[Liverpool] Media Server/Ampache

[Dan Lynch]

Yeah good idea Adrian. In the meantime I found this http://grooveshark.com/ and
I think that's what I was referring to. It's not Free Software though or
even close. Perhaps I had it mixed up in my mind with something else.
Ampache looks about the most popular FOSS solution to this problem.

Dan


On Sun, Jun 10, 2012 at 3:32 PM, Adrian McEwen <adrian at mcqn.net> wrote:

>  Sounds like a talk on either of them would be good for some future LivLUG
> :-D  (or, at least, I'd be interested in hearing more about the options and
> what they do...)
>
> Adrian.
>
>
> On 10/06/12 15:23, Dan Lynch wrote:
>
> No worries. There's a Free Software alternative to cloud services like
> Google Music that's quite popular but the name completely escapes me now.
> It's not Ampache I don't think. That's not very helpful. I'll keep thinking
> and I'm sure it'll pop into my mind again. Anyone have an idea what I'm
> talking about? It's a music server platform that you host yourself. The
> most popular alternative for people who don't want to use Google.
>
>  I'll be scratching my head over that trying to remember all day. Good
> luck with Ampache and Mediatomb. They're slightly different projects I
> think. Mediatomb is aimed at video as much as music.
>
>  See ya,
>
>  Dan
>
>
> On Sun, Jun 10, 2012 at 3:13 PM, Daniel Hartley <
> D.R.T.Hartley at liverpool.ac.uk> wrote:
>
>>  Hi Dan,
>>
>> Thanks for the reply. I'd seen mediatomb about but it seemed to me a lot
>> of users pointed to Ampache. Ampache does look very good and very
>> extensible. If I knew anything about servers I might be able to get it to
>> work- you will probably get a lot more from it than I have so far.
>>
>> Meanwhile, I will get tinkering with Mediatomb. Thanks for the re-heads
>> up.
>>
>> Seems to me my need for a media server able to serve/stream my music to
>> me anywhere is a really current issue and desire computer users have. It's
>> basically a personal spotify, etc., So it would be great to have a more
>> 'autonomous' way of doing it. It's all just so I can stream music from my
>> laptop when I walk into town at lunchtime each day.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Daniel
>>
>>
>> On 10/06/12 15:03, Dan Lynch wrote:
>>
>> Hi Daniel,
>>
>>  Hopefully this isn't a completely off-topic reply but I don't know much
>> about Ampache. I've never looked at it to be honest. I use Mediatomb to
>> serve video and audio from my machines across the network via DNLA. My PS3,
>> other computers and devices can consume that pretty easily. It's all
>> packaged in Ubuntu but works well on other distros too. The web interface
>> is also nice. Have a look at - http://mediatomb.cc/
>>
>>  Meanwhile I'm going to check out Ampache and see what it can do. You
>> might find it's a better solution for what you want.  I'm interested to
>> play with it.
>>
>>  Good luck! Maybe someone else can offer more specific Ampache advice :)
>>
>>  Dan
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Jun 10, 2012 at 2:16 PM, Daniel Hartley <
>> D.R.T.Hartley at liverpool.ac.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Guys,
>>>
>>> I've heard a few others mention using media servers to serve their media
>>> throughout the home and across the internet. This is something I would love
>>> to figure out- I finally tried over the past couple of days, using Ampache.
>>> I was wondering if anybody could advise me on setting it up so it actually
>>> works because so far I haven't been able to access music through any other
>>> machine.
>>>
>>> Ampache is successfully set up on localhost and catalogues of music are
>>> connected. It will play music via flash on localhost but I can't seem to
>>> make it stream, and can't figure out the 'localplay' set up, using VLC, etc.
>>>
>>> The available support for Ampache seems  quite fragmented. There is
>>> forums and support from independent users but no real 'manual' for
>>> unknowledgeable amateurs like myself... this is the first time I'm setting
>>> up a server really- I've messed about with servers a little in the past,
>>> but most of it is over my head.
>>>
>>> Could anybody give some advice, describe their own experiences, or how
>>> else I might be able to successfully stream/serve music over the internet,
>>> to all machines I have access to, including a mobile (unfortunately an
>>> iPhone at the mo...)???  I'm not really completely sure of the system I
>>> would need to go about making this happen, and how I could set up Ampache
>>> to do that....
>>>
>>> Any help really appreciated. Thanks guys.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Daniel
>>>
>>> -
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