Support

Mynah for iPhone and iPad

Mynah plays from a Navidrome or Subsonic server you run, or from the Apple Music library on your device. With a server, setup is the address, your username and your password, and the library appears.

Getting set up

• Open Mynah, tap Add Navidrome Server, and enter your server’s address, for example http://192.168.1.20:4533 or https://music.example.com. Plain http on your own network is fine. Later, the server is in Settings, under the profile button at the top of the library.
• Enter your username and password. Mynah checks the server before saving, so a typo cannot lock you out.
• Albums appear, the most recently added first. Tap one, then tap a song, and the record is on the deck.
• No server? Tap Use Apple Music instead. iOS asks whether Mynah may see your media library, and your Apple Music albums appear.

Playing a record

Play or pause	The play button, or a tap on the record’s label.
Move through a song	Circle the record with a finger: clockwise forward, counter-clockwise back. Hold next or previous to scan.
Close the deck	On iPhone, push straight down on the record, or tap the arrow at the top.
Next side	Long albums are cut into sides. When a side ends the next one drops on by itself.
Favorite a song	The star on the plate. Favorites are the first row in Playlists.
AirPlay, speed, vinyl style, visuals	The … button on the plate.
Close the deck (iPhone)	Swipe down anywhere that is not the record, or the chevron.
Library (iPad)	The handle at the top left, or swipe in from the left edge.
Wall of covers	On iPhone, turn it on its side in the library. On iPad, Cover Flow in the … menu on Albums. Tap a cover to open its songs, and tap it again to close them.

Common questions

Can it reach my server from outside my house?

Yes, if your server can be reached from outside: a Tailscale address, a VPN, or a domain you expose with TLS. Put that address under Away from home in Settings › Server, and Mynah plays from whichever of the two answers. Mynah does not provide the tunnel.

Does it transcode?

Only what the phone cannot play itself. FLAC, ALAC, AAC, MP3, WAV and AIFF stream as they are. Opus, Vorbis, WMA and APE are transcoded by your server.

Where are downloads kept?

In the app’s own storage on the device, excluded from iCloud backup. Playlists › Downloads plays them all, and Settings removes them.

Where do the lyrics come from?

From your server, under Lyrics in the … menu on the deck. If your server has none for a song, Mynah says so.

Why does an artist have no links?

An artist’s accounts come from Wikidata, matched by the MusicBrainz artist ID in your files’ tags. An artist whose files carry no ID, or whom Wikidata does not know, gets no links.

Does Mynah work with Apple Music or Spotify?

Apple Music, yes. Choose Apple Music under the profile button, or in Settings › Music From, and Mynah plays the Apple Music library on your device, with the Music app’s own player doing the playing. The Music app keeps downloads, favorites and playlist editing, so Mynah leaves those out in that mode, along with the visuals. Spotify, no.

Is there anything to buy?

No. Mynah is free, and everything in it is free.

Something is wrong

Write to mynah@theadipost.com with your iOS version, your server’s version, and what you expected to happen. Mynah keeps no logs anywhere but on your device, so a description is what helps.