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kaleinator 26 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Blackcandy: Self hosted music streaming server

What's the benefit in using a "self hosted streaming server", when I can just mount a network share and connect to a personal VPN when I'm out and about? This is what I've been doing for awhile and I've had zero issues. As far as I can tell it's secure.

Is it just to allow others to use the server with login credentials?

pimeys 26 days ago [–]

I find it easier to stream music from my phone, especially with a slow uplink and the real time encoding to a lossy format with the servers.

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