Symphonyx

Support

Symphonyx plays the music on your own Plex Media Server, on your iPhone and iPad. Stuck? Start here, or write to admin@inspirevividvibes.com.

What you need: a Plex account and a Plex Media Server with a music library. Symphonyx does not provide music or a server.

Getting started

It can't find my server

Symphonyx finds your server through your Plex account, at home or away. If it can't connect: check the server is on; in Plex's server settings turn on Remote Access to play away from home; then in Symphonyx open Settings → Source → Find the server again. You can also type the server's address on the sign-in screen's connection step.

Sign-in doesn't finish

Signing in opens plex.tv in your browser. Approve Symphonyx there, then come back to the app. If you return before approving, tap Sign in again.

How do I sign out or remove my data?

Settings → Account → Sign out removes the Plex sign-in from this device. Deleting the app removes everything else it stored. Nothing is stored anywhere else.

Playing

Quality, data use and converting

Under Settings → Playback choose a quality limit separately for Wi-Fi and cellular. Tracks at or under the limit play as stored; bigger ones are converted to MP3 by your server, which decides the exact bitrate. Maximum never converts.

Offline downloads

Long-press an album, playlist, artist or track and choose Download. Saved music plays automatically when you're away from home. Manage it in Library → Downloads and Settings → Downloads.

Equaliser, loudness leveling and crossfade

Settings → Playback has a 10-band equaliser you drag (with a separate setting per output), loudness leveling with a limiter, and a crossfade that skips silent endings and keeps albums gapless.

Speakers

Sonos and Google Cast (Chromecast, Nest)

Tap the speaker button in the full-screen player, or open Settings → Connections → Speakers. The speaker, your server and your device must be on the same Wi-Fi. Speakers play straight from your server. If a Sonos isn't listed, add it by its IP address on that screen.

AirPlay, HomePod and Bluetooth

Use the AirPlay button in the player. Echo speakers play over Bluetooth after you pair them in your device's Settings.

Siri

What can I say?

Open Symphonyx once, then try: Symphonyx shuffle, Symphonyx <artist>, Play the album <album> in Symphonyx, Play the playlist <playlist> in Symphonyx, Let's get this party started in Symphonyx, Symphonyx sonic trip. Siri can take a few minutes to learn new phrases after an install. In the Shortcuts app you can add any of these and rename it to a short phrase of your own.

Sonic Travels (optional AI)

How does it work, and what is sent?

Describe a mood or moment and an AI service of your choice builds a playlist made only of tracks in your library. You add your own key for Anthropic, OpenAI, Google Gemini or any OpenAI-compatible service in Settings → Sonic Travels, and nothing is sent until you tap Allow. It sends what you type and the names of your library's genres, styles, moods and decades, and nothing else. See the privacy policy.

Contact

Email admin@inspirevividvibes.com. Please say which device and iOS version you have, and what you were doing.