This document intents to help users to take control of Submariner, and responds to general answer related to the use of this application.
- How to register a new server
- How Submariner stream your music
- How cache-streaming works
- How to manage your local library
1. How to register a new server
As a Subsonic client application, Submariner can simultaneously be connected to multiple servers. To add a Subsonic server :
- Go to menu File > New Server
- Fill every fields with required information and press OK button
- Select your server in the proper section (SERVERS) to connect
NOTE: If you use a HTTPS connection, you need to trust the server certificate manually, for example using Safari (right-click on the server then choose "Open Home Page" menu). When your browser ask you to trust the server certificate, be sure that you trust it permanently.
2. How Submariner stream your music
Submariner uses QuickTime API to read server stream over HTTP network. This involves that the application is only able to play media related to native codec installed on your system.
To configure your Subsonic server in order to use Submariner client, you must check your transcoding settings:
- Regarding audio formats, default Subsonic transcoding rules must work (any > mp3)
- Video streaming is not supported yet.
3. How cache-streaming works
Cache streaming is a feature that automatically imports song you streamed from a server to your local library. This allows to reduce your bandwidth use next time you will play the same track, because it will played locally instead of remotely. This also has the advantage to regroup songs you liked, and to create a music library which reflects your tastes and discoveries.
4. How to manage your local library
As Submariner provides a local library, there are few little things you need to know:
- Local files are stored into the Music folder of your local user account (~/Music/Submariner)
- The local player supports many audio formats: MP3, AIFF, WAVE, AAC, Apple Lossless, FLAC, MusePack, WavePack, Ogg Vorbis, Monkey's Audio, Ogg Speedex, and all audio format natively supported by your system.
- Submariner uses audio metadata (ID3 tags) to organize the library. You can easilly merge two artists you want in the same row using a right-click.
This document will be updated according to common issues that users encounter. Please, contact me here for any other trouble.