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Daphile
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Reader supplied reviews for Daphile
Average rating
9.6 from 9 review(s)
Version: 24.05
Rating: 9
Date: 2024-05-11
Votes: 4
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Daphile is a one-person project, but that one person has done a masterful job at leveraging the best pieces of Linux and other open source tools to build Daphile. Installed on a micro PC that need not be a computing powerhouse, I have a flexible, customizable music server and streamer. This includes plugins that allow the user to stream from Tidal, Deezer, Quboz, Spotify and other services.
There is a partnership between Daphile and the folks behind LMS: Lyrion Music Server, formerly known as Logitech Media Server. Much of the customizability is a product of that partnership.
You could pay a lot of money to buy a prepackaged, one-box solution that does what Daphile does. Think of the BlueSoound Node 2 or the ifi Zen Streamer.
Here at my home office I use the USB output from the micro PC running Daphile to the input of my DAC. I stream music from my home network drive, or internet radio stations like Radio Paradise, JB Radio 2, or Naim Classical. Alternatively, I can access my Tidal account and stream directly from Tidal through Daphile.
Sincere thanks to Daphile for allowing greater enjoyment of my music.
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Version: 24.05
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-05-09
Votes: 4
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Excelente Reproductor de Audio, muy completo y gratuito!
Felicitaciones para quienes lo desarrollan y mantienen actualizado.
Que integre música local en muchos formatos, además de audio streaming como Spotify, Tidal, y Youtube, emisoras de radio. Manejo de forma remota desde un celular, tablet o PC a través de cualquier navegador web.
No tienen idea de a cuantas personas hacen felices con esta distro. Gracias!!!!, gracias y gracias nuevamente!!!!
Mi única sugerencia sería mejorar su interfaz, aunque con la APP Squeezer va muy bien!!!
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Version: 23.01
Rating: 9
Date: 2024-03-23
Votes: 0
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First, this project is an excellent example of love of music and the community of people who are likeminded. Yes. the user interface is not as slick as others but, this FREE and a labor of love. The sound is excellent. When tweaked to take advantage of the hardware it's installed on the results are without a doubt - on par with many of the PAID apps out there.
That said I am not sure where it goes from here as LMS is no longer available and the MySqueezeBox accounts are no longer available. This has disabled the "My Apps" on my installation.
So, it may be farewell to Daphile, one of the excellent examples of a FREE headless streaming server. I remain a fan.
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Version: 23.01
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-03-12
Votes: 1
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I run it as a virtual machine on a KVM host, it uses an external USB DAC and it plays files from a NAS folder mounted via NFS. I have given direct PCI access for the USB and wifi controller to the VM in order to make it work correctly.
It's a fantastic distribution, everything works fine, even the ShairTunes2 Plugin and playing DSD files!
Many thanks and congratulations to the the developer and maintener (Kimmo Taskinen I suppose) for such a clean and complete solution to a very daunting task.
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Version: 23.01
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-01-29
Votes: 2
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this is fantastic software.... i am not technical in linux but installing this to an old laptop first them tried a small form factor board and finally a ultra small fanless board -- works for all of them and just great
worried its not been updated in the last year but it does everything i want from a headledd player.
now connected to my hi-fi in lounge and apart from the odd upload of media it just does everything without needing to go near it, controlled from a cheap ipad browser.
simply superb... if there was a way to donate i would
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Version: 23.01
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-04-19
Votes: 1
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I'll join the others before me, with the addition that you need an Amanero Combo USB card that works with exclusive processing (natively supported). Excluding the bugs of the Daphile running device. So far I have used Windows 8.1 OS and Amarra Luxe 4 player. I always review my current settings from time to time, now the Amanero card has made it my preferred player. Brilliant sound, thanks to the developers !
Without the aforementioned USB card, the result is heavily influenced by the quality of the platform using Daphile, which could be bad. My own experience.
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Version: 21.01
Rating: 9
Date: 2021-11-13
Votes: 6
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Perfect for reusing old PCs and laptops for music!
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Version: 20.12
Rating: 9
Date: 2021-04-18
Votes: 22
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I've fiddled around with computer music for about 10 years. Have tried quite a few combinations, including on-the-edge programs like Audiophile Linux, Euphony, etc. Hugely frustrating. Unless you're a computer whiz, or are willing to spend countless hours learning, you're quickly out of your depth. Even then, these programs represent ever shifting sound quality and operational targets, and you must have the time and patience to keep up, if you don't want to get left out.
That's why I always end up back with my Daphile machine. It is stable and simple, with high quality sound. The only thing I wish for is a larger album cover display.
Considering the big chunks of money you spend on some of these other programs the fact that Daphile is free is a huge selling point. BUT, I often wish there was a way to at least donate some money to Kimmo for this monumental effort.
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Version: 21.01
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-03-28
Votes: 4
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The install is easy enough if one follows the directions closely....or just boot it from a USB drive and run it from there.
Repurposed an old Core2 desktop machine to run Daphile...it doesn't need much computing power to run well. I have my music on a network connected hard drive (NAS). Set Daphile up to play music from the NAS, also Radio Paradise and a few other internet radio sources. Have tried Qobuz and Tidal, but I like playback from my own sources better.
Thanks to the Daphile team (which I believe is a team of one :-) ) for making this excellent software available.
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Latest Reviews
Project: Daphile
Version: 24.05
Rating: 9
Date: 2024-05-11
Votes: 4
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Daphile is a one-person project, but that one person has done a masterful job at leveraging the best pieces of Linux and other open source tools to build Daphile. Installed on a micro PC that need not be a computing powerhouse, I have a flexible, customizable music server and streamer. This includes plugins that allow the user to stream from Tidal, Deezer, Quboz, Spotify and other services.
There is a partnership between Daphile and the folks behind LMS: Lyrion Music Server, formerly known as Logitech Media Server. Much of the customizability is a product of that partnership.
You could pay a lot of money to buy a prepackaged, one-box solution that does what Daphile does. Think of the BlueSoound Node 2 or the ifi Zen Streamer.
Here at my home office I use the USB output from the micro PC running Daphile to the input of my DAC. I stream music from my home network drive, or internet radio stations like Radio Paradise, JB Radio 2, or Naim Classical. Alternatively, I can access my Tidal account and stream directly from Tidal through Daphile.
Sincere thanks to Daphile for allowing greater enjoyment of my music.
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Project: Daphile
Version: 24.05
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-05-09
Votes: 4
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Excelente Reproductor de Audio, muy completo y gratuito!
Felicitaciones para quienes lo desarrollan y mantienen actualizado.
Que integre música local en muchos formatos, además de audio streaming como Spotify, Tidal, y Youtube, emisoras de radio. Manejo de forma remota desde un celular, tablet o PC a través de cualquier navegador web.
No tienen idea de a cuantas personas hacen felices con esta distro. Gracias!!!!, gracias y gracias nuevamente!!!!
Mi única sugerencia sería mejorar su interfaz, aunque con la APP Squeezer va muy bien!!!
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Project: Daphile
Version: 23.01
Rating: 9
Date: 2024-03-23
Votes: 0
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First, this project is an excellent example of love of music and the community of people who are likeminded. Yes. the user interface is not as slick as others but, this FREE and a labor of love. The sound is excellent. When tweaked to take advantage of the hardware it's installed on the results are without a doubt - on par with many of the PAID apps out there.
That said I am not sure where it goes from here as LMS is no longer available and the MySqueezeBox accounts are no longer available. This has disabled the "My Apps" on my installation.
So, it may be farewell to Daphile, one of the excellent examples of a FREE headless streaming server. I remain a fan.
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Project: Daphile
Version: 23.01
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-03-12
Votes: 1
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I run it as a virtual machine on a KVM host, it uses an external USB DAC and it plays files from a NAS folder mounted via NFS. I have given direct PCI access for the USB and wifi controller to the VM in order to make it work correctly.
It's a fantastic distribution, everything works fine, even the ShairTunes2 Plugin and playing DSD files!
Many thanks and congratulations to the the developer and maintener (Kimmo Taskinen I suppose) for such a clean and complete solution to a very daunting task.
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Project: Daphile
Version: 23.01
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-01-29
Votes: 2
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this is fantastic software.... i am not technical in linux but installing this to an old laptop first them tried a small form factor board and finally a ultra small fanless board -- works for all of them and just great
worried its not been updated in the last year but it does everything i want from a headledd player.
now connected to my hi-fi in lounge and apart from the odd upload of media it just does everything without needing to go near it, controlled from a cheap ipad browser.
simply superb... if there was a way to donate i would
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Project: Daphile
Version: 23.01
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-04-19
Votes: 1
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I'll join the others before me, with the addition that you need an Amanero Combo USB card that works with exclusive processing (natively supported). Excluding the bugs of the Daphile running device. So far I have used Windows 8.1 OS and Amarra Luxe 4 player. I always review my current settings from time to time, now the Amanero card has made it my preferred player. Brilliant sound, thanks to the developers !
Without the aforementioned USB card, the result is heavily influenced by the quality of the platform using Daphile, which could be bad. My own experience.
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Project: Daphile
Version: 21.01
Rating: 9
Date: 2021-11-13
Votes: 6
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Perfect for reusing old PCs and laptops for music!
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Project: Daphile
Version: 20.12
Rating: 9
Date: 2021-04-18
Votes: 22
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I've fiddled around with computer music for about 10 years. Have tried quite a few combinations, including on-the-edge programs like Audiophile Linux, Euphony, etc. Hugely frustrating. Unless you're a computer whiz, or are willing to spend countless hours learning, you're quickly out of your depth. Even then, these programs represent ever shifting sound quality and operational targets, and you must have the time and patience to keep up, if you don't want to get left out.
That's why I always end up back with my Daphile machine. It is stable and simple, with high quality sound. The only thing I wish for is a larger album cover display.
Considering the big chunks of money you spend on some of these other programs the fact that Daphile is free is a huge selling point. BUT, I often wish there was a way to at least donate some money to Kimmo for this monumental effort.
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Project: Daphile
Version: 21.01
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-03-28
Votes: 4
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The install is easy enough if one follows the directions closely....or just boot it from a USB drive and run it from there.
Repurposed an old Core2 desktop machine to run Daphile...it doesn't need much computing power to run well. I have my music on a network connected hard drive (NAS). Set Daphile up to play music from the NAS, also Radio Paradise and a few other internet radio sources. Have tried Qobuz and Tidal, but I like playback from my own sources better.
Thanks to the Daphile team (which I believe is a team of one :-) ) for making this excellent software available.
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