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14 audio servers to host your music collection and listen to it wherever you want

October 12, 2025 by usatoday24

We bring you a small collection of 14 applications to set up a music server on your computer. With them, you can configure a server on your main computer, and then you can listen to the music you have on it from other devices through official websites or applications. With this, what you are going to get is create your own Spotify with the music files you have on your computer. This way, you can choose to buy digital music directly from the artists so that they get more benefits than with Spotify and then manage it without fees and with more privacy, although you can also use your own files after ripping a CD. And as we always say at Xataka Basics, these are the proposals that we have chosen, but perhaps you know others that also deserve to be on the list. If so, we invite you to Leave us your proposals in the comments sectionand so that all readers can benefit from the knowledge of our xatakeros. Plex We can only start with this application, because you can also set up your own Spotify with Plex. You have the server application for your computer, and then clients to watch movies, music and more on any other device. Plex It is very versatile, and very well known. It has some specific functions like an exclusive player for music and others that are paid, although you can make a single payment of just 120 euros and have it for life. Swing Music An open source self-hosted streaming service, which stands out for having a magnificent design maximum care. It has functions such as separating different versions of a disc, showing related artists or albums, or being able to navigate between your music files. The client works through the browserso you can use it anywhere. You also have a search engine, handle duplicate files, and more options that keep coming. You can install the server on Windows, macOS or GNU/Linux. koel This alternative is open source, has a modern design, and is feature-rich. It’s free, although you also have a paid version that allows you to store your files in the cloud or share music with friends. Its modern and colorful design makes it catch the eye, very clean and simplified, but it also stands out for its optimization and speed. All of this being a great player with all the options, including metadata editing or genre categorization. In addition, it integrates with Last.fm, Spotify or YouTube among others. Jellyfin Jellyfin is one of the main Plex alternatives, and in fact also has a specific music app in developmentalthough it may not work as well yet. However, you can also use its general app to find the music section. The main characteristics of this tool compared to Plex is that It is totally freeand at the moment it does not have a paid version. In short, it’s like setting up your own Spotify and Netflix all together. Emby Emby is another of the great alternatives to Plex, and although It does not have a specific application to listen to musicin the complete app of the tool you have a section to access the songs from the folders on your computer that you have chosen. Like Plex, this tool also offers most of its free options, although it also has several others that are with the paid version. Navidrome Free and open source, it allows you to stream from your computer. virtually any audio format. It has good support for multi-artist compilations, and makes use of all the metadata you’ve been editing in the files. Uses very few resourcesand can be used on both macOS, Linux and WIndows, even for Raspberry Pi. The client is web, for use in any browser, although it is also compatible with service clients such as Subsonic, Madsonic or Airsonic. mStream A fairly simple, self-hosted music streaming service that can work on any operating system with server applications for Windows, macOS, GNU/Linux and Raspberry Pi. You also have clients to listen to your music for Android and iOS, as well as for the browser. Playback is almost perfect with a good sound viewer and playlist sharing features. You can also easily drag files to upload to the server, all with an open source project. funkwhale This is a community-led projectin which there are different pods or servers created by other users where music is hosted and you can upload yours. You also have the opportunity to create your own pod, although it is somewhat more complex. In the end, the idea is to be able to enjoy your music or podcasts wherever you want. Ampache A veteran project but constantly updated, focused on being able to create your own music streaming service. All this with an open source tool that has been developing since 2001, and with which you will be able to install third-party clients for mobile, tablet or television. It has a web interface with which you will be able to configure the local and remote file synchronizationall in a single consistent collection. And then, you can access your music from any device, whether with an app or an HTML5 player. Gonic A recent and lightweight alternative, compatible with Subsonic client appswith simple management of your folders and support for podcasts. Gonic is especially recommended for those looking for a minimalist, modular and easy-to-install alternative. It stands out for its scanning speed, and for also being compatible with scrobbling applications such as listenbrainz or last.fm, to have your listening statistics. Perhaps its only drawback is a simpler and more schematic interface, but in exchange it is very easy to use. Subsonic This is a powerful streaming service where your computer also becomes a server. It is used to stream video and music. It is also a base for many third party clientsso if you don’t like their applications you can always turn to others. The price of this server is $1 per month, … Read more

Who should host Pope Luna’s skull

August 25, 2025 by usatoday24

In life Pedro de Luna y Gotor (1328-1423), Aka Benedict XIII, Aka Pope Luna, was a figure as fascinating as controversial. However attracted that it was his life (and it was) what probably never imagined the famous “Antipapa” Aragonese is that with the passing of the centuries his skull would end up starring in a worthy story of a Thriller of Dan Brown and facing two villages that have been throwing in A legal pulse to clarify who deserves to host the relic. Now that story writes a new chapter. What happened? That incredible as it may seem, Pope Luna, a character who died more than 600 years ago, is starring in a heated legal dispute Between two Aragonese villas: Illueca and Sabiñán. The two locations are separated for 15 minutes by car and together do not reach 3,500 neighbors, but when it comes to Pope Luna they maintain two postures in an irreconcilable appearance: both claim to be the place of legitimate rest of the remains of the “antipapa”. Why is it news? The lawsuit between Illueca and sabiñán on account of Pope Luna’s skull, which is the little that is preserved from his body, is nothing new. Both locations They have been Battleing to clarify which of the two you have the most right to be the resting place of the skull, something that already led to the fact that in 2023 To the Superior Court of Justice of Aragon was pronounced in favor of the Consistory of Sabiñán. The novelty, like He has just revealed The Aragon newspaperIt is that the Illueca City Council does not seem willing to give up and has hired a lawyer to reopen the process. To achieve this, it proposes to submit a new demand, something that, as the regional newspaper progresses, will happen In September. What do you argue? What he resolved does plus two years Aragonese justice is that Pope Luna’s relic belongs to the Sabiñán City Council. Now Illueca focuses on his claim from another angle and argues that the key is not in whom he is the legal owner of the remains, but what was the original will of the “antipapa”. “We are not going to instigate the judge to say who is the owner of the skull, but to say who can better fulfill the will of Pope Luna’s descendants,” Comment to The newspaper Jorge Español, the lawyer signed by Illueca. It is not the first case on heritage that reaches your office. Spanish already became famous for defend to the City of Sijena in front of the Generalitat. And where does the dispute come from? To solve that question before, you have to know the peculiar (and attributed) history of the bones of Pope Luna. After his death in 1423, in Peñíscola, his nephew claimed the body and transferred it to the Castle Palacio de Illueca, the same town where the “Antipapa” was born in 1328. There, in his native villa, the bones of the controversial Pope Luna remained the following centuries until at the beginning of the XVIII ended up desecrated. It is said that Between 1701 and 1707 The French troops that supported Felipe V in the war of succession took the remains of his grave and that from the evil bones of Pope Luna only the skull was recovered, a skull fragment that moved to the Argillo Palacein Sabiñán. There it rested as many centuries until with the arrival of the 21st century the skull again starred in another truculent chapter. What happened? That in April 2000 someone stole the relic. The skull was guarded in a wooden urn located inside a chapel, but that did not prevent this spring for more than 25 years ago for two young people to loot it. The skull ended up hidden in a booth while the looters tried that the mayor of Illueca pay them a rescue of one million pesetas. The news of the robbery went around the world, but did not last too long. Months later the police recovered what was left of the head of the “antipapa”. To confirm that those bones were effectively those of the deceased Pedro de Luna underwent an exhaustive exam that included carbon dating 14 and a digital exam. The results were favorable and after years of analysis (and a trip to Florida through) the relic moved to the Provincial Museum of Zaragoza. In 2021 He returned to Sabiñán already with the label of good of cultural interest (BIC). To guard the remains It was conditioned The Chapel of Santa Ana of the Church of San Pedro Apóstol. And what is the situation now? It depends on whoever is asked. A few years ago justice confirmed that the relic is owned by the City of Sabiñán since He received it of the Olazábal-Bordiu, the family of the Palacio de Argillo. The truth is that this was the town where the remains of the “antipapa” rested between the 18th century and the theft of 2000. But Illueca sees things differently. Your lawyer remember that to understand the history of the relic well, it does not come with the 18th. It is time to go much further, to the fifteenth century, when the Aragon crown authorizes the transfer of the body to Illueca at the request of the Pope’s nephew, which, the town maintains, gives a track of what the desire of the relatives was. Why is it important? That the skull of Pope Luna is generating such a stir and in front of two neighboring villas is not explained only by its patrimonial value or as Bic heritage. The key is who was the protagonist of the story and the enormous fascination that continues to generate more than six centuries after his death: Pedro de Luna y Gotor, also known as Benedict XIII or Pope Luna, was one of the great figures of the end of the Middle Ages. He was proclaimed high pontiff in Aviñón, in 1394, … Read more

Someone has seemed a great idea to propose a sculpture of a bull of more than 300 meters. There are already cities waiting to host it

July 28, 2025 by usatoday24

That the bull is since we have a kind of national symbol reason does not even mention it. But it seems that sometimes it insists on reminding us in increasingly creative ways, so the Spanish Bullfighting Academy Location for a monstrous 300 meter sculpture high that aspires to become a strong tourist attraction. After the rejection of Madrid, Castellanoleonese towns such as Ciudad Rodrigo, Toro, Benavente or Burgos have shown interest in being the hosts of this ambitious project. Colossal dimensions. The proposal contemplates a colossal structure that tripled the height of the Burgos Cathedralwith panoramic viewpoints in the animal’s horns and commercial spaces at its base. The initiative aims to emulate the tourist impact of monuments such as the Eiffel Tower or the Statue of Liberty, but using the bull as a sign of identity. The promoters seek a municipality that yields the necessary land, while the construction costs would be in charge of private companies. More tourism. The project promises to act as an economic engine for the chosen town, attracting national and international visitors. In Castilla y León, a region that has been characterized by a bullfighting tradition, several municipalities have seen a unique opportunity to attract tourism. Ciudad Rodrigo has been the first to show interest, followed by Toro, Benavente, Sahagún, El Maillo, Ledesma and Villatuelda. Even Burgos values the proposal, although Cristina Ayala, mayor of the city, I commented to Antena 3 that saw the “too large” dimensions. The reluctance. For Fernando Martínez-Acitores, deputy mayor in Burgos and Vox militant, building this bull can be “a great emblem” and “a claim for the city.” Naturally, not everyone looks good at the initiative. Daniel de la Rosa, former mayor and leader of the PSOE in the opposition qualifies the proposal as “crazy”, while animalist groups such as Proanbur the consider A provocation that extol animal abuse. In fact, its spokesman, Judith Sánchez, account That “with this bull figure, they seek to disguise something that is far from being.” What comes now. The Spanish Bullfighting Academy is evaluating the proposals received, also analyzing the technical and logistics viability. The selection process will continue in the coming weeks, everything while interested municipalities expect to know the answer. The project needs a lot at least 650 meters long for its construction, and this detail considerably limits the available options. Cover image | Jordi Vich Navarro AND SPANISH ACADEMY OF TUROMAQUIA In Xataka | The “Cayetans” are going to make noise to the squares. And it’s not just for the fond of bullfighting

When the host becomes a spectator

March 5, 2025 by usatoday24

As every year at this time, Barcelona is adorned (and blinda) to receive the world technological elite. He Mobile World Congress It transforms the city into an epicenter of innovation for a few days, but this annual party hides an increasingly accentuated paradox: we are the hosts of a conversation in which we barely participate. The choreography is repeated. Technological giants (as many Americans as always, as many Chinese as never before) occupy the main spaces of the enclosure. They show their innovations while Europe looks from the stands, politeing politely And taking note about what trends will chaste the future, to see what you can do. A future that others are designing. Telefónica or Orange have their space, true. Also Ericsson, Deutsche Telekom or T-Mobile. But the voices that really sound in the pavilions are those of Qualcomm, Huawei, Samsung, Oppo, Honor, Lenovo … and separate mention for the great care magnet of this year, Xiaomi and his Su7 Max. This asymmetry reflects A transformation that has occurred little by little but has left a crater. In less than two decades, Europe has gone from being the protagonist (Siemens, Nokia, Ericsson, Alcatel) to become a sophisticated consumer market, so to speak. He stand of Nokia, in fact, is a perfect metaphor. It is a corporate environment that compensates with fluorine colors the executive gray that abounds in its space. Executives who talk about infrastructure while the giant ghost that defined mobile telephony fades between ties. It has another logo, it has another story. Of the iconic 3310 to the Networkingof the Connecting People to survival thanks to networks. Its fall, that of a colossus that went to Microsoft appendix and then Resurrection Zombie under HMDIt is the story of how empires can evaporate when they confuse their present domain with future immunity. Today Nokia exists as a 5G network supplier, as a solid company B2B Invisible for the consumer who once adored her. A Mori memento For Silicon Valley. Ashes of what it was. Image: Xataka. This emptiness where European innovation was bustled before It is not just a guard change, it is a giant transformation. Nokia represents the delivery of technological leadership in Europe. We set up the party in which others triumph. We consume technology that we do not believe. We regulate innovations that we do not lead. The transformation is particularly painful for Spain: we organize the largest technological fair in the world while our participation in the development of the global digital ecosystem Languidece. We have Telefónica (precisely imploring a regulation that leaves European telecos better compete), to the Spain Pavilion of Red.es with half a hundred local businesses and a good representation in the 4yfn, the entrepreneurship event. We have actors on stage, yes, but very few considering that the show It happens in our own theater. The worrying thing is not the absence of first -level Spanish hardware – seeing who competes against Asian economies – but our lack of prominence in software, services or AI, where entry barriers are lower. This paradox of the absent host raises Uncomfortable questions about technological sovereignty. While MWC pavilions are filled with visitors, we assume the role of spectators, except for honorable exceptions that are not at the level of the giants. That the global technological conversation continues to occur on our soil is a privilege, but true greatness would be to participate in it as protagonists, not only as decorated of a future that others write. In Xataka | Consolidation or irrelevance: Marc Murtra launches an ultimatum to the EU in his debut as president of Telefónica Outstanding image | Xataka

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