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My setup so far:

• RunTipi as a general server setup on a cheap mini-pc running Linux (any stable distro will do). It has an easy interface to install a music hosting app - in my case it's Navidrome. You can use an older PC for it with no problems, but be aware that it might be inefficient in terms of power consumption. Some newer cheap mini pcs with Intel N100 processor are more efficient and consume little power. You can get them for under 200 USD/EUR even.
• I use MusicBrainz Picard to tag and organize the music files. All music files I previously converted to Opus format, which is very efficient in terms of size.
• To stream music away from home I use Tailscale, which essentially creates a virtual private network between your devices. Then you can access the tailscale IP address of your music server from your phone through a music app that supports Subsonic (another music hosting software, Navidrome is compatible with it) - apps like Substreamer/Subtracks/Symfonium/etc.

Recognize

I am not familiar with these, but it seems it's automated tagging? Then it depends how it writes the tags and the separators. Try viewing the tags in Musicbrainz or some other manual tagging software to check.

How are you tagging those and in which tagging software?

Navidrome should recognize both album-artists and artists. In my phone app (Symfonium) I see them separately and I can browse by individual artists or by album-artists.

My mini-pc with Debian runs RunTipi 24/7 with Navidrome, Jellyfin and Tailscale. Once every 2-3 weeks I plug in the monitor to run updates and add/remove some media.

Put them in different folders?

I don't understand why no phone company has considered making at least something similar as default. A vertical list of apps is way more intuitive than a mess of dozens of apps with too many colors. Now if switch to a new phone, I even have to check if it supports gestures for third-party launchers. Another a-hole feature of some brands (specifically Xiaomi). Using Niagara with the bottom navigation buttons makes no sense.

I wish there was a way to input genres from RYM. I now manually copy-paste those when adding new albums.

IMO the theming feature in Pro is worth it. Having all icons in the same style makes the app list way less distracting. And supporting the dev is a nice bonus too.

Switched to Niagara launcher (Pro version) about a year ago and now I cannot imagine using a phone with an traditional app drawer.

Are you me

Can't wait for GEKOLONISEERD