Android app for playing music hosted on a LAN?

[mikeymikec]

A cheap way for my wife and I to play music say in the kitchen is to have it on our phones then plug our phones into a set of speakers in the kitchen. I also play DAB radio this way sometimes.

I've occasionally encountered appliances that can do similar things, either through Windows Media Player sharing on a host computer on the same LAN or some third party service on the PC that the appliance picks up on and allows the user to choose and play music through the appliance.

I'm not sure what to search the Google Play Store for though. Any suggestions?

 

[thedosbox]

Does the source support DLNA or UPnP? Those terms bring up a few apps.

 

[Jodell88]

DLNA server on your computer, skifta on your phone assuming they're android devices.

 

[Zaap]

Look into Subsonic.

I've been using it for years and love it- not only can it organize and play all the content on your PC over your LAN, but really anywhere via the internet.

It requires the the server installed on the PC and client on your phone. Android has several good clients, my favorite is currently dSub and UltraSonic.

The best thing about subsonic is both the server and client run on just about anything; PC, Mac, Linux, Android and iOS. In my experience with it, it works flawlessly.

Downside is the full license for the server used to cost a flat $20- now they've moved to a subscription of $1 a month, $12 a year. I'm glad I bought it when it was still the flat rate which they promise is for life, but subsonic is so good and I use it so much I'd pay the subscription rate if I had to to.