Honestly I just use Firefox on Linux and Windows. There’s the native Plex app for both platforms as well.
this post was submitted on 31 Aug 2023
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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...
Hmm, not sure what else sorry. Perhaps look into setting audio controls per app and adjust them for the Plex app?
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^^
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.
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...
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.
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.
Mount your music drive and play it with any desktop audio players. Or switch to jellyfin which has a number of compatible players.
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.
I dont think thats a fundamental Linux philosophy
it is, thats what people hate about systemd
If you're so worried about the 'Linux philosophy' then why use Plex at all?
Plexamp is pretty good. I use it on Mac and Android.
But as i said, i don't like that fact that the linux desktop app is basically just the ported android app. The user interface is clearly made with a touchscreen in mind.
Same on windows, it's weird at first but you get used to it. Probably the best option if you must go through the Plex server.
That's why i asked specifically for people to recommend me players that can access plex. Because i don't want to get used to it^^
Plexamp works fine with a mouse for me. Kinda reminds me of winamp in some ways. How long did you try using it for? Yes it'd just the android app ported but I feel like thats a good thing for it.
I just don't like the UI on a desktop. It works beautifully on a phone, i don't like it on the desktop.
I know where you're coming from. I have direct access to my music at home and use Strawberry to play them.
Plex (as far as I know) is only "free as in beer," so i doubt you're going to have any success finding a 3rd party music player. I have the Linux app for when I'm away and don't want to use my phone but the tiny, Android-sized Plexamp app on my desktop is out of place, and has its own eq, compression, etc.
well i mean symfonium exists, therefore there can be a 3rd party player that directly accesses plex. I just hoped for something on the desktop...