[Liverpool] Media Server/Ampache
Sebastian Arcus
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Mon Jun 11 06:25:02 UTC 2012
Yes - that's true. I looked it up again and XBMC seems to be mostly
client stuff.
On 10/06/12 22:41, Dan Lynch wrote:
> No it wasn't OwnCloud I was thinking of. Though a friend of mine runs
> that and I hear it's very good. I think of that more as a cloud storage
> and backup solution. I didn't realise it came with Ampache as well.
> That's very interesting. Thanks for the tip.
>
> XBMC is very cool and I'm meaning to set is up on an old machine to make
> into a media centre. I thought it was a client though rather than a
> server as such? I thought it could be run in client / server mode but
> that you'd need XBMC at both ends. A bit like MythTV can do.
>
> I think I may have lead everyone on a wild goose chase here. It was
> probably Subsonic I was thinking of earlier and confusing the license in
> my head. I'd be interested to check out OwnCloud in the near future. I'm
> going to reuse an old desktop as a file server and it could be perfect.
> My little flat is already brimming with old computers but one more can't
> hurt can it? Only the electricity bill :)
>
> Good luck with your setup Daniel. I'm sure it'll be fine. You can come
> and share all this gained wisdom with us at a meeting sometime :)
>
> Dan
>
>
> On Sun, Jun 10, 2012 at 10:11 PM, Daniel Hartley
> <D.R.T.Hartley at liverpool.ac.uk <mailto:D.R.T.Hartley at liverpool.ac.uk>>
> wrote:
>
> Hi Simon,
>
> Thanks very much. I see the options about; I don't know how to
> combine them so your advice is very useful to me. I will try this.
>
> Have just got subsonic working over LAN successfully- having a few
> problems portforwarding though to get it working with universal plug
> n play- which I think then allows me to stream to phones, etc.,-
> videos too, which have been working well over lan.
>
> Will tinker with mpd and subsonic......slowly I learn- usually
> things get working properly 6 months later....
>
> Regards,
>
> Daniel
>
>
> On 10/06/12 22:06, Simon Chambers wrote:
>
> Hi Daniel,
>
> If it is just music that you wish to stream, you can setup MPD
> to sync
> with a shoutcast server such as Icecast, and you could then
> stream that
> direct to any device you wanted. You wouldn't have playback control
> directly of course, but it might work well enough for your needs and
> it's fairly trivial to setup from what I can gather.
> Alternatively you
> can use the built in MPD streaming if you have a recent enough
> version.
>
> There's a tutorial on the MPD wiki.
>
> http://mpd.wikia.com/wiki/__Configuration
> <http://mpd.wikia.com/wiki/Configuration>
>
>
> Simon
>
> On Sun, Jun 10, 2012 at 04:10:01PM +0100, Daniel Hartley wrote:
>
> Thanks guys.
>
> I've heard of Grooveshark. Unfortunately I have an iPhone
> (embarassingly...)
> and I don't think they're compatible. There are ways I could
> do this through
> uploading to cloud storage and streaming via ftp or
> something, but I can't be
> bothered waiting for uploads, etc. I also like the idea of
> getting round this
> more independently too- simple concept, just wish the
> actualization was
> simpler.
>
> I thought there would be people who have a functioning media
> server available
> anywhere with access to internet already...
>
> I've got the UI of mediatomb working....but now stuck with
> that, unable to
> figure out how to connect to it via another machine over lan!
>
> A talk would be great on this! I've also been thinking once
> my academic duties
> have settled down a bit I would love to present an
> autoethnography of my
> experience of becoming a Linux user, leaving the proper
> space of Windows,
> learning, the tactics of Linux and the strategies of Windows
> and apple. But
> that's another email I guess...
>
> Regards
>
> On 10/06/12 15:32, Adrian McEwen 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
> <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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