Music app for large library over samba share

Question

I am currently using Smb4k to auto-mount my Samba share (a 2TB hard drive plugged into my router USB port). The music collection is only a few hundred GBs. I've tried adding my music collection to a number of different apps, so far with no luck.

I have tried:

1) Clementine 2) Exaile 3) Spotify

The issues with each are:

1) File loading never completes. Even after waiting days. It approaches 90% and then the percentage complete begins dropping. I have no idea why this is happening

2) Exaile is just buggy. The files seem to eventually load (well, I have only tried the albums starting with "A") but even with this small collection loaded I have interrupted music playback and frequent fading out of the app GUI (while it 'thinks')

3) Spotify just doesn't seem to scan the mounted share at all. I can't get anywhere, which is a shame.. as it's a great way to catalog your collection with the additional online resource in one searchable library.

Playback through Audacious works fine when I drop in a folder from the mounted share. The playback seems relatively flawless and snappy.

Any ideas?

Solution

Did you try Amarok (I did not test it, but looks like it has SMB support since version 2.2), Banshee, aTunes, or other alternatives?

Comments

[Abram]

Looks like Tomahawk can handle my library. Great. Now I only wish I could use Clementine or Spotify. bummer.

[Abram]

Better yet, deadbeef.. wow.. working flawlessly.

[Maxwel Leite]

If you have a really large database library you should use Amarok + mysql: digitizor.com/2010/05/27/how-to-use-mysql-database-in-amarok

[Maxwel Leite]

Some official info: community.kde.org/Amarok/Community/MySQL