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MediaMonkey Linux and Android alternative?
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That sounds interesting. I generally prefer to have mostly static playlists, but that's a good way to hear new tracks :)
Does the SFTP service sync automatically, or is it manual? If it's manual, can it be triggered from the phone?
You've just reminded me that I need to sort out my playlists and pull them from MediaMonkey. It stores playlists in its own database, rather than as separate files, so by default they can't be used in other players.
Media Monkey uses SQLite as database. I have used Media monkey to, before I switched to Linux. So I extracted the last played timestamp and play count with a simple SQL select and migrated this info to strawberry, which uses also SQLite. But be aware that both stores the date in an incompatible way. It's not that easy to spot in Media monkey database.
You can also use a Windows program like Media Monkey or Musicbee on Linux through Wine. So you don't have to migrate your database. Syncing will work for both with Media Monkey and Musicbee.
Regarding SFTP. You can have the server on the PC or the phone. It's up to you which fit's better your needs. Having the server on the PC is more common. Then you can use any file manager to get the needed files from your server/PC. You can also use USB, Samba or other services, but at least here SFTP is the fastest variant.