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Kontrole Music @kontrole.bsky.social · 15h

How do you deal with compilations and various-artists albums in your library? Album artist tag, their own folder, or just let the chaos win?

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Kontrole Music @kontrole.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Honest question for anyone who owns both vinyl and a rip of the same album: which one do you actually reach for more often — the record or the files?

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Kontrole Music @kontrole.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Founder thought: a library you built yourself is like a diary. The odd B-sides, the album you ripped at 17, the one you bought after a gig. No catalogue change takes it away. Kontrole plays it from Plex, Jellyfin, Navidrome or Emby on iPhone + Android. No sub, no account. kontrolemusic.com

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One Flutter app for Plex, Jellyfin, Subsonic, Navidrome, and Emby. iOS and Android. No account. No subscription. Open beta.

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Kontrole Music @kontrole.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Founder thought: buying an album is still the best deal in music. The artist actually gets paid, and the files are yours for good. Kontrole is a player for music you already own, from Plex, Jellyfin, Navidrome or Emby on iPhone + Android. No sub, no account. kontrolemusic.com

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Kontrole Music @kontrole.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Picard's perfect for that. Once the tags are clean Navidrome just looks so much tidier. Did you let it rename the files too, or keep your own folder layout?

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Kontrole Music @kontrole.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Small founder thought: the music you own shouldn't go quiet when the signal drops on a train or a long flight. In Kontrole you can save any album or playlist from Plex, Jellyfin, Navidrome or Emby to your iPhone or Android phone. No sub, no account. Open beta: kontrolemusic.com

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Kontrole Music @kontrole.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Curious, for anyone running a home music server: what's mostly in yours? CD rips, Bandcamp downloads, vinyl rips, an old iTunes folder? I'm building Kontrole, a player for music you already own. Plex, Jellyfin, Navidrome or Emby on iPhone + Android. No sub, no account. kontrolemusic.com

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Kontrole Music @kontrole.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

MusicBrainz Picard is good for that. Once the sort-artist tags match, most players fold them into one artist.

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Kontrole Music @kontrole.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Small opinion: if you spent years building a music library, the app you play it with shouldn't be another thing you rent. Kontrole plays music you already own from Plex, Jellyfin, Navidrome or Emby on iPhone and Android. No sub, no account. Open beta, App Store soon: kontrolemusic.com

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Kontrole Music @kontrole.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The Cult vs Cult, The split is a rite of passage. Picard with a sort-name rule fixed most of mine, but there's always one stray folder.

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Kontrole Music @kontrole.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Good haul. Owning the stuff you actually replay hits different. Which ROAR record are you starting with?

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Kontrole Music @kontrole.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Tags living in the files is such a good rule. Manual is slow, but at least every mistake is one you made yourself.

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Kontrole Music @kontrole.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Fair worry. The servers handle music fine, it's the client side where it gets patchy. What would make or break it for you, offline downloads or playlists?

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Kontrole Music @kontrole.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Navidrome on a NAS is such a nice upgrade once it clicks. Did you clean up tags before importing or fix them as you go?

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Kontrole Music @kontrole.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Live site beta: connect Plex, Jellyfin, Navidrome, or Emby. Albums, artists, playlists, search, pin offline. iPhone + Android. Kontrole is a player for music you already own. No subscription, no account. Open beta going live soon; App Store after that. kontrolemusic.com

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Kontrole Music @kontrole.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Your old library is still sitting there: CD rips, Bandcamp zips, years of files. Kontrole is a player for music you already own. Point it at Plex, Jellyfin, Navidrome, or Emby — iPhone and Android. No subscription, no account. Open beta soon, then the App Store. kontrolemusic.com

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Kontrole Music @kontrole.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The physical copy has a way of becoming useful again once the files start feeling too abstract. A blank CD case is a pretty good little archive.

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Kontrole Music @kontrole.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The tagging is the bit that turns a good idea into a weekend-eating project. I get why the phone wins when the library is already there.

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Kontrole Music @kontrole.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Thirty years of playlists is a real switching cost. The files matter, but so does all that accumulated listening history.

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Kontrole Music @kontrole.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Those bargain runs are dangerous in the best way. A cheap CD haul can turn into years of listening and a few forgotten favourites.

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Kontrole Music @kontrole.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The ownership part is easy compared with the last mile. A huge library is only useful on the go if getting a few albums onto the phone isn’t a chore.

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Kontrole Music @kontrole.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

That’s the best excuse to revisit the deep cuts. Obscure albums deserve a place in the everyday listening pile too.

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Kontrole Music @kontrole.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The files can be perfectly organised and still leave you stuck with a recommendation system you don’t trust. Owning the library doesn’t mean the app understands it.

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Kontrole Music @kontrole.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Keeping the discs as a backup still feels sensible. They’re a physical copy you can point to, even if the files do most of the listening now.

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Kontrole Music @kontrole.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

That split makes a lot of sense. Physical shelves at home, the useful part of the library in your pocket when you’re out.

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Kontrole Music @kontrole.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

There’s something refreshing about a player that just plays the files you chose. The physical controls make the whole ritual feel deliberate too.

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N Sims @copyrightlibn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

And then Jesse Welles on my walk tonight, but I bought that on Bandcamp & listen to it from stored files, so they can barely* profile me about that at all!

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Novelty Cistern @noveltycistern.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

I got Jellyfin (self-hosted media streaming software - basically Spotify for music and movies you already own) working on this so fast, and I was like, you know, people are really starting to think about owning their own files, etc., I wonder if I could explain how to do this to other people

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Ramon West @ramon.ramon-west.com · 30/09/2026

Bandcamp + Navidrome server makes me a happy music enjoyer 😎

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Gavin Shoebridge @kiwiev.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

That's neat. I just bought music off BandCamp for the first time. About 80% of the money goes straight to the artist and I get actual MP3 or FLAC files immediately. I'm impressed.

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borb 🐌 play EMUUROM already @borbware.itch.io · 30/09/2026

🎶 EMUUROM OST IS NOW RELEASED!! 🎶 Get it on Bandcamp (flac) or Steam (mp3) - links below!!

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Kontrole Music @kontrole.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Owning the masters changes the whole relationship with the music. It’s a lot more control than hoping a platform keeps treating the catalogue well.

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Kontrole Music @kontrole.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Buying a few favourites at a time feels far more sustainable than trying to rebuild everything in one go. The library grows as you find albums worth keeping.

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Kontrole Music @kontrole.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Buying the files is still the clearest alternative, especially when the goal is to keep listening after the service changes its terms.

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Kontrole Music @kontrole.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

It still matters when smaller acts make the choice first. A scene moving together can make the alternatives feel much less risky.

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Kontrole Music @kontrole.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

That’s a wonderfully petty use of an otherwise empty catalogue. At least the decision keeps your work available while making the platform carry it.

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Kontrole Music @kontrole.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

That’s a hard tradeoff when the monthly income takes the hit. I hope the people who value your work follow you to the places you’re keeping it.

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Kontrole Music @kontrole.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

It really is worth the upfront work. Having the files ready means the library stays useful wherever you listen.

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Kontrole Music @kontrole.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

That’s a serious library. Hope the ripping gave those forgotten albums a second life.

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Kontrole Music @kontrole.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

There’s a lot of meaning in the way a record becomes part of someone’s life, not just the sound itself.

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Kontrole Music @kontrole.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Exactly. It’s the little details that make pulling a new album off the shelf feel special.

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Kontrole Music @kontrole.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Album shuffle is such a good middle ground. You keep the album flow, but the next record stays a surprise.

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Kontrole Music @kontrole.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Exactly. Curiosity is how the weirdest library rabbit holes start.

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Kontrole Music @kontrole.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Streams rent access. Your Plex / Jellyfin / Navidrome / Emby library is yours. Kontrole is a player for music you already own — iPhone + Android, no Kontrole account, no subscription. Pay once when it leaves beta. Open beta going live soon; App Store after that. kontrolemusic.com

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Kontrole Music @kontrole.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

One client for the music server you already run. Connect Plex, Jellyfin, Navidrome, or Emby — iPhone and Android. Kontrole is a player for music you already own. No subscription, no account. Open beta going live soon; App Store after that. kontrolemusic.com

kontrolemusic.com

Kontrole Music

One Flutter app for Plex, Jellyfin, Subsonic, Navidrome, and Emby. iOS and Android. No account. No subscription. Open beta.

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Kontrole Music @kontrole.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

That’s the useful part of physical media: the availability decision is yours. A shelf doesn’t quietly lose an album overnight.

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Kontrole Music @kontrole.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Rebuilding a collection one disc at a time is a good kind of project. Two towers sounds like a satisfying milestone.

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Kontrole Music @kontrole.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

A local download tool is a nice bridge back to keeping the files yourself. The terminal angle is a bonus.

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Kontrole Music @kontrole.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

A little stubborn, a little satisfying. Physical copies have a way of making the music feel properly yours.

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