# Jukebox mode support

**URL:** <http://support.symfonium.app/t/jukebox-mode-support/2487>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** handled\
**Created:** [September 25, 2023, 9:51am UTC](http://support.symfonium.app/t/jukebox-mode-support/2487 "2023-09-25T09:51:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![rubenmb](http://support.symfonium.app/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/e495f1/32.png) [@rubenmb](http://support.symfonium.app/u/rubenmb)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2023, 9:51am UTC](http://support.symfonium.app/t/jukebox-mode-support/2487/1 "2023-09-25T09:51:04Z")

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Hello,

Sorry if this was asked and answered before. Tried searching for similar questions and found none, so here it goes:  
Does symfonium support subsonics API for [jukebox mode](http://subsonic.org/pages/api.jsp#jukeboxControl)?  
I use Navidrome as my server and they are in the process of [finishing up support for jukebox mode](https://github.com/navidrome/navidrome/commit/2cd43581722caaf97a2b28b16f37689840b079a9) (being able to playback on the device hosting the server instead of streaming it elsewhere).  
Thanks in advance,  
Rúben

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**Author:** ![Tolriq](http://support.symfonium.app/user_avatar/support.symfonium.app/tolriq/32/726_2.png) [@Tolriq](http://support.symfonium.app/u/Tolriq)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2023, 9:59am UTC](http://support.symfonium.app/t/jukebox-mode-support/2487/2 "2023-09-25T09:59:15Z")

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No it does not and won’t. The API is limited and quite broken.

Install [An UPnP Audio Media Renderer based on MPD](https://www.lesbonscomptes.com/upmpdcli/) or Kodi or other upnp daemon to have a better experience from Symfonium.

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**Author:** ![rubenmb](http://support.symfonium.app/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/e495f1/32.png) [@rubenmb](http://support.symfonium.app/u/rubenmb)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2023, 10:39am UTC](http://support.symfonium.app/t/jukebox-mode-support/2487/3 "2023-09-25T10:39:16Z")

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Got it. Actually, I’ve already tried the upnp method via Kodi renderer and it does work well. All I really need is for the files to be played ‘as-is’, without conversion/compression/reencoding.  
Not withstanding, I would prefer to have less software involved, and I got a bit tired of Kodi through several years using it.  
Thanks for your quick response.

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**Author:** ![pdf](http://support.symfonium.app/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/f14d63/32.png) [@pdf](http://support.symfonium.app/u/pdf)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2026, 2:46pm UTC](http://support.symfonium.app/t/jukebox-mode-support/2487/4 "2026-09-20T14:46:44Z")

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Out of curiosity, what makes the API broken? Requiring the maintenance of a whole additional media stack is a pretty significant bar for users, when a local playback API already exists on media servers that they already run.