Ampache VS Roon (Music Player)

Ampache

Web ( HTTP centralized ) based audio/video streaming application

Roon (Music Player)

Roon is a music playing application for audiophiles

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2021-09-30

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Category Popularity

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Roon (Music Player)

Media Player

57 57%

Media Player

43% 43

Audio Player

32 32%

Audio Player

68% 68

Media Players And Streaming Platforms

100 100%

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Music Streaming

100 100%

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The 7 Best Windows Music Players for Hi-Res Audio

While most examples of hi-res music player software focus on sound quality alone, Roon focuses on something else. The developers say that something has been lost in the transition to digital music. To bring back the feeling of engagement you’d get from poring over liner notes, Roon aims to present a searchable “magazine” of your music.

Source: www.makeuseof.com

Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, Roon (Music Player) should be more popular than Ampache. It has been mentiond 47 times since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.

Ampache mentions (23)

Ask HN: Flac/MP3 listeners: How do you store/play your music?
I'm not sure if this would fit all your needs aside from running on Linux but Ampache [1][2] has been around for a very long time and has the ability to mesh with other instances. It started as a small project run by some students at OSU and evolved over time. [1] - https://ampache.org/ [2] - https://github.com/ampache/ampache. - Source: Hacker News / 11 months ago
self-hosted alternative to spotify?
Https://ampache.org/ could be an alternative. Source: about 1 year ago
Step Up in Linux knowledge
You can also do something such as build a mp3 server on headless Debian install https://ampache.org/. Source: about 1 year ago
Where I can do my backup?
Now it's time to make backups of my nextcloud, bitwarden, ampache files. Source: over 1 year ago
What's yout preferred selfhosted music streaming suite?
Ampache. I've been using it for a while and it's great. I'd suggest using it with Ample, as Ample's UI is better. It supports the Subsonic API, so subsonic clients will work with it. It also supports DAAP and uPnP, for other clients. It has it's own API as well, but not many apps use that. Source: over 1 year ago

Roon (Music Player) mentions (47)

What do you guys use to play music on the go?
I also use Roon, which is a little complicated to describe here. Basically I have my own home server with music on, and then I can use the Roon ARC app to access it on the go, similar to above (and is similar to PlexAmp mentioned elsewhere here). Source: 10 months ago
Better sound than AppleTV 4K driving KEF LS50Ws?
You might want to give roon or audirvana a try. Source: 11 months ago
Just bought a house with multi room speakers. Help?
You may also want to look into Room depending how far down the rabbit hole you want to go https://roonlabs.com/. Source: about 1 year ago
Poor schemas, poor cataloguing: why music tagging sucks
Roon handles metadata and relationships between entities the least bad of anything I’ve tried. It’ll do things like link covers and live performances of the same song together, or let you group multiple issues of the same album and switch between them. It’s not cheap, and it takes some effort to fix some bad source data, but I’ve found it very rewarding and get a ton of enjoyment exploring my library now.... - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago
iOS 16.3 Code Reveals Apple Continues to Work on Classical Music App
Take a look at Roon. It's pricing and mobile limitations are disqualifications for me, but it's tagging is simply phenomenal. Source: over 1 year ago