![]() In terms of the interface, the app's default setting appears to be around the size of a miniaturized iTunes player, and it features four different sizes in total "including one that hides the app entirely." Plexamp's minimalism extends into its buttons, which appear when needed and otherwise stay hidden. Plex co-founder Elan Feingold mentioned that the Plexamp team forced itself to think small in terms of the app's footprint, so it could act as a miniature companion to Plex's larger apps. It all started over a beer - as most great things do - re-envisioning what a tiny and powerful music player might look like in 2017. The most classic and beloved small audio player, Winamp, was first released almost exactly TWENTY years ago. Written in a low-level language, it ran on Windows, and was limited to playing files on the local (or networked) filesystem. Plex, on the other hand, provides a best-in-class client/server model, an extremely metadata rich library, is highly portable, and gives you access to your entire music collection from anywhere in the world we wanted to pair this with a similarly excellent music player. Literally the only requirement we had was “small” Plex has plenty of bigger apps already, but nothing that sits unobtrusively on a desktop, beguiling and delighting. We even forced ourselves to limit the design to a single simple window. The app also turns albums into art with SoundPrints and visualizers, which change with each album played. The main focus of the app is said to be the discovery of songs within your existing music library, with library stations that track popularity, rating, and listening history to curate music. These stations include "Library Radio" that picks songs across your entire song catalog, and "Time Travel Radio" that begins with the earliest released music in your library and works its way forward. "Artist Radio" starts with a specific artist and then "explores more corners of your library" within similar genres as the original musician. Those interested can download Plexamp for free on the Plex Labs webpage, but to use the app you'll need to sign up for a Plex account. Feingold noted that the app might have a few "rough edges" due to its creation by just a handful of Plex employees in their spare time.Also a Plex user. I think it's worth paying for the Plex Pass specifically for Plexamp & the syncing options for music. You can do monthly to see if you like it and then they have a lifetime pass. I know you're not into streaming, and neither am I, but if you combine Plex with their discounted Tidal plan, it will integrate streaming seamlessly into Plexamp. ![]() ![]() For example, if I have one album by Some Artist in my collection, it will show all the albums I'm missing alongside the ones I do have available via streaming. Within Plex you can also enable DLNA which will make your library accessible to all kinds of apps and devices on your network. At my house the TV, my network enabled stereo receiver, VLC, and even iTunes (when I accidentally open it) will all play music from DLNA. If you don't have some sort of NAS or always-on computer to run the Plex server, a popular solution to that is to buy a cheap Raspberry Pi mini-computer kit. Plex isn't terribly difficult to set up - I ran it on a desktop PC awhile back just to futz around with it. Once it's up and running, you connect with a browser and configure your media libraries: video, music, photographs, and the directories these things are sitting in.
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