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MediaMonkey Linux and Android alternative? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 1 year ago by Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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Hi all :)

I've been using MediaMonkey on Windows 10 and Android to organise my music, playlists, audiobooks, and podcasts, including syncing them to my phone. MediaMonkey has let me down again, so I'm looking to switch, and as I'm trying to switch to Linux too, now would be a good time to get a Linux media manager.

One of the main ways that I use MM is by either building a playlist and transferring the whole thing, or adding to a playlist and just syncing the new tracks. I prefer the tracks to be placed in their artist / album directory though, rather than a directory for the playlist.

I also use MM on Windows to organise my tracks with online metadata, usually from Discogs, so that it matches the entry for the album. I store my media under music\sorted\album artist\album name\track no - artist - title, with a similar setup for audiobooks and podcasts, and would prefer to do the same with the new software.

Does anyone know of anything that can do this please?

I've looked at Strawberry and Cinnamon, but development seems to have stopped, and I don't know enough about things like flaws and bugs to know if they're still safe to use.

Thanks in advance for your help :)

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[–] d_k_bo@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can use any media management solution on your PC and sync that to your devices using https://syncthing.net/

[–] Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thanks for replying :)

I've got too much to store on my phone, and a lot of media that I don't want on there, like my kid's music. I don't want to have to break the media up into new directories to sync either.

Can Syncthing do it another way? I've only ever used it for syncing directories.

[–] d_k_bo@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Syncthing can ignore files and directories, but I don't know if that fits your use case. https://docs.syncthing.net/users/ignoring.html

[–] Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

Ah, no, it wouldn't. I add whole albums sometimes, but I usually add playlists taken from the whole library, so all the tracks would have different paths.

It could be great for the audiobooks and podcasts though :)