Voynix
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📖 User manual — installation, sync, Android Auto, FAQ
TL;DR
Voynix is a local-first music player for Mac and Android.
- Syncs your Mac library to Android over Wi-Fi; play history and ratings sync back too
- Supports Android Auto
Features
- Playback: Scans local music files (mp3, m4a, flac) and organizes them into a library (artists, albums, playlists), with gapless playback on both Mac and Android
- Playlists: Regular and smart playlists (smart playlists are created on Mac and sync to Android as regular playlists)
- Collection header: A playlist, artist or album opens with a header showing its cover, song count and total time, and Play and Shuffle buttons (an empty regular playlist offers an Add Songs button instead)
- Ratings: Give any track a thumbs up (it joins the Favorites list) or a thumbs down. Thumbs-down songs are hidden from Most Played, Recently Added and Recently Played (turn this off in Settings → Library on Mac, or in Settings on Android)
- Editing track info: Edit titles and tags per track, album, or artist
- Podcasts: Playback speed, ±10-second skip, and optional exclusion from shuffle
- Lyrics: View lyrics for the playing track on Mac and Android (looked up online from LRCLIB when you open the lyrics view)
- Themes (Mac): System, Light or Dark, chosen in Settings → General
- Sync to Android: Mirrors the playlists and Library lists you mark for sync to Android devices on the same Wi-Fi network; play history and ratings (thumbs up/down) sync both ways
- Android Auto: Browse and play your library and playlists from the car head unit, including the play queue (up to 200 entries around the current song) with jump-to-track
- Now playing source (Android): Shows which playlist, artist, album or library list the queue is playing from, in the Now Playing screen, the mini player and Android Auto
Requirements
- Mac: macOS (the distributed DMG is Apple Silicon (arm64) only)
- Android: Android 8.0 (API 26) or later; Android Auto is optional
- Sync requires the Mac and the Android device to be on the same Wi-Fi network (on the road, e.g. hotel Wi-Fi that isolates devices, connect the Mac to your phone's tethering instead and sync manually)
Installation
Download the Mac .dmg or the Android .apk from Releases.
Android testers wanted: Voynix is in a closed test on Google Play. If you have an Android phone and a Mac and can stay enrolled for 14 days, sign up here.
[!WARNING]
Mac: the app is not signed or notarized by Apple, so macOS blocks it on first launch. Press "Done" (not
"Move to Trash"), then open System Settings → Privacy & Security and click "Open Anyway" next to the
Voynix message. Or run xattr -cr /Applications/Voynix.app in Terminal and open the app again.
Android: the APK from Releases is installed outside Google Play. If Android's Advanced Protection is on,
installing it (including via Obtainium) is blocked with "restricted by Advanced Protection". Turn it off
in Settings → Security & privacy → Advanced Protection before installing. You also need to allow "Install unknown apps" for the app you
install from (browser, file manager or Obtainium). The same applies to updates: with Advanced Protection on,
Android refuses to let Obtainium install apps (you can't turn on "Allow from this source" for it), so turn it off for each update too
(you can turn it back on afterwards).
None of this applies if you install from Google Play as a closed-test tester: Advanced Protection can stay on, and Play updates the app for you.
Install with Homebrew (Mac, Apple Silicon):
brew install --cask tekapo/voynix/voynix
The cask removes the quarantine flag after installing, so the Gatekeeper warning above does not appear.
The Mac app also checks for updates at launch and every 6 hours while it is open, and offers to update itself (Settings → General turns it off). Or upgrade with brew update && brew upgrade --cask voynix (brew update first, or a just-released version may not show up yet). If Homebrew 7 refuses to load the cask because the tap is untrusted,
run brew trust tekapo/voynix once.
On Android you can get automatic updates with Obtainium by adding
https://github.com/tekapo/voynix.
See the user manual for details, including how to add music, sync with
Android, and set up Android Auto.
Quick start
Install the app first (see Installation). Details for each step are in the user manual.
Mac
- Launch Voynix.
- In the sidebar, choose + New → Add Music Folder… and pick your music folder. Scanning starts right away.
- Right-click each playlist (or a Library item such as All Songs) you want on your phone and choose Sync to Device. A sync mark appears next to it. If nothing is marked, Android receives no songs.
- Click the sync button at the bottom of the sidebar (next to + New) to show the QR code. By default the sync server starts automatically when Voynix launches (Settings → Sync → "Start sync server automatically").
Android
- Install the app (the APK, or Google Play if you are a closed-test tester) and open it. Allow notifications if asked.
- Connect to the same Wi-Fi network as the Mac, open Settings → Wi-Fi Sync, and scan the QR code shown on the Mac.
- The marked songs, playlists, play history and ratings are imported. After that, tap Sync now, or let it sync automatically about every 6 hours on the Mac's Wi-Fi.
Android Auto
If you installed the APK from outside Google Play, Android Auto hides the app until you enable "Unknown sources" (one time only). If you installed from Google Play as a closed-test tester, skip this section.
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