Stream music around the home with Airsonic server - a step by step approach

Do you have a large music library on your computer? Set your collection free by creating your own music server. Then stream tracks to all the devices on your home network - anything from a smartphone to a laptop.
To make things easier, we'll install SparkyLinux (based on Debian) as a base for the mini-server. Then we'll utilise Docker with the Portainer web interface to simplify the setup of the Airsonic software.
Not only does Airsonic support numerous audio formats, but it also comes with an integrated Podcast receiver. As an added bonus it can be used to listen to internet radio stations.
So get ready to unleash your music compilation using the power of free and open source software.
Docker command to install Portainer:
docker run -d -p 8000:8000 -p 9000:9000 --name=portainer --restart=always -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock -v portainer_data:/data portainer/portainer
Website links:
SparkyLinux
sparkylinux.org/
Etcher
www.balena.io/etcher/
Docker Hub
hub.docker.com/
LinuxServer
www.linuxserver.io/
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TWiT
twit.tv/
RadioFeeds
www.radiofeeds.co.uk/mp3.asp
Airsonic Applications
airsonic.github.io/docs/apps/
Airsonic
airsonic.github.io/
Airsonic Forum (Reddit)
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substreamer - Subsonic Client
Gaven Henry (Google Play Store)
play.google.com/store/apps/de...
iSub Music Streamer (Apple App Store)
Benjamin Baron
apps.apple.com/us/app/isub-mu...
Additional credits:
"The Godfather" font was created by Jeff Bell for www.geocities.com/boltonbroscom
"Scriptina" font by Apostrophic Laboritories
(Fonts courtesy of www.1001fonts.com/)
Thanks to KZbin Audio for the following tracks
Golden Empire (The 126ers)
X Ray Vision (Slynk)
Stranger In the Way (RAGE)
Dream Lagoon (Chris Haugen)
A Rising Wave (Jeremy Blake)
Diving in Water with Splash sound with thanks to www.freesfx.co.uk
(Original) images sourced from the superb pixabay.com/

[@evvie01]

Thank you. Your videos are always so clear and easy to understand. I have to pause and go back sometimes but that's just my brains penchant for dropping info at the worst possible moment. You always have everything I need to do a thing, or at least have explained it enough that I can look up any details I'm not so sure about. Wonderful!

[@DJDashzn]

Great videos I have no idea why I never came across the channel earlier.

[@bytemypi2918]

Thanks. Welcome to the channel :)

[@innesleroux9439]

Thanks for detailed instructions.

[@bytemypi2918]

You're welcome. Hope you're enjoying Airsonic.

[@patrickjoseph3412]

NICE VIDEO

[@bytemypi2918]

Thank you

[@robinantonjuj]

Thanks for the nice video. I think the overlay from airsonic is not really intuitiv

[@bytemypi2918]

You're welcome. You could give Ampache a try, which is also free and open source :) ampache.org/