Subsonic Client

[bugmenot]

Should be possible to integrate client to handle with Subsonic ?
There is some docs.
http://subsonic.org/pages/api.jsp

[john6555]

This would be an amazing feature!

[Maleko12]

+1 on this feature! SubSonic is amazing and it would be a great thing to have.

[VX]

The service is free, multi-platform and open source, so it's worth supporting.

+1

[thegreyspot]

OMG this would make me very happy

[phred]

+1
I just recently switched from VibeStreamer to Subsonic and it's quite a difference.  I too, would love to see this implemented.

[Steven]

if i understand the service correctly (only briefly looked at it), you can store you library on their server and then stream the file from anywhere (sounds to me like the new google music service in beta)
So i can understand it serves as a backup to your library and you can also stream to your phone.
But why would you want to use it from your PC? Surely its going to be an inferior experience than playing your files locally. Or have i missed something?

[boroda]

if i understand the service correctly (only briefly looked at it), you can store you library on their server and then stream the file from anywhere (sounds to me like the new google music service in beta)
So i can understand it serves as a backup to your library and you can also stream to your phone.

No, Steven. Subsonic is media server installed on your PC which have own url and may be accessible from Internet (like ms windows media server). It can stream music to mobile devices and to other PCs. As far as remember you was planning to implement the same functionality in MB, but gave up it. Now it can be done via plugin.

[phred]

Correct.  It installs on a local PC and streams from there.  I have it set up in my house and I can listen to my entire music collection when I'm at work by logging into my PC that's hosting Subsonic at home. 

And I shutter whenever there is talk about apps living on 'the cloud.'  Witness Amazon's (or was it Google's) recent disaster with their cloud services.  Their customers were out of business for three days.  The company I work for switched to cloud-based apps a few months ago and not only is everything running slower than before (even though they upgraded their internet connection) but we lose connectivity with the cloud three, four, five times a day and the outage lasts anywhere from a few minutes to a few hours.  Talk about killing productivity in the office. 

Oops ... sorry ... didn't mean to rant.

[thegreyspot]

Ya what they are sayin ^


I love having all my songs at work, but although subsonic has a nice interface, it would be so nice to be able to use good ol musicbee.

Suggestion, maybe like how we have "inbox, music library, audiobooks" you could add subsonic library.

[greenday1987]

This might be a better way of listening to my music from the laptop around the house (inside the LAN) but away from the PC
+1 from me

[Steven]

i'm still not seeing a huge benefit MB can add to this but here is what i propose:

When this functionality is enabled (via a new MB plugin) the subsonic server would appear as a device (in the same way as a USB device) with the following nodes:
- music library node (which would be an aggregate of all the folders on the server)
- podcasts node
- playlists
- folder structure

so you could use MB search functionality, auto-playlists, auto-dj, play/ queue tracks etc
I cant see any way via their API to upload tracks to the server, so you wouldnt be able to sync from your PC to the server using MB
also I cant see any reason to utilise their functionality to play tracks on the server (all playback would be achieved by streaming the track to the PC you are running MB on)

[john6555]

Steven, just what you proposed sounds dynamite.

I think it's not that MB would bring a lot of new functionality to Subsonic, but just the ability to display the SS library and playback within MB would be a huge win for anyone that uses SS. Personally I have a lot of music stored on a home server but like to keep my laptop pretty thin, so that's where SS comes in. Of course you can load up the SS interface via browser, but the interface is a tad clunky. Integrating the service into everyone's favorite music 'listening room' (MB) would just be really handy and an overall better experience.

[Brambb]

Agree with john6555, that functionality would be enough already.
+1

[Steven]

One question for people already using Subsonic. When you play a file, does it download it to the device you are on first and then play it locally through your default player? When i play a song through the web interface it downloads the file but i am not sure if it always does that.
How fast do files download for you?

The API supports streaming but its very basic, so to do seeking i would have to restart the stream and read to the new location so there would be a delay doing that. If i download the file first then that issue goes away, but then the downside is there is a delay on the first song (following songs you shouldnt notice the delay though)

edit:
i can see you can play the files with a flashplayer and seeking is instant for me but because the API provided doesnt allow a start position to be specified what i said above still applies