linuxgeek: Re: [nslu2-linux] Ampache + amarok running on unslung

Getting Ampache (and possible Amarok) running on a Slug sounds like an achievement... I wasn't able to get a good streaming solution running on the Slug, due to the lack of a FPU (most transcoding solutions require it).

I tried using MPD's built-in streaming capability, but again, the transcoding requirements were a deal breaker. As a result, I cobbled together a Perl-based solution that allows me to take playlists created in MPD and use them to feed MP3s to an Icecast server for streaming mp3s over HTTP. The Perl scripts have allowed me to cobble a solution together using ices as the glue between MPD and Icecast. This solution basically just dumps the MP3 to Icecast without any transcoding.

These links describe the solution in adequate detail:

http://wiki.yobi.be/wiki/Webradio
http://mpd.wikia.com/wiki/Hack:ices-client
http://www.757.org/~joat/wiki/index.php?n=Main.IcecastOnTheNSLU2

Very curious to hear about your experiences with Ampache and Amarok.

On Wednesday, April 17, 2013, Joao wrote:

Hello everyone!

I got Ampache v.3.5.4 (a «rich», i.e., *heavy* MPD web client) running on my unslung 6.10 slug and connected to a pair of Hi-Fi speakers through a cheap Media-C usb soundcard (kinda slow but it works!).

I wonder if it's possible to install on top of it the media player Amarok? The newest 2.7 release uses mysql5 (not included yet on ipkg's repo), but maybe and older version (just like Ampache) that uses mysql will do the job?

Any hint or feedback about similar successful (or unsuccessful) attempts would be very much appreciated...
Salut!
J. Miranda