As a workaround (until remote playback lands) I’m using RSYNC to mirror my music collection onto my work machine.
I was wondering if anyone can recommend some software that I can use - rather than just browsing using VLC) - which will allow me to browse and play these files.
Requirements:
MUST HANDLE FLAC!
Free/Open source (ideally)
Doesn’t ‘touch’ the music files. I’m surprised how many insist on writing the ID3 tags to the file rather than storing it in it’s own database, like Roon does, but this usually breaks when the syncing process overwrites the files
Doesn’t need files named in a certain way (again, I don’t want to mess with the original files)
Can handle compilations gracefully (i.e. not listing every artist on it’s own)
Supports scobbling to LastFM (not essential, but would be nice)
Can anyone recommend anything that can do all of the above?
Oh, well that’s kind of it really. I just want to be able to listen my the music at work but not have to browse it in Finder (which doesn’t use the meta-data, so the albums aren’t grouped properly) and drop it into VLC every time.
I’m using Roon at home, my Roon Core is on my media server. But I obviously can’t access that from my work machine and I don’t really want to buy another licence to access it at work…
I can switch between two Roon Cores , although I’ve only done that in my home network.
It’s easy enough to try if it also works when on different networks, quick test from your work computer should answer that.
Just my opinion, but I think you’re first (a) option (if it works and is stable) sounds pretty good. I work at home, in a comfortable chair, in front of my stereo ( ) but if I had an office I’d like to have something like that.
My point is that you may not need to pay license for two cores,
you only need to pay for two if you want them to run at the same time.
It’s easy enough to test, isn’t it?
Slightly off topic, but I’ve always held that “Finder” is an abbreviation for “Making it needlessly challenging to Finder” (language only gets more blue from there when I describe how I really feel!) … I’m always interested in suggestions for more functional alternatives - I’ve been using Commander One most recently.
Fair play @qdtjni, I’ve been doing this for the last couple of weeks and it’s actually a pretty good solution. Obviously I can’t share between work and home but it’s still miles better than my previous setup.