That sounds promising, thanks! You say LAN, but I can share this with people over the internet too, right?

I don’t know what kind of authentication it uses, but it dots appear to be susceptible to brute force https://github.com/navidrome/navidrome/issues/242

But if I add a reverse proxy I would need it to just affect that one service/port. I’m running a publicly facing static (amateur/hobby) website - and other services - from there too and I’d prefer it to remain public.

Thanks again! Do I understand right that once I:

1. Run tail scale on each machine
2. Register those with my account

The machines will be able to see each other, but the machines can not be seen outside of the network of those machines?

Also, my Raspberry Pi is hosting some other publicly exposed services that need to remain that way. Will tail scale take over those too?

I found a nice overview video here for anyone who might want it: https://invidious.nerdvpn.de/watch?v=Kzyolu9yn0E

Thanks. I really appreciate the insight. I’ll start learning about tailscale as a priority.

It is plain HTTP. There’s a username and password needed to log in and access the music, though if that helps?

Thanks for that. I’ll look into tail scale (since you mentioned the magic word, ‘simplicity’). My domain doesn’t have any links to the pages on my server, and Navidrome is username and password protected. Would that be safe enough? I am using unencrypted http, though.

Thanks. I’m happy enough with Navidrome but if I can try ASA in parallel I might give it a try sometime.

I really like the turntable effect in the Navidrome web app, though :)

Thanks for clarifying. I might be sent to uninstall that other package in that case. It’s all working nicely anyway. Appreciate it, thanks again for your help!

That looks quick to get going

You’re right. It’s just that the package to installed is called docker-compose (if I remember right. I’m on mobile now). So the command to install was: apt install docker-compose, and the command was: docker compose. Thanks man.

I got Navidrome working on the local network quickly with docker compose thanks to this video: https://invidious.nerdvpn.de/watch?v=7V5UUJlSknY

Once I forwarded the right port on my router I was also able to access the music from the web. Thanks for the recommendation, I’m very happy!

I used ffmpeg in a terminal because I’m familiar with typing commands. That way I could have it loop through them all.

For most people though I’d recommend using a graphical program though. Audacity is free. You can drag and drop an mp4 file (for example) into the window and it immediately gives you the audio to export to mp3 or whatever you like.

Another online commenter explained how to use VLC to do it too: “I’ve found that VLC media player will help with this trick. Open the .mp4 (or any audio file). Once opened, go up to the Media menu and Add your file(s) to the File Selection list. Then select Covert/Save at the bottom. In the Save window that appears, click on the down arrow found on the “Convert/Save” button at the bottom and select Convert. In that window that appears, change the Profile to the format you want (assuming Audio - MP3), give it a Destination, then Start. In just a couple moments, you’ll have an mp3. GL!” Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/podcasting/comments/11e5khr/comment/jacrzgz/

I’ve converted Star Trek: The Next Generation to mp3 (all seven seasons) to get the entertainment without the blue light.

Thank you, that worked!

It’s the plans to invest in Israel that bothers me at the moment. After all we’ve seen I just can’t put money into that. I’d rather not buy any tech that support that.

Is there a one-line command to check my SSD? I have a headless setup. When I’ve tried on the past there was more results coming back than I knew what to do with.

True

And what’s worse is they’re probably tested on animals.

I agree. But a lot of the non-cheap stuff is just as toxic and exploitative. We’ve found clothing that’s for sale in a national supermarket chain for sale on Temu for a fraction of the price. Is it a knock-off or the same product being marked up? I suspect the latter is often the case.

When I see headlines like this about colonised places I like to dream that the indigenous people get their land back and eventually wave goodbye to the last settler/colonizer.