Music server to Android tablet

[RedWhiteMonkey]

I have all of my ripped music stored on an hard drive attached to a WD MyCloud at home. I am trying to find an easy way to access that music on my android tablet (Samsung A9+) so I can bluetooth it to my hifi. I have yet to find an easy way to do this, can anyone recommend an app that looks good and is simple to use?

[Motorman74]

It might be slight overkill for your requirements but...

A quick google suggests that you can install Plex on a WD Mycloud, so I'd do that, and then run Plexamp on the tablet. I believe all of that is doable with just a small fee for the Android apps - but I've had Plexpass (which makes it all "free") for so long I'm a little out of touch on that.

Plexamp is a full featured music player, I use it in the car through Android Auto all the time, and I don't think you need plexpass any more to use it.

[RedWhiteMonkey]

Thanks, I did look at Plex a while ago but couldn't get my head around it. I'll try again when I'm home tonight and have access to the local network.

[untakenname]

I've moved from Plex to Emby server, seems a lot more intuitive to set up.

https://emby.media/

[Motorman74]

RedWhiteMonkey said:

Thanks, I did look at Plex a while ago but couldn't get my head around it. I'll try again when I'm home tonight and have access to the local network.

You'll need to do the following:

1) Go to the plex website and set yourself up a free account
2) There seems to be instructions for your device here: https://support-en.wd.com/app/answers/detailweb/a_...
3) set it up as above, then create a library - Music is one of the options, add the folder where you have your music
4) Let it scan your music - this could take a while, depending on how much you have.
5) Install plexamp on the tablet, log in with the same account created in step 1. Point it at your server.

That should be it basically.

Plex will read the metadata for the music from the tags on the file, rather than the file name, so you need to have all that correct for it to work properly - but most music players work that way.

[QJumper]

untakenname said:

I've moved from Plex to Emby server, seems a lot more intuitive to set up.

https://emby.media/

Same here. Found Emby to be a lot easier. Handles video and music to a variety of devices very easily.

[WrekinCrew]

QJumper said:

untakenname said:

I've moved from Plex to Emby server, seems a lot more intuitive to set up.

https://emby.media/

Same here. Found Emby to be a lot easier. Handles video and music to a variety of devices very easily.

Jellyfin is a 100% free and open-source fork of Emby but without nags to buy add-ons or artificial delays.

Doesn't Plex needs a chargeable pass for Android clients?

[QJumper]

WrekinCrew said:

Jellyfin is a 100% free and open-source fork of Emby but without nags to buy add-ons or artificial delays.

Doesn't Plex needs a chargeable pass for Android clients?

Possibly. I think Plex (and maybe Emby) has a one off charge for unlocking the app, of around a fiver.