Desktop Remote Control¶
To control OwnTone from Linux, Windows or Mac, you can use:
The web interface is the most feature complete and works on all platforms, so on desktop there isn't much reason to use anything else.
However, instead of a remote control application, you can also connect to OwnTone via a Media Client e.g. iTunes or Apple Music. Media clients will get the media from OwnTone and do the playback themselves (remotes just control OwnTone playback). See Media Clients for more information.
The web interface¶
See web interface.
Remotes for iTunes/Apple Music¶
There are only a few of these, see the below table.
| Client | Developer | Type | Platform | Working (vers.) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TunesRemote SE | Remote | Java | Yes (r108) | |
| rtRemote for Windows | bizmodeller | Remote | Windows | Yes (1.2.0.67) |
MPD clients¶
There's a range of MPD clients available that also work with OwnTone e.g. Cantata and Plattenalbum.
The better ones support local playback, speaker control, artwork and automatic discovery of OwnTone's MPD server.
By default OwnTone listens on port 6600 for MPD clients. You can change this in the configuration file.
Due to some differences between OwnTone and MPD not all commands will act the same way they would running MPD:
- crossfade, mixrampdb, mixrampdelay and replaygain will have no effect
- single, repeat: unlike MPD, OwnTone does not support setting single and repeat separately on/off, instead repeat off, repeat all and repeat single are supported. Thus setting single on will result in repeat single, repeat on results in repeat all.