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For a deep dive into all the considerations that went into creating the app, check out Plex' Medium post. Other than a Tidal integration, you also have access to a discovery radio, custom mixes, stations, and downloads - it feels pretty much like a streaming service of its own. It lets you explore your historic top charts, like what you were listening to in Fall 2019 or what music from the 60s you like the most. The player has a SoundCloud-esque seek bar and blurred backgrounds, with colors extracted from the album art. This process may take a while depending on the size of your library, especially as Plex hunts down images and information for each artist, album, and track.Being an audio app, Plexamp comes with the OPUS codec that ensures high quality at low bitrates and caches songs for instantaneous playback. Your music collection will now fill your Plex server. Confirm your selection by clicking 'Add Library.' Now, select the music directory that you made earlier as your source folder. Then, find the 'Manage' section and select 'Libraries.' Click the 'Add Library' button and pick 'Music' as your library type. Open the Plex web client and go to Settings (the tool icon). Related: The Most Reliable HDDs for Your Plex Server, Based on Backblaze Stats Then, you need to tell Plex where to find your music directory. Now that your music is organized for Plex, you need to copy the 'Music' folder to your Plex server's storage drive. Even if some tracks in your collection are missing information, such as tracklisting metadata, they may work just fine with the service. I should clarify that Plex automatically organizes and add metadata to your library. (You can use a tool like MusicBrainz Picard to speed up this process, or just right-click each track and edit its properties.)

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This metadata tells Plex which artist and album a song came from, plus its placement on an album. Add metadata to every song in your library.Name each track of an album, placing the track's number ahead of its name.But don't jumble the files together separate each album into its own folder. Each artist's folder should contain their music.Your 'Music' folder should contain a unique folder for every artist.Create a folder titled 'Music.' This is the directory that Plex will use for music.That said, Plex offers detailed instructions on this subject, and I'm going to summarize those instructions here for your convenience: Organizing your music is very easy, and if you already maintain a music collection for iTunes or another music player, then your work is done. Otherwise, the service will just show you a mess of random tracks. Once you have a digital music collection, you need to organize it for Plex. That means ripping your CDs, buying DRM-free music through platforms like Amazon or Bandcamp, and removing the DRM from music you purchased on iTunes. As for a NAS device-well, they're literally made to be servers and are often the best option for hardcore Plex builds.īecause you're building a streaming service, you need to hunt down some MP3s, WAVs, FLACs, and other music files.

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If you go down the PC route, I suggest using something small and efficient like an Intel NUC, though you can also just pull an old Acer or Dell out of your closet. If you want something with a bit more flexibility or power, you should use a computer or NAS device for your Plex server. (Note that both of these solutions require external storage.) And while these products aren't super powerful, they're good enough for streaming 4K video, so they won't have any problem streaming audio.

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The NVIDIA Shield TV and Raspberry Pi 4 are much more power-efficient than full-sized computers, so they should have a minimal impact on your electric bill. But as always, I suggest using an NVIDIA Shield TV stick or a Raspberry Pi 4 microcomputer. It just needs a reasonable amount of storage space and a stable internet connection, preferably over an Ethernet cable. You can turn any old computer into a Plex media server.

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