cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/141024

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/138906

I’m happy that I have navidrome setup, and it even forced me to make sure all my tags were beautiful and setup how I like them, but it’s undeniable that Plex had the upper hand on open sourced music projects.

I don’t feel entirely okay with letting Plex have my data with no backup options, but at the same time it’s discovery options and ease of use to find “moods radios” and “track radios” are undeniable creature comforts ported from modern streaming services.

If there isn’t anything currently, then just let me know. I know the community is growing and with time some of these features may come to be, but since I can’t find anything, I’m just curious if I just missed something great and can begin to fully ditch Plex for music.

For those not in the know: here’s what I’m talking about.

And for the lazy that just want the gist: "Metadata for music is great and it can be fun to browse or play music based on genre, style, or mood. But maybe you have some obscure artists from Bandcamp or even your high school band in your collection. Those may well not have any real metadata available at all on MusicBrainz, All Music, etc. If there’s no metadata for the genre/style/mood, then that content gets left out of some of the fun.

Your Plex Media Server can perform a “sonic analysis” of your local music files to catalog detailed characteristics about the actual music itself. That data can then be used in a variety of ways, allowing you to see sonically similar artists/albums/tracks, play a Track Radio, or even suggest specific mixes for you, based on what you’ve already listened to.

It’s a powerful tool, allowing you to explore your music library in Plex like never before!"