First of all : I am on Mac OS X and would love to stay here, but I can switch to
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First of all : I am on Mac OS X and would love to stay here, but I can switch to linux if needed (Virtual Machines)
I am looking for an iTunes and Spotify Mixture. I have a great Music Collection that I like to share and create playlists with. I discover Music on Spotify and love the integration in clementine 1.2
I like iTunes GUI and the ability to share the Music around the house. So I don't have to copy the music to every PC.
So the Software should be able to have a "share" function. What I also love about spotify is the remote-editing on playlists.
My Current setup allows me to ssh into my server at home and play music from around the world. But I can only play the music, not edit it (Stars rating, add infos, correct a mistake...)
Even at home I can't do that with iTunes. I Have to create a vnc connection to the server to actually edit something.
Also adding Music is a pain because of these reasons.
Clementine is pretty near to what I need, it also integrates Spotify, but it can't share the music on the network (as far as i know).
So I'm looking for a Software that is similar to Clementine, but can also remote-edit and share its contents.
I am prepared to pay for it, if there is a Solution. And I would love to find a Solution that is made Open Source and extendable.
Explanation / Answer
Subsonic seems to meet your requirements. It's a music manager that is used on server and allows you to :
Stream music, and share it (but you won't need to copy anything)
Edit tag, stars rating, add infos, on a user basis
Is integrated to Clementine too (but I recon I prefer to use the playlist instead of the Subsonic plugin).
It is open-source, wrote in Java
Works on Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X !
It has a lot of others apps compatible (Android, iOs, PC) through a remote API. But for that functionality you need to pay a monthly fee (of only 1$ per month, which is quite honest for the amount of features provided).
Except for the remote API (which i described just above), Subsonic is free !
Just a personal piece of mind : If you have a server, and don't use services like Spotify, Google Music or Deezer, then Subsonic is a must have.
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