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.<div>
<br></div><div>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.</div>
<div><br></div><div>See ya,</div><div><br></div><div>Dan</div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jun 10, 2012 at 3:13 PM, Daniel Hartley <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:D.R.T.Hartley@liverpool.ac.uk" target="_blank">D.R.T.Hartley@liverpool.ac.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Hi Dan,<br>
<br>
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. <br>
<br>
Meanwhile, I will get tinkering with Mediatomb. Thanks for the
re-heads up. <br>
<br>
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. <br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
<br>
Daniel<div><div class="h5"><br>
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<div>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 - <a href="http://mediatomb.cc/" target="_blank">http://mediatomb.cc/</a></div>
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<div>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.</div>
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<div>Good luck! Maybe someone else can offer more specific Ampache
advice :)</div>
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<div>Dan</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jun 10, 2012 at 2:16 PM, Daniel
Hartley <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:D.R.T.Hartley@liverpool.ac.uk" target="_blank">D.R.T.Hartley@liverpool.ac.uk</a>></span>
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<br>
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.<br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
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....<br>
<br>
Any help really appreciated. Thanks guys.<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
<br>
Daniel<br>
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