[Liverpool] Media Server/Ampache

Sun Jun 10 14:31:11 UTC 2012

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 <mailto: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
>>     <mailto: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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