[Liverpool] Media Server/Ampache

[Daniel Hartley]

I've also had a go with owncloud. I think the problem here is my lack of 
knowledge setting these things up ;)  As far as closed source goes- 
there's subsonic, and plex too.

I haven't got ampache or mediatomb streaming and sharing yet...

On 10/06/12 18:04, David Nelson wrote:
> Are you thinking of owncloud? It does more than just music but has a built-in ampache server and web based player.
>
> http://www.owncloud.org
>
> Dave
>
> Dan Lynch<biglynchy at gmail.com>  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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