the playlists i make on plex, use the files for which i made custom metadata etc.

I know the plexamp app is available on linux. But i see that it’s basically just the android app ported to linux and the whole UI is absolute garbage for a desktop imho.

So does someone know a good open-source desktop music player that syncs with my plex library and playlists? I really like symfonium on my android phone for it’s customizations but it’s not available on linux…but something like that? Or something like harmonoid but with plex support?

Thanks !

  • RandomLegend@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
    3·
    10 months ago

    The reason i want a dedicated music app is for the fine-tuning.

    Every good music app lets you control your audio quality very well. Equalizers, cross-fading, etc. But i don’t want to do that via my system equalizer.

    So the plex-desktop app and simply opening it in my browser are out of the question sadly…

    • ddh@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      2·
      10 months ago

      Hmm, not sure what else sorry. Perhaps look into setting audio controls per app and adjust them for the Plex app?

      • RandomLegend@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
        23·
        10 months ago

        nah that’s only one part of the problem…my philosophy is that i want dedicated apps for every thing i want to do.

        I don’t want to use a browser to play my music, i want a browser to browse the internet and a music player to play my music. Because that way i can get the best results when i use a specialized app for every specific thing i want to do. You know, the fundamental linux philosophy^^

        • doctorzeromd@sopuli.xyz
          3·
          10 months ago

          Are you talking about the Plex app or Plexamp? I think Plexamp does have an EQ (and crossfading, but it’s just a toggle), and the UI is fine for me.

          • RandomLegend@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
            11·
            10 months ago

            The Plex App is basically just the web version inside electron afaik.

            Plexamp is the ported android version with a touchscreen in mind. I really dislike this application on my linux desktop. On android its really good. But not made for desktop…

        • loathesome dongeater@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
          41·
          10 months ago

          At this point web browsers are essentially operating systems themselves capable of running a wide variety of specialised apps.

        • wmassingham@lemmy.world
          2·
          10 months ago

          A browser does one thing: display web pages. If your media player is presented as a web page, a browser is a perfectly suitable choice.

          • RandomLegend@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
            11·
            10 months ago

            Yes, but i don’t want to play my music via a web player. That’s the point. Therefore a web browser is not a suitable choice for me to play my music.

            • krolden@lemmy.ml
              11·
              10 months ago

              Mount your music drive and play it with any desktop audio players. Or switch to jellyfin which has a number of compatible players.

              • RandomLegend@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
                11·
                10 months ago

                As i said, i already have my drive mounted. but i wanted something that uses the plex API directly so i can always have the synced playlists.