Finamp 4+

Great so far

I am stress-testing Finamp this week after getting my Jellyfin server setup this weekend. It has been very stable and responsive so far. It has a mild scrolling stutter issue in the downloads tab when I expand an album to show the individual tracks. But this is nothing compared to the craziness with running Plex or PlexAmp. All told, I’m liking the elegant simplicity, with focus on usability.

I don’t even care that I can’t download downsized music files, but only my original flac files. That probably eliminates half of the Plex and PlexAmp crashes right there.

If you want usability, then Finamp is great. If you want motion blur and fireworks, then try out Plex or PlexAmp.

Great, really.

This is an app I really appreciate as it’s the main reason I’ve gone back to my Jellyfin server. A little feedback though, the cover arts don’t sync or get saved when the offline mode is turned on, that’s about my feedback. This app is perfect, I hope it doesn’t get ruined with future updates and things.

Lightweight Audio-Only Media Player for Jellyfin servers

So right off the bat, I commend the team for this side application which I didn’t know I needed before, but fits its singular purpose well. It does all the basic things you would expect an app like this to do.

There’s just a couple of issues that make this hard to recommend.
First, The downloads do not work that well. They do work, but if you queue up a lot of downloads (say, an album of 100 tracks), the app will go into suspend/sleep mode before it finishes, causing the downloads to fail.
Second, and this is a dealbreaker for me, it doesn’t save audio progress position between sessions. If the app hibernates or you close it, you lose any media progress you had. While that’s not a huge deal for music, it absolutely cripples audiobook functionality.
And finally, the app tends to misbehave (become unresponsive) if left suspended/hibernating too long, requiring a force close. Annoying, but not a big issue (unless coupled with the aforementioned audiobook issue)

Developer Response ,

Thanks for the feedback!

- I'm working on a rewrite of the download system which should be much more reliable, and will also allow stuff like artists in offline mode

- Saving progress is a popular feature request, I should really look into it

- I'll look out for buggy behaviour in long sessions, it's pretty stable for me but I've never explicitly tested it