------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------- README - Ampache v.3.5 ----------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contents: 1. Intro a) Supported File-Types b) Supported Stream Methods c) Current Translations d) Special Thanks 2. Getting all the components 3. Setting Up a) Upgrading 4. License 5. Contact info 1. Intro: Ampache is a PHP-based interface to a MySQL database where information about your audio files are stored. The songs are streamed using PHP; older versions required mod_mp3 but this version no longer does. The songs are cataloged via PHP scripts. These tools are heavily dependent on quality tags in your audio files and or the file system organization. If you've kept them up-to-date or organized this is the tool for you. See CHANGELOG for version information. A) Supported File-Types Ampache currently supports the following audio file types. If you would like Ampache to support an additional file type please contact us on irc, or the forums and we will investigate adding them. Thanks - MP3 (id3v1 && id3v2) - OGG - WMA/ASF - FLAC - RM - AAC/M4A/MP4 - MPC - WV - SHN - APE - SPX - FLV - AVI - MPG - M4V - WMV B) Supported Stream Methods Ampache currently supports the following different methods for streaming your audio files. Please contact us if you would like to see additional methods. - Single Stream - extended m3u - simple m3u - standard pls - ASX - RAM - XSPF - Realtime Downsampling - Integrated Flash Player - Automatic Downsampling based on load - Local/Remote network definition based downsampling - On the Fly Transcoding - Localplay - Music Player Daemon (MPD) - Winamp using (HTTPQ) - Shoutcast - Icecast2 - Democratic Vote based playback - 3rd Party clients using API (Amarok,Coherence,Quickplay) - 3rd Party Mobile clients using API (Amdroid - Android,Amphone - Iphone) C) Current Translations Ampache is currently translated into the following languages. If you are interested in updating an existing translation or adding a new one please contact us at translation@ampache.org or see /locale/base/TRANSLATIONS for more instructions. - English (en_US) - German (de_DE) - Spanish (es_ES) - Dutch (nl_NL) - Norwegian (nb_NO) - UK English (en_GB) - Italian (it_IT) - French (fr_FR) - Swedish (sv_SE) - Japanese (ja_JP) - Catalan (ca_ES) - Russian (ru_RU) - Czech (cs_CZ) D) A Special Thanks: Thanks to those who've helped us make Ampache so useable: Scott Kveton - Original create of Ampache 2001 - 2003 Robert Hopson - Libglue, Playlists, Ogg support.. and much more Andy Morgan - Sage / Voice of Reason RosenSama - Previous Developer latka (from media.tangent.org site) for orphaned song ideas Lamar Hansford (README/INSTALL improvements) & Upload Lacy Morrow (Flash Player) 2. Getting all the components Apache >= 1.3.x http://www.apache.org OR other web server PHP >= 5.1.x http://www.php.net ** PHP5-Mysql PHP5-Session PHP5-gd (recommended) PHP5 ICONV PHP5 ZLIB support (recommended) MySQL >= 5.x+ http://www.mysql.com ** PHP 5.3.x is required for Windows systems due to use of inet_pton and inet_aton functions. 3. Setting Up Please see the included INSTALL file or if possible the wiki for the most update to date instructions, http://ampache.org/wiki 3a. Upgrading Your Ampache Install If you are upgrading from an older version of Ampache we recommend moving the old directory out of the way, extracting the new copy in its place and then copying the old config file. All database updates will be handled by the /update.php script. There is no need to insert the /sql/ampache.sql if you have an existing installation. Please see MIGRATION for specific instructions based on the version 4. License This Application falls under the Standard GPL v2. See Licence included with this tar file. Credit for code is listed in the changelog. 5. Contact Info Hate it? Love it? Let us know. Let us know if you think of any more features, bugs, etc. Public SVN: https://svn.ampache.org/ IRC: irc.ampache.org #ampache (Freenode) Forums: http://ampache.org/forums Bugs: http://ampache.org/bugs Wiki: http://ampache.org/wiki Demo: http://ampache.org/demo -Karl Vollmer vollmer@ampache.org