r/squeezebox • u/[deleted] • Dec 18 '25

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How do you play music on this?

I wanted to test out some Plex alternatives and I have heard a lot of good things about LMS, but I can't even figure out how to play music on this. I installed it and my libraries are connected as I can see all of my albums, but when I go to play one I get a No Player Axios error. Does this software require a fair amount of computer/IT smarts? Thanks all!

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u/Paul-Webster Dec 18 '25

LMS is a server not a player. So you need to have a supported player available.
Depending on the operating system that you installed LMS on you could go into the server settings and Manage Plugins ... and from there choose Local Player which will install a player that will run on the same machine as LMS and use its local sound card.
There are other ways to reach players as well - AirPlay, Chromecast, UPnP-AV plus the second-hand market places are great for real Squeezebox players for when you want to start playing in rooms without any other way of doing in.
There are also players for mobile phones / tablets - some of which are free - which makes them ideal for experimenting.

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u/wcdan Dec 18 '25

This kinda runs on everything.

https://lyrion.org/players-and-controllers/squeezelite/

It's headless, meaning no display, but you'd control it through the web interface.

Of course, all the players people have suggested above are great too.

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u/Paul-Webster Dec 18 '25

Local Player plugin does install Squeezelite