Ampache Reviews

AzuraCast Reviews

1. Sheriff

   | Developer at Shift GraphiX | over 3 years ago
   Azuracast is Gold

   I used Centova cast before switching to Azuracast and all I can say is that this software is worth praise and efforts to better it. It offers everything Centova does and even goes and extra mile. The dashboard is pretty straightforward and my playlists always play. One needs to really know what they are doing setting up schedules and tweaking liquidsoap settings. Live broadcasts are seamless too. I use BUTT/ Sam Broadcaster/Radio Dj. And to imagine that this is all open source... major respect to the developers. 5 * from me.

   🏁 Competitors: Centova Cast, RadioBOSS, RadioKing, Citrus3, SHOUTcast Radio

   👍 Pros:    Stable song request feature|Offers https streaming|Web dj software. (no need for encorders)|More functionalities|It's free!|Integrates with other encorders,|Easy to swap btwn icecast and shoutcast

   👎 Cons:    Open source. (support is on github and may be too techie for people)|Applying too much playlists settings may disrupt playlist|Listener maps not 100% accurate
2. Heywood Jablowmy

   | Sales at The Vending Lot | about 4 years ago
   It is the Worst

   Nothing Works. The edit function does not work. The fade in and fade out function is non existent. The Playlists and scheduled shows never happen. It is honest a total crap shoot as to what works and what does not using this awful program. I cannot believe it is legal to resell it. Its mind blowing how bad it is and its because its a crap shoot as to what works or not.

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 / about 1 year 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: over 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

AzuraCast mentions (2)

• azuracast

  The station you are listening to is powered by AzuraCast, the free and open source software that makes web radio simple, if you are hearing this message your station is ready to go, just add music to your playlists, if you need help or to learn more about AzuraCast, visit azuracast.com. Source: almost 2 years ago

• Advice needed for my own music/radio server.

  Recently tried azuracast to do something similar yo what you did. I have it running as a docker on my raspberrry pi and it streams music on my local network accessible on any device. I believe it can be used to run an actual radio station live but I havent dug that deep into it yet. I followed these instructions mixed with some instructions from their site to spin up their docker.... Source: almost 2 years ago