Saturday, April 28, 2007

Re: [BLUG] personal music server

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Ben,
I'm a big fan of ampache. Simple setup, nice random playlists, works
with a very diverse set of players, and you get to lock it down by
login. I use it any time I'm not at my desk and need some music.

Rich

Ben Shewmaker wrote:
> I want to set up a web based music streaming app so I can listen to my
> music from anywhere. I don't want to get myself into trouble by sharing
> with everyone, just a way for me to listen to my music collection when
> I'm away from my computer. I have two questions:
>
> First, does anyone have a recommendation on software for this? There
> are two I am looking at, Jinzora (http://jinzora.com/) and
> Ampache(http://www.ampache.org/). Are these any good, or are there any
> better ones?
>
> Second, I have two options as to where to host this. I have an Ubuntu
> box I use as a print server/file backup that is on most of the time. I
> could set it up here, but I don't know much about apache/php/mysql and
> how to keep it running smoothly and securely. Is it safe to run this
> type of web server at home? I could also install it on my shared
> hosting account. This would be faster and more reliable, but it would
> take a really, really, really long time to upload my music here, plus I
> worry about somebody hacking open my music directories and leaving them
> open to the public.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ben
>
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