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title: "ownCloud Music Player"
description: "The ownCloud Music player app lets you access your music collection and favorite internet radio stations anywhere with an internet connection. There are many reasons you might benefit from an..."
url: https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/edu/software/owncloud/owncloud-music-player/
date: 2021-06-15
modified: 2021-11-19
author: "InMotion Hosting Contributor"
categories: ["ownCloud"]
type: post
lang: en
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# ownCloud Music Player

![ownCloud Music Player App](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/canva-owncloud-music-player-1024x538.jpg)

The ownCloud** **[**Music**](https://marketplace.owncloud.com/apps/music) player app lets you access your music collection and favorite internet radio stations anywhere with an internet connection. There are many reasons you might benefit from an ownCloud audio player:

- Podcast hosting
- Organize audio files and metadata for a website
- Privately share music stems with other musicians or audio professionals

The music player app supports the most common audio formats including WAV, MP3, OGG, and FLAC. Support depends on your web browser as well. You can also add M3U and PLS playlist formats. Other notable features include compatibility with Ampache, Subsonic, and keyboard media keys.

- [Install the ownCloud Music Player App](#install)
  - [Manage Audio in ownCloud](#manage)
- [ownCloud Music Settings](#settings)

## Install the ownCloud Music Player App

Below we’ll cover how to install and configure the ownCloud Music app.

1. Log into ownCloud and [install the **Music** app](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/edu/software/owncloud/install-owncloud-apps/#install).
2. Select the menu icon from the upper-left corner and the **Files** icon.
3. Select the “**+**” icon to upload audio files.

### Manage Audio in ownCloud

Select the audio file to play it from the *Files* page. The media player will show the title, creator, cover artwork, and progress bar at the bottom of the page. You can change the volume on the right.

![ownCloud Files Audio Player](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/owncloud-music-files-1024x53.png)

For more media player options, select the menu icon from the upper-left corner and the **Music** button. Then click the music note icon at the center of the page to refresh the music collection. You only have to do this once unless you reset it later. 

You can sort music by albums (large or smaller cover art), folders, genres, or artists (“all tracks” option).

![ownCloud Music Player Albums](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/owncloud-music-albums-1024x785.png)

Select the “𝒊” icon to the right of a file title for more metadata – composer, copyright, encoding, etc.

Select **Internet radio** to add radio stations.

Select **New Playlist** to drag-and-drop audio files and import/export playlists.

## ownCloud Music Settings

Select the **Settings** button from the lower-left corner to configure your audio collection:

- Exclude folders from your music collection
- Integrate Ampache and Subsonic
- And more…

Protect your audio with strong user passwords and two factor authentication (TFA) to protect against brute force attacks on your ownCloud server. Learn more from our [ownCloud Education Channel](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/edu/software/owncloud/).