Network Sources

As well as local files, Tauon can play music from:

• Jellyfin
• PLEX
• Subsonic-compatible servers such as Navidrome, Airsonic and Nextcloud Music
• TIDAL
• Another copy of Tauon on your network

Each has a tile in Settings › Connect. Click a tile to open its settings.

PLEX and Subsonic servers

1. Make sure your server is set up, running and reachable from your computer.
2. In Tauon, go to Settings › Connect and click the PLEX or Airsonic tile. (Airsonic covers all Subsonic-compatible servers.)
3. Fill in your account details. For PLEX, also enter the server and library names.
4. Click Import music to playlist.

The imported playlist (“PLEX Collection” or “Airsonic Collection”) holds your server’s library. Keep this playlist, even if you make other playlists from it.

Note

Imported network tracks don’t update automatically. To refresh, right-click the playlist tab and choose Regenerate.

Server-side playlists aren’t imported.

Server options:

• Use plain text authentication (Subsonic): needed for Nextcloud Music.
• Allow local scrobbling: turn off if your server already scrobbles your plays, to avoid double scrobbles.

Limitations

• Only one server of each type is supported.
• If you switch or reset a server, delete any playlists with tracks from it. To remove all network tracks, choose Database… › Remove Network Tracks from the main menu.

TIDAL

1. Click the TIDAL tile, then Login. Your web browser opens.
2. Sign in to TIDAL. When the browser lands on a page that doesn’t load, copy that page’s full address.
3. Back in Tauon, click Paste redirect URL.

Then use Import albums and Import tracks to import your TIDAL favourites. You can also paste a TIDAL album, playlist, mix, track or artist link into a playlist with Ctrl + V.

Note

TIDAL support needs the optional tidalapi Python package.

Network cache

Settings for streaming are in Settings › Audio › Cache:

• Use persistent network cache keeps downloaded tracks between sessions, up to the Cache size you set.
• Wait for entire file downloads each track fully before playing, instead of streaming it.

Offline copies

You can keep compressed copies of network tracks for offline use. Transcode the albums (or a whole playlist with Misc… › Transcode All) and leave the results in the output folder. When a transcoded copy exists, Tauon plays it instead of downloading the track.

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Another Tauon on your network

The Tauon tile lets you import playlists from another computer running Tauon, and stream music from it.

Security

This connection is not authenticated or encrypted. Only use it on a trusted home network, and never expose the port to the internet.

1. On the computer with the music, go to Settings › Connect › Sharing and turn on Enable remote control, then restart Tauon.
2. Find that computer’s IP address. On Linux, ip a shows it.
3. On the other computer, click the Tauon tile and enter the IP address (just the address, no http:// or port).
4. Enter the name of a playlist on the first computer and click Get playlist.

This is read-only: you can play the music, but not manage the other computer’s collection.