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Best plex music player for linux desktop? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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 !

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Honestly I just use Firefox on Linux and Windows. There’s the native Plex app for both platforms as well.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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...

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

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

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

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^^

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year 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...

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

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.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year 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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I dont think thats a fundamental Linux philosophy

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

it is, thats what people hate about systemd

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

If you're so worried about the 'Linux philosophy' then why use Plex at all?