[Liverpool] Media Server/Ampache

[Dan Lynch]

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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