Ampache

Hi thebordella,

there is slim pickings for windows users, and i've outlined them in this thread:

http://www.ampache.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=137

since writting that i have upgraded to XP pro, and can report that it still works fine.

BOB.SMITH

I think the best solution is honestly httpQ. I've had a library for controlling it for a while now. I've got some free time today so I'm writting up the localplay controller for it. I don't actually have WinAMP so I can't really test it... but according to the documentation it should work. Keep your eye on the Change log for an indication of it being added (should be by the end of the day) Then test it out and let me know if it doesn't work.

Well, I am a windows ampache (Ampache v.3.3.3 Build (001)) user and i am trying to set this up and HttpQ is returning a NULL value for the play/enqueue commands.  All the basic functions work (pause, stop, play, delete, etc), but it wont let me enqueue/add a file.

I am trying to figure out why this is, and noticed a few things. 
I have no experience with php stuff so bear with me...

in httpqplayer.class.php:

function add($name, $url) {

$args['name'] = $name;
$args['url'] = str_replace("&","%26",$url);
$results = $this->sendCommand('playurl', $args);  <---------- according to the HTTPQ documentation the add function is "PLAYFILE" and not "playurl" see this for more detail http://httpq.sourceforge.net/reference.html

if ($results == '0') { $results = null; }
return $results;

} // add

Ok, so i changed that sendcommand to playfile but it still doesnt work.
I get this error in my ampache debug file:

2007-01-07 04:55:05 { admin } ( httpq_add ) - Error: Unable to add "http://xx.xx.xxx.xxx/play/index.php?song=139&uid=admin&sid=6a9c9c42a3df70aa8b1e84fb1ada1cc8&name=/Christina%20Aguilera%20-%20Don%27t%20Make%20Me%20Love%20You.mp3" to Httpq

So i tried to put that http:// after file = in "http://localhost:4800/playfile?p=XXXXX&file=XXXXXXXX" and i get an error message.  I think the equal '=' signs in the URL are messing things up, but i am not sure.  It seems when I use the directory inplace of the url...eg...E:\Christina Aguilera\1999 00 - Christina Aguilera\Christina Aguilera - Christina Aguilera - 17 - Don't Make Me Love You.mp3...it works and loads it to the playlist. 

Is there anyway to fix this?

Edit:  when i go into winamp and say "play->URL... or File...-> then paste that url", it works fine.

Last edited by Hypnotoad (2007-01-08 12:11:41)

Ok, i did that.  the play feature works but only for certain songs.  Heres what I did.

I said Enqueue 500 random songs, i have 663 mp3s on the database as of now.  Out of the 500 only 58 songs were added to the playlist on the remote PC.  But get this, the songs that were added were only 1 word Long in the TITLE.  For example I can add the song SOS by Rihanna from the cd        A Girl Like Me but i can't add the song "Kisses Don't Lie" same cd, same artist, just next track.  I looked at the other remaining songs that were enqueuned, they were all 1 words:



Is this a problem with the code of HttpQ or with Ampache?

The debug log had this to say:

2007-01-07 04:13:02 { admin } ( httpq_add ) - Error: Unable to add 'http://68.48.242.161/play/index.php?song=815&uid=admin&sid=fb604dead47935e8278481e5e95cf498&name=/Rihanna%20-%20Kisses%20Don%27t%20Lie.mp3' to Httpq

2007-01-07 04:13:03 { admin } ( error ) - [Error] date() [<a href='function.date'>function.date</a>]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. Please use the date.timezone setting, the TZ environment variable or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'America/New_York' for '-5.0/no DST' instead on line 36 in C:\Program Files\xampp\htdocs\lib\log.lib.php

2007-01-07 04:13:03 { admin } ( error ) - [Error] date() [<a href='function.date'>function.date</a>]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. Please use the date.timezone setting, the TZ environment variable or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'America/New_York' for '-5.0/no DST' instead on line 37 in C:\Program Files\xampp\htdocs\lib\log.lib.php

2007-01-07 04:13:03 { admin } ( stream ) - Starting stream of E:/Rihanna/2006 04 - A Girl Like Me/Rihanna - A Girl Like Me - 01 - SOS.mp3 with size 5769344

EDIT:

The only pattern i could find is the song title (%t) was only 1 word long, and contained no spaces.  The title came out unformatted (no caps). Winamp seems to have trouble parsing the data after it is sent, even the track length is wrong, it would say the song is 1:56-2:12 in length, but when it plays it, it updates.  I'm not sure if this has any relationship to the problem at hand.

Last edited by Hypnotoad (2007-01-08 15:39:18)

HttpQ is fixed now!  Localplay is functional in windows...weeeee! Thanks. :)

Edit:
bah...should really be addurl and not playurl....it keeps restarting the song thats currently playing everytime a song is clicked.   I looked at the HttpQ documentation and they dont have any add function without play.  hmm...

Its really weird.  Lets say I am not playing anything (but I have a playlist).  And I click a song on ampache.  It plays the song that just finished instead of the new i just added.  Any idea whats going on?

Last edited by Hypnotoad (2007-01-12 21:41:03)

In modules\localplay\httpq.controller.php there are a few functions:

- skip
- volume_up
- volume_down
- next
- prev
- volume

That say "$this->_mpd->"  instead of "($this->_httpq->"  Switching that will fix (next)

Also there is a function called "Previous()" Which does not exist in modules\httpq\httpqplayer.class.php
It should be renamed Prev()

final line
"        if (is_null($this->_httpq->Prev())) { return false; } "

I think the other functions need a little work.

Last edited by Hypnotoad (2007-01-12 22:45:47)

I'm thinking I may want to switch from mpd to httpQ.
I need to get a windows computer running at home, so I am thinking about giving up the mpd machine.

current networked setup
linux server runs ampache with localplay and a remote mpd hostname.
linux machine connected to stereo via spdif runs mpd server and spits out the music

so I am thinking I can switch the mpd server over to windows, and run httpQ , and httpQ can
be spit out the spdif soundcard output.  basically replace linux/mpd with windows/httpQ   ??

let me know if this is correct and is working with the latest stable ampache.

I am using httpQ. I had an issue where the module was actually not using the settings from my preference but using a hard coded blank pass.