My Music – Late Breaking Addendum
Scopique
September 29, 2025
From Crates to MediaMonkey, and from smart-ass VPN to popular workhorse Plex.
Category: Software
Scopique
September 29, 2025
Private Music Streaming
Scopique
September 23, 2025
I think I've managed to cobble together a solution which will let me run my own streaming service. I just need to get off my own home wifi to try it out.
Desktop Media Players – What Will I Use?
Scopique
September 19, 2025
My takeaway from trialing several desktop media players, and ultimately, which one I'm going to use.
Desktop Music Players – AIMP
Scopique
September 17, 2025
I guess if you have media you need to play, AIMP will work, but it's one step above Windows Media Player and only just.
Desktop Music Players – MusicBee
Scopique
September 16, 2025
MusicBee is simple yet offers a decent array of tools for organizing your media library.
Desktop Music Players – MediaMonkey
Scopique
September 15, 2025
Looking at MediaMonkey, a powerful tool for managing very large media libraries, and a pretty good player to boot.
Desktop Music Players – Helium 17
Scopique
September 13, 2025
Helium is a clean looking media player seemingly geared towards file maintenance, but doesn't look to offer as many bells and whistles as some of the other players.
Desktop Music Players – Crates
Scopique
September 12, 2025
I'm test driving a bunch of desktop music players. In today's episode: Crates, a music player-slash-organizer that also lets you source plays from online services, all in one place.
Emergency Utility
Scopique
August 6, 2025
I had a dream about solving an issue and when I woke up and tried the solution in the real world, it worked perfectly.
Grab Bag for Week Ending July 13, 2025
Scopique
July 13, 2025
Printing praise, living that beach life on Arrakis, project confessions, resurrecting two legends, and complaining about Star Citizen (again) in this installment of the Grab Bag.