I'm speaking in the context of 16/44 FLAC streaming listening. I know a few folks have tried both, and many have one or the other. Does one service (plugin) or the other generally work better with LMS, or are they essentially equal from LMS usage and function perspective?
- plugin Stability? (plugin crashes / disconnects, etc)
- plugin Usability? (access to service, search / browse functionality via LMS web UI, etc)
- both plugins still actively maintained? (are the respective APIs "moving targets" like Spotify is?)
- how about the services themselves, does one or the other experience bandwidth or dropout issues?
Context: My primary use case is listening via a Transporter, driven via the Material Skin UI on a phone in the western US. Spotty is not cutting it on my nicer listening system. I am more concerned about solid and reliable playback than I am about seeing album art, but the ability to search and browse the respective catalogs is important as well.
Thanks for any feedback here, I'm trying to decide between the two services. Wondering which I should test out first.
- plugin Stability? (plugin crashes / disconnects, etc)
- plugin Usability? (access to service, search / browse functionality via LMS web UI, etc)
- both plugins still actively maintained? (are the respective APIs "moving targets" like Spotify is?)
- how about the services themselves, does one or the other experience bandwidth or dropout issues?
Context: My primary use case is listening via a Transporter, driven via the Material Skin UI on a phone in the western US. Spotty is not cutting it on my nicer listening system. I am more concerned about solid and reliable playback than I am about seeing album art, but the ability to search and browse the respective catalogs is important as well.
Thanks for any feedback here, I'm trying to decide between the two services. Wondering which I should test out first.