A good music app for Android TV? [solved]


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TLDR: I ended up installing Chora, pictured in the thumbnail, which is open-source and works pretty well on TV (and on mobile). Navigation works with remote, and I was able to connect to my music collection quickly. I moved the music collection to Navidrome, and I have noticed that it generally loads and searches my library faster than Jellyfin. It does not have a continuous play/instant playlist (like for example, Tempus on mobile), but otherwise checks most of the boxes.

Original Post:

I have a great music library on my homelab, but I hardly ever listen to it because I mostly listen to music on my TV.

I occasionally use the Jellyfin app, which is the best player I've found for TV, but it is not really built for audio and is cumbersome for searching, on-the-fly playlist, and continuous play.

Other apps I've tried are either worse in terms of features, or an absolute labyrinth to navigate with a remote. Most apps are designed for mobile and are somewhat to completely broken on TV, if they run at all.

I don't mind if the app is not free as long as it works well enough for my family to use it, and it connects to the server. I don't mind migrating my library to another service to get it working well on the TV.

Has anyone found an actually good Android TV app for hosted music?

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Als Antwort auf gedaliyah

@gedaliyah

I've been using Plex for years and switched everything to Jellyfin and Lyrion, both working from the same media files.

Lyrion is great for synced playback throughout the appartment. When I'm only playing via the flat TV for a few songs, I generally use Jellyfin.

Is it essential for you that you can use the TV for controlling the playback?

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Als Antwort auf gedaliyah

support.symfonium.app/t/symfon…

This is what I use on my phone, and it's a great app. Even supports reading rating tags, though it can't write to them due to Android limitations. It was a one-time payment of under $10 when I got it, and that blog post says they at least have an experimental build for Android TVs. Mostly why I picked it was:

  • Smart playlists
  • Rating tag support

It also has WebDAV support, but I just sync the music to my phone.

Als Antwort auf gedaliyah

FinAmp is a fantastic JellyFin music player, and even supports offline downloads for on the road. Sadly the interface isn't really AndroidTV-friendly, but it works great on android touch screens, iOS, linux, and macOS (probably Windows too, but I'll never know).

I'm looking for a good AndroidTV player as well, because the official JellyFin app doesn't background well. We like to play music in parallel with a screensaver or fireplace app, but JellyFin pauses after about a minute when hackgrounded.

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