Your own music collection. Your party rules.
The Local Music Hub plays your own music collection: connect a folder, guests request and vote. No streaming subscription – and none of the streaming terms that rule out commercial use.
When your own music is the better choice
For everyone who's built their collection over years – and for places where streaming services aren't allowed.
- Your music files play right in the browser, no streaming subscription.
- Guests request and vote from your collection like at any mixody party.
- Without streaming terms, it also fits bars, gyms, and commercial events.
Why streaming doesn't always fit
Streaming services are convenient, but not always the right fit – their terms usually only allow private use, and not every collection exists in a streaming catalog.
Spotify, YouTube & co. generally rule out commercial and public use in their terms.
Carefully built music collections, rare recordings, or your own productions are missing from streaming catalogs.
An extra subscription just for the party isn't worth it when the music is already on your drive.
How the Local Music Hub works
The Local Music Hub turns your own collection into the party source. The hub runs in your browser tab while mixody handles requests, voting, and order.
Connect a folder
You pick a folder with music files and mixody reads it right in the browser – no upload.
Your collection becomes searchable
Titles, artists, and covers become available to your guests for search and requests.
Party logic as usual
Requests, voting, blocklist, and fallback songs work like at any mixody party.
Host-controlled output
The host plays local music in the hub or on one of their connected devices. Guests control requests and voting, while audio output stays with the host.
How the Local Music Hub works
Once set up, the party works like with any other player – just with your music.
Create a party with local music
You pick the local music library as your player when creating the party.
Connect your music folder
Select a folder and mixody reads your music files right in the browser.
Invite guests
Share the QR code or party code – your guests join without an app.
Request, vote, play
Guests search your collection, request songs, and vote as usual.
Benefits of the Local Music Hub
The Local Music Hub combines your own music with everything else mixody offers: requests, voting, and host control.
No streaming subscription needed
Your MP3s and music files play right in the browser – no Spotify, YouTube, or Apple Music account needed.
Independent of streaming terms
With your own music, the streaming services' terms of use don't apply – relevant for bars, gyms, or events. The usual music licenses (e.g. performance rights) remain the venue's responsibility.
Full party logic included
Guests search and request from your collection – requesting and voting work like at any mixody party.
Your music stays with you
Music files are never uploaded to mixody servers. Depending on the output device, they stay on your computer or are sent to one of your devices as an encrypted WebRTC audio stream.
FAQ about the Local Music Hub
Short answers about your own music, the tech, and commercial use.
What is the Local Music Hub?
The Local Music Hub plays your own music collection: you pick a folder with music files in the browser, mixody reads it, and your guests can request and vote from it.
Do I need a Spotify or Apple Music subscription?
No. The Local Music Hub works entirely without a streaming service or premium subscription.
Can I use the Local Music Hub commercially, e.g. in a bar or gym?
Because your own music plays, the streaming services' terms of use – which usually rule out commercial or public use – don't apply. Which music licenses your venue needs (e.g. performance rights) is something you handle as usual.
Does the browser tab have to stay open?
Yes. The hub tab needs to stay open while your party runs with local music. If you close it, playback stops.
Can guests listen along on their devices?
No. With local music, only the host starts audio output: directly in the hub tab or on one of their connected output devices. Guests can request songs and vote, but they cannot listen along on their own devices.
Are my music files uploaded?
No. Music files are never uploaded to our servers. If you use the Local Music Hub itself as the output device, the files and playback stay on your computer. If you start output on another device you own, the hub only sends the running audio to that device as an encrypted WebRTC audio stream.
Related features
These features solve similar music problems and help you use mixody more precisely for your group.
QR-code song requests
Guests scan a code, request songs in the browser, and nobody has to sort requests from shout-outs or chats.
View QR-code requestsDigital jukebox
A modern jukebox for private groups: collect requests, let people vote, and still keep the frame.
View digital jukeboxShared playlist
Everyone can contribute music, but mixody turns it into a fair order instead of a chaotic open playlist.
View shared playlistParty QR code
A QR code gives guests a fast way into the mix without searching for links, installing an app, or asking the host.
View party QR codeSong voting
Guests vote on song requests so the next track reflects the group instead of the loudest person in the room.
View song votingMusic queue
A fair song queue combines requests, votes, and fallback tracks into an order people can understand.
View music queueFallback songs
When nobody requests or votes, matching fallback tracks keep the music running and the mood consistent.
View fallback songsSong requests without an app
Guests can request songs directly in the browser. No app requirement, no account requirement, fewer barriers.
View app-free requestsDJ mode
For DJs with their own setup: guests request songs, you decide in the dashboard and play it yourself.
View DJ modeRelevant comparisons
These pages help place mixody against likely alternatives for this exact problem.
mixody vs Spotify Playlist
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Read comparisonStart your party with your own music
Connect your music folder and let guests request and vote from your own collection.