Ampache

Basics

Ampache is a web based audio/video streaming application and file manager allowing you to access your music & videos from anywhere, using almost any internet enabled device.

Ampache's usefulness is heavily dependent on being able to extract correct metadata from embedded tags in your files and/or the filename. Ampache is not a media organiser; it is meant to be a tool which presents an already organised collection in a useful way. It assumes that you know best how to manage your files and are capable of choosing a suitable method for doing so.

Recommended Version

Currently, the recommended version is git HEAD.

Requirements

• A web server. All of the following have been used, though Apache receives the most testing:

  • Apache
  • lighttpd
  • nginx
  • IIS

• PHP 5.3 or greater.

• PHP modules:

  • PDO
  • PDO_MYSQL
  • hash
  • session
  • json

• MySQL 5.x

Installation

Please see the wiki

Upgrading

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 into config/. All database updates will be handled by Ampache.

License

Ampache is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2 as published by the Free Software Foundation.

Ampache includes some external modules that carry their own licensing.

• getID3(): GPL v2
• Horde_Browser: LGPL v2.1
• PHP-gettext: GPL v2
• php_musicbrainz: LGPL v2.1
• PHP MPD interface: GPL v2
• PHPMailer: LGPL v2.1
• Prototype: MIT
• Snoopy: LGPL v2.1
• validateEmail.php: "free for any use"
• Whatever:hover: LGPL v2.1

Translations

Ampache is currently translated (at least partially) into the following languages. If you are interested in updating an existing translation or adding a new one please 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)

Credits

Thanks to all those who have helped make Ampache awesome:

• Scott Kveton: Original creator of Ampache, 2001 - 2003
• Robert Hopson
• Andy Morgan
• RosenSama
• latka
• Lamar Hansford
• Lacy Morrow
• Karl Vollmer (vollmerk)
• Paul Arthur MacIain (flowerysong)
• Chris Slamar (cslamar)
• Holger Brunn
• Kevin Purdy (purdyk)
• Charlie Smotherman (porthose)

Contact Us

Hate it? Love it? Let us know. Also let us know if you think of any more features, encounter bugs, etc.

• Public Repository
• IRC: chat.freenode.net #ampache
• Issue Tracker
• Documentation