Web interface to control MediaMonkey 2024? Check out MediaMandrill

[xhitespirit]

Hi folks!

Given the setup of my audio gear (receivers, DAC, amps, etc.), I've been looking for a way to remotely control a PC music‑player app that still offers solid library management and streaming features.

What I need is pretty simple: a clean, good‑looking web interface accessible from any browser, capable of controlling the player itself:
• Dedicated to music (no need to manage videos, podcasts, etc.)
• Remote control of the audio player (no local playback in the browser)
• Library browsing through multiple views: artists, albums, genres, playlists
• Fast and intuitive search
• Creation of dynamic playlists (non‑persistent, tag‑based criteria)
• Ability to edit a few common tags
• Consistent experience on mobile devices

Unfortunately, I still haven’t found my holy grail...

I'm an IT guy, not a developer, but I decided to try building this myself, based on my own specs and tailored to my needs.
After some research, it turned out that the only full‑featured music‑management and audio‑player app offering the required functionality and an open API is MediaMonkey 2024.

So I started learning HTML, JS, and CSS for fun, just to see how far I could go. Now that my project is basically finished and has reached a good level of maturity, I feel it's finally worth sharing with the community.

I called it MediaMandrill.

















MediaMandrill works best if your library is well tagged. It is available in English and French. It works great for me, but I can’t guarantee it’s 100% bug‑free !

Download and instructions are available here : https://github.com/xhitespirit/MediaMandrill

[xhitespirit]

Updated version 1.1.1:

- The server component (and Node.js) are now bundled directly into the MediaMandrill.mmip extension package for greater simplicity: you no longer need to install Node.js on your computer, nor install or start the server separately: it will launch automatically when MediaMonkey starts (in a separate Node.js window).

Just install the MediaMandrill.mmip package — everything is included.
https://github.com/xhitespirit/MediaMandrill

Your feedback is welcome !

[xhitespirit]

Version updated to v1.2.2:
- display improvements
- added criteria 'Added since' in the Dynamic List view

[MPG]

Hi, Trying this utility out and I have it operational on the same computer that MMD is running on. I'm very excited to get it running on other computers withing the same network, however, I can't seem to access it. Is that not possible?

[xhitespirit]

Hi ! It should be possible, and this is one of the reason I developed it, being able to control MM remotely. Maybe you should have a look at your firewall on the computer running MM, ensure port TCP 4443 is open?

[MPG]

I'm encountering another issue. I can't figure out how to insert an image from Imgur that shows the fatal error I'm getting. Hopefully if you navigate to this url, you can see it. https://imgur.com/a/TJXZjLS



If not, the message says:
Callstack: Script: file:///mediamandrill/mmbridge_ws.js; Func: safeSend; Row: 62; Col: 12
Script: file:///mediamandrill/mmbridge_library.js; func: libraryTracks; Row: 155; Col: 9

HTH's.

MMD, keeps crashing so I'll have to uninstall until we resolve this issue.

Something else I noticed, and I'm not sure if it's related, all of the Server Request on libraryTrackThumnail, libraryArtists, Authors, Hash, Albums, Genres, etc, all timeout.

[xhitespirit]

Interesting... ! Do you use the latest version of MediaMandrill 1.4.1 ? Also, which exact version of MediaMonkey do you use ?