Add subsonic as a source

[pbulteel]

Subsonic is an open-source media library with an extensive API. Many other open-source projects build around this API so that music players who support this API can get metadata and music from their projects. You can host your own media (music / movies) and manage the metadata using these.

Example servers:
subsonic (subsonic.org)
ampache (ampache.org)
airsonic-advanced (github airsonic-advanced)

Multiple python libraries around already communicate with the API, including a CLI player - psub.

Please add the ability to play from a subsonic capable server.

SUBSONIC IS AVAILABLE https://music-assistant.io/music-providers/subsonic/

[marcelveldt]

Nice idea! The music provider model within Music Assistant is very generic and flexible so I guess it should be pretty easy to add this one in.

[TKpizza]

Please add! need this so bad.

[erkr]

I move this request to the discussions, thanks for filing.

[AvdWerfhorst]

Before I discovered Music Assistant, I was actually looking for a Subsonic client for Home Assistant. This to use in combination with Navidrome's, implementation of the Subsonic api. But Music Assistant made me rethink about this. I now use the local file system function in Music Assistant, Although I do that using a mounted network share.

I still use Navidrome, but only when I travel. As I have the DSub client on my phone. It is using the same file location as Music Assistant does. So here is someone who does not feel he needs this function. But it would be nice to have.

[TKpizza]

how did you do that?

[SteveDinn]

I think it would still be nice to have the interface browse the navidrome web service because the music may not be local to home assistant. Some people using navidrome host their music (or the entire service) in the cloud. For me, I would love it if Music Assistant could use Navidrome in order for it to scrobble to LastFM, and keep track of plays.

[Clusters]

Am I wrong or would this feature also enable to have music from Funkwhale pods on Music Assistant? (API doc)
Would be a nice addition to online Fediverse services alongside the offline home automation solution.

[roofuskit]

http://www.subsonic.org/pages/api.jsp

This one addition would add support for a large swath of source servers that support this API.

[codeinabox]

Is there a reference for adding new providers? I'd like to help add a Subsonic provider

[OzGav]

No sorry. You will need to model it from the existing providers. Ask questions in the dev discord channels for help.

[sabatmonk]

My python days are way behind me so I would rather not start but I could offer my help on this (once the auth is dealt with and a bare bone provider is working ;) )

[khers]

I would really like this but I would suggest to use the following for the api reference: https://opensubsonic.netlify.app/docs/

The actual subsonic project is long since dead and has not had updates in many years. However there are a number of follow on projects and many of them support the open api definitions.

[codeinabox]

There is the py-sonic library that could be leveraged

[SeeDborg]

+1 on this, please add this integration if you can 👍

[khers]

I have a branch that adds this provider and am in the process of testing it: https://github.com/khers/server/tree/add-open-subsonic-provider

If you have a *sonic server that you want to try it with, give it a go (it doesn't alter the server data, treats it at read only).

Things it needs are scrobbling and updating Playlists

[pbulteel]

I haven't used MASS in a while, but I'll install it (to try to test this new functionality.) It's going to take me a few days though.

Thank you!

[codeinabox]

Thank you! Just tried it out and couldn't get it to connect to my Navidrome server, nor the demo one. Below are the error logs:

DEBUG:music_assistant:Loading provider Open Subsonic Media Server Library
DEBUG:music_assistant.providers.opensubsonic:Log level configured to GLOBAL
ERROR:music_assistant.webserver:[4609903632] Error handling message: CommandMessage(message_id=38, command='config/providers/save', args={'provider_domain': 'opensubsonic', 'values': {'username': 'demo', 'passwor
d': 'demo', 'baseURL': 'https://demo.navidrome.org/', 'port': None, 'path': None, 'log_level': 'GLOBAL'}})
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/Users/mathew/Downloads/server/music_assistant/server/controllers/webserver.py", line 372, in _run_handler
result = await result
^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/Users/mathew/Downloads/server/music_assistant/server/controllers/config.py", line 257, in save_provider_config
config = await self._add_provider_config(provider_domain, values)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/Users/mathew/Downloads/server/music_assistant/server/controllers/config.py", line 720, in _add_provider_config
await self.mass.load_provider(config)
File "/Users/mathew/Downloads/server/music_assistant/server/server.py", line 403, in load_provider
provider = await prov_mod.setup(self, prov_manifest, conf)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/Users/mathew/Downloads/server/music_assistant/server/providers/opensubsonic/init.py", line 23, in setup
await prov.handle_setup()
File "/Users/mathew/Downloads/server/music_assistant/server/providers/opensubsonic/sonic_provider.py", line 72, in handle_setup
raise LoginFailed(
music_assistant.common.models.errors.LoginFailed: Failed to connect to https://demo.navidrome.org/, check your settings.

[deluan]

So, query= is different than query="". That's your issue.

[khers]

This is how the requests library encoded the request dictionary which has an entry 'query':''.

[khers]

Given how I think the form encoding works, query="" is not an empty string query, but a string of two double quotes, which would return 0 matches in my library because "" doesn't show in any searchable fields.

[deluan]

which would return 0 matches in my library because "" doesn't show in any searchable fields.

Compatible OpenSubsonic servers handle this (including gonic). See Example from OpenSubsonic page:

http://your-server/rest/search3.view?u=demo&p=demo&v=1.13.0&c=AwesomeClientName&f=json&query=""&artistCount=1&albumCount=1&songCount=1

[deluan]

But, to make things simpler for you, next version of Navidrome will not require the query param, and it will default to "" ;)

See navidrome/navidrome@5125558

[SteveDinn]

There is a docker image for the server though: ghcr.io/music-assistant/server.

[Clusters]

I assume you are referring to my comment from some minutes before.
To avoid confusion, I just meant deploying the test branch or current dev branch of the core/server repository so it can be used by Music Assistant within Home Assistant (HACS) :)

[khers]

We now have a Subsonic provider channel on the MASS discord, so questions can also be asked there.

[codeinabox]

I've updated my Navidrome server to 0.51.0 and Music Assistant to 2.0.0b86, and I am now having issues with double / duplicate scrobbles to ListenBrainz

[codeinabox]

Good question, @deluan how does the scrobbling behaviour work?

[deluan]

As mentioned before by @khers, Navidrome only register scrobbles by using the /scrobble endpoint, as clarified by OpenSubsonic:

OpenSubsonic servers must not count access to /stream endpoint as a play and increase playcount. Clients can use the Scrobble endpoint to indicate that a media is played ensuring proper data in all cases.

@codeinabox, do you see double scrobbles in Navidrome's logs?

[khers]

The provider was double scrobbling (I am working on a fix there) if there was more duplication on ListenBrainz I don't know the cause

[khers]

Give this a shot: https://github.com/khers/server/tree/scrobble-fix
It is behaving itself for me and only scrobbling a listen once per track.

[codeinabox]

Thank you, scrobbling works perfect on this branch!

[tiorac]

I created an integration for Subsonic, to be able to integrate my Navidrome, mainly to bring the radios I have there.

If you want, you can try to use it, if there is any problem or bug, comment on it in the repository.

It's the first time I've created an integration for HA, so I'm still checking if I've used all the best practices.

https://github.com/tiorac/ha-subsonic

[OzGav]

Thanks for the info. HA users will appreciate it! We do already have. subsonic provider in Music Assistant so if you start using that you will be covered https://music-assistant.io/music-providers/subsonic/

[Normanras]

@OzGav - maybe I'm missing something, but I have MA installed via docker and subsonic is not an option for music providers. Where can I connect to navidrome? The docs don't indicate where I can find that option. Thanks again for this wonderful addition to the home-lab universe!

If it helps, if I try to go to /#/settings/addprovider/subsonic I can fill out the information, but then get an error that says: 'Unknown provider domain: subsonic'

Ignore me. Even though I ran the latest docker tag, it wasn't pulling 2.0.0b129. Got it sorted now. Thanks

[radry]

Thanks for the info. HA users will appreciate it! We do already have. subsonic provider in Music Assistant so if you start using that you will be covered https://music-assistant.io/music-providers/subsonic/

Ok but this is inconvenient since it requires to run a music assistant server too. Why would I run both subsonic and music assistant?

@tiorac
How to use this? I'm new to HA and it isn't found in the webui of HA.

[OzGav]

Some people have a use case for running both. We recommend that people without a specific use case just use the file system provider and let MA access the music directly.

[rafe101]

I would love to use this, but I couldn't get the integration installed. Got the server running and everything looked great but the integration failed and then I saw they won't support core installs anymore. Home Assistant is running on a larger server. HAOS is not an option for me.