AmpachPre

[fain]

AmpachPre

Have you ever been somewhere and had a tune in your head that you just had to hear but it was on your home pc?

AmpachPre is the worlds first front end for webOS to the great Web-based Audio file manager / web Media Server Ampache.

Just setup a web server, install Ampache, enter your account info into AmpachPre and login.
Search for artists, albums or songs.

With AmpachPre you have your entire music library at your fingertips.

some features include:

• last fm scrobbling Now native to AmpachPre!
• Create custom play lists
• Download any mp3 from your collection
• Download any mp3 from web
• Save custom playlists for later
• Search your entire music library
• Bookmark your favorite artists or albums for fast on the go listening
• Bluetooth control support
• Headphone control support
• Auto transcode flac, ogg and many other to mp3 on the fly via ampache
• Albums of the Moment

INSTALLATION:
1. Install a LAMP, WAMP or MAMP server.

• I made a How-to for vista32bit users. It is not pretty but its located here.
• Ubuntu/Debian visit here
• mac users check here

Basically you need the apache web server with php and mySQL.
for simplicity install it to C:/xampp

2. Grab a copy of Ampache 3.5.1.
(This app will NOT work with previous versions.)
You can find Installation instructions for Ampache here.
Open your web browser and type
http://localhost/ampache
This will start the configuration of ampache.
3. Enable the API by adding a access list via the instructions here. or

a. Extract the ampache archive to C:/xampp/htdocs/ampache
b. Start the web server if not already started.
c. Start your internet browser and type this into the address bar.
http://localhost/ampache
You should now be presented with ampache's configuration screen.
d. Create a database with the root username and password you created in xampp's installation.
e. Create a username and password for ampache.
f. When prompted to download ampache.php.cfg, save it in to C://xampp/htdocs/ampache/config
g. Now you can log in to ampache as the username you created in ampaches setup. Not the database user. the administrator user.
h. goto the little icon that looks like a pc in the left corner, click on add acl Name it what ever you want.

NAME : AmpachPre
LEVEL: all
USER: all
TYPE: RPC
REMOTE KEY: leave blank
START: 0.0.0.0
END: 255.255.255.255

4. Enter a account you made in the accounts section on AmpachPre, then click save.


How-to back up your AmpachPre database:

1. Before deleting AmpachPre, plug in your phone to a pc usb port and hit "Usb Drive". Or you can use sftp/ssh what ever you please.
2. Navigate to ".app-storage/file_.var.usr.palm.applications.net.nucleardecay.ampachpre_0"
3. There should be a file in there named "00000000000000xx.db" where xx can be any two hexidecimal digits.
4. Copy this file to a safe place say your Desktop.
5. Now you can eject/unmount your phone and delete AmpachPre by Orange+Tap.
6. Reinstall Ampachpre and wait for the account screen to come up.
7. Put your phone back into usb mode and navigate to ".app-storage/file_.var.usr.palm.applications.net.nucleardecay.ampachpre_0" again.
8. Note the name of the new "00000000000000xx.db" file in that directory, xx should be increased by 1.
9. Rename the file on your desktop to that of the new file then copy the old one into ".app-storage/file_.var.usr.palm.applications.net.nucleardecay.ampachpre_0"
over writing the new smaller file.
10. restart AmpachPre and your data base should be there.

OTHER STUFF:
TODO: Playlists, this is a much needed feature. done 1.5
Support for multiple accounts. done in v1.0.1
TODO: Video support. /*mp4 videos will not show up in ampaches api search.*/
TODO: SSL support.
TODO: clean up he interface /*its better now*/
TODO: add a save custom play list feature/*done in 1.8.0
TODO: complete the streaming scene.

Known Issues:
1. When a artist comes up with a album name that has more than one artist with the same album name. All songs from all the artists are listed instead of just the songs by the artist searched. fixed in 1.6.1
2. Videos do not play as i couldnt get mp4's to show up in the api filter.
3. Audio stops when leaving the streaming scene. By design for now, I plan on changing this.
4. There is no notification on the song streaming. You just have to trust its downloading. You should get a error if there is a error though.//added a progress bar till I get the progress slider working.
4. When downloading from ampache on SSL the download manager hangs when trying to download the album art. For now I just made a account specifically for downloading without ssl.


ChangeLog
1.0.1

• added support for multiple accounts

1.0.2

• fixed login timestamp

1.5.0

• Added album playlist and a custom playlist builder.
• Added a custom Streaming interface.
• Added option to play with the Pre's built in media streamer or AmpachPres streamer for those who enabled downloads in the browser.
  (Play lists will NOT work with the Pre's web streamer)
• Cleaned up the account interface.
• Added command menus on each scene for easier navigation.
• Took out album art on album search for faster rendering.

1.5.1

• Added some error reporting for non mp3 files.
• Added the mime type to the songs scene.
• Fixed a few small bugs.
• Left in the video scene in case someone can get mp4's to show up in the api filter to test it.

1.5.5

• Added different play modes. repeat, repeat all and shuffle
• Changed account/login system. (It is recommended you re-enter your account info so you can name your accounts.)
• Ampachpre has a new look. Let me know what ya think. Make sure you delete any older version in order for the new icon to update.
• fixed some bugs and optimized code a little bit.

1.5.6

• Added album of the moment
• moved all eventlisteners to the activate and deactivate functions. (should improve performance)
• removed type from the songs list. no ned for this really if you have transcoding on.
• changed the backdrop and icon once again. Sorry I wasnt happy with the others.

1.5.7

• Formated the Time in the Songs list Play list and Now Playing finally.
• Added a timer to the now playing scene.
• Added error reporting to a few of the play back errors.
• Fixed a bug that would crash AmpachPre on back gesture at the search scene.
• Tweaked the random play algorithm a little.
• Changed the style of the search field.
• Enter or on text property change now submits a search. (working on getting just enter to submit)
• Created a ping event which should keep the session alive longer.
• on the search scene, just start typing to bring the search field into focus.
• Any key press on the now playing scene will pause/play the audio.
• A few changes here and there to styles.
• fixed a bug with the account editor. Thanks imekul.

1.5.8

Playlist editor Changes:

• Added "swipe to playlist" in the songs/albums/artists scenes.
  Instead of tapping to add to playlist just swipe it off the screen and watch it/them magically appear in the playlist
  Swipe an entire collection by artist, album or individual songs!!
• Added swipe to delete in playlist scene
• Added drag to reorder playlist item
• Added total playlist runtime
• removed selection confirmation on songs scenes.
  Swipe to add to playlist, tap to play from selection through the rest of the album.
• fixed search songs not formatting time.

1.6

• Added ability to skip songs by flick or command.
  if the currently playing track is 10 seconds or less into the song the previous command or right flick will go back one track.
  if the song currently playing is greater then 10 seconds the current track will restart.
• set a 2 second pause between skips so the server has less chance of getting overloaded with connections from multiple skips.
• The playmode and play command menu is now disabled between all track switches.
• Added wired headset controls
  single click plays/pauses
  double click skips to next song
  hold for 4 seconds for previous song or restart current track.
• Added bluetooth controls
  Play and pause do the same thing. One hit will pause, another hit will play.
  (this is how my car stereo works and I have no other testing gear.)
  Added controls for stop next and prev(my stereo has no stop, so if you can test this I would appreciate it
• Moved the track info. aka time, duration, artist name and track number.

1.6.1

• made artist search return only the artist searched on albums with multiple artists
  search album to get soundtracks and multi-compilation albums.
• made skip choose a random song if you are in random mode.
• fixed a bug that caused error decode while loading the song. hopefully
• fixed a bug that crashed ampachpre on back gesture from the stream scene before the song started playing.
• Worked on the list styles a little bit.

1.7.0

• New Download manager added!
• Now you can download a entire playlist to the pre and listen while your roaming
• Full downloaded filemanager and playlist editor.
  Create multiple download playlists
  Delete files that that you have downloaded.
  You can also re-arange the downloaded files playlist.
  or delete the play list and leave the files on the pre.
  custom download folder under /media/internal/ (look in the account settings)
  songs download in to sub folders under /artist/album/tracknum-songTitle.mp3 format
  album art is in the same folder.
• Enter a custom url to a mp3 from a site such as beemp3.com for your downloading pleasures
  
• Pre-buffering is in! (no pun intended)
  It's not "true" pre-buffering, but it works. What I mean by not true pre buffering is. If you have a short song
  and a long song after the short one. the long one will probably need to buffer but the next one should be buffered
  and ready to go. unless you skip it of course.
  note: pre-buffering is not working in random mode yet.
  
• Now, in the account editor, you will now be able to edit your account when selected instead of re-entering everything.
• Changed the icon to a 3d style.(you'll have to delete and reinstall to refresh the Icon I believe)

1.7.1

• Added some log in error reporting
• made the stream scene progress bar show buffering of current song and pre buffering of next song.
• fixed a bug that caused the now playing playlist to exede the actual playlist length.
• changed the position of the duration and current time in the stream scene.
• when listening to downloads the stream scene will not try to buffer the next song.

1.7.6

• Added bookmarks, now you can book mark a album or a artist. Songs are on the agenda.
• Changed the login algorithm to use palms api in stead of javascripts date method, no user visible changes but much cleaner now.
• added ssl support (https://)
• removed webStreamer option. No real use for it since you can download songs now.
• enter now submits a search. text property change will not any more.
• A complete overhaul of the account system. It now allows as many accounts as you need.
• The account at the top of the list is the default. just drag another account to the top to make it the default
• swipe to delete accounts. Tap the icon to edit that account.
  IMPORTANT!!! delete all your old ampachpre accounts before upgrading to 1.7.6. or they will be left in your memory.
  If you delete ampachpre you will lose the database that holds your downloaded music playlist.
  the mp3z will still be on your phone but just not available with in ampachpre.
• Downloaded songs can now be added to custom playlist.
• You can now edit a downloaded songs info.

1.7.7 Thursday, November 05 2009

• Added a toggle switch for "Cache Next Song" in the account settings.
  by default "Cache Next Song" is on. If you want it turned off, and you already made the account prior to the update
  you will need to visit the account settings turn "Cache Next Song" ON and back OFF, then save.
• changed the style on bookmarks list and account info list.
• fixed a bug the stopped playlist progressing to the next song when download was canceled.
• fixed a bug that displayed the total playlist time incorrectly.
• Removed the bluetooth and headset error dialogs.

1.7.8 Wednesday, November 18 2009

• caching now works on random
• added a try again on login timeout dialog.
• increased the login timeout to 20 secs
• added a try again on media error abort dialog.
• fixed random play repeating the same song.
• changed the way playmode is set in the underlying system.
• added text for what pre-cache is doing.
• There are now two ways to add to your custom playlist.
  1. by swiping the album/artist or song off the screen. (except on downloads)
  2. by using the icon to the right of the title.
• added a spinner after adding a album or artist to the custom playlist for ajax status.

1.7.9 Wednesday, December 02 2009

• Added search buttons to the url download scene.
  now you can search beemp3 for artist, album or song directly from AmpachPre
  after you enter the album and artist search google images for a album art image.
• A lot of work went into random play. The over all random play experience should be better now.
• Random play should not repeat any songs now.
• Added skip ahead 10 secs and skip back 10 sec commands
• Moved the commands on now playing screen
• Added next track status.
• Play mode is now selected via a pop up menu. I hated cycling through play modes
• Tap the artist name in now playing scene to search wikipedia for artist info.
• pre-caching will now cache multiple tracks ahead if the next song is less than 1.2Mb
• fixed various bugs here and there as always.

1.8.0 Wednesday, December 16 2009

IMPORTANT!
before upgrading to 1.8... If you have any downloads you would like to keep listed in ampachpre,
back up your database. (how to above) Then delete ampachpre and install 1.8.
If you are not worried about keeping the downloads listed in ampachpre just go ahead and delete ampachpre.
All downloaded files will be left on your usb partition.

• Save play list feature added
  the play list save scene acts mostly like the downloads scene.
  make a play list and click the multiple list icon to create a new playlist container to save your playlist.
• bookmark songs added.
• new ampachpre theme now with more icons.
• fixed downloads hanging on art file if account type is https://
• In order to get saved playlists to work I had to re-design the account system.
  there is now a few new fields
  streaming port: this is the http:// port you use if you are using ssl and it is not port 80 if it is port 80 just leave it blank
  connection port: same as above but for all encrypted transactions.
  the address field is now just the domain name
  the directory field is for the path ampache resides in.
• downloads now save into a directory of the playlist name. /media/internal/yourPersonalPath/playlistName/artist/album/song.mp3
• a notification presents the song and artist that is now playing if the app is minimized or the phone is asleep.
• there is a option to turn notifications off as well.
• re-designed Albums of the moment.
  now a palm list and I have increased performance by like 500% (i dont really know the increased performance but its way better)
  the album list is now cached after the initial toggle. to refresh the albums of the moment cache simply login again.

1.8.1 Friday, December 18 2009

• improved the stream timer
• fixed format of notification.
• fixed album of the moment not turning off if not fully loaded.
• when switched to random play, the next random song will start caching if the current song has fully loaded.
• increased size limit of "cache 2 tracks ahead" to 2.5mb
• added "To Top" and "To Bottom" to playlist, download and savedPlaylist editors
• fixed a typo in the streams cleanup function.
• phone should stay awake for at the max 15 mins or until all downloads are complete.
• fixed display not updateing after adding a url.
• a notification has been added when all downloads are complete if the stage is deactivated.
  

1.8.2 Sunday, December 20 2009

• fixed randomplay selection hanging
• fixed to top and to bottom not executing on downloads scene.
• improved the login error reporting a little.
• added a search all button to url add scene.
• you can now listen to the download playlist as you are downloading or adding to it.
  (random play is not supported in this)

1.8.3 Sunday, December 27 2009

• more login error reporting changes
• added a no response dialog.
• optimized a few things in the login algorithm
• better error checking in account creation.
• make a playlist and switch accounts then try to download that playlist it will work now.
• added notification on completed "add to playlist".
• redesigned settings manager.
• changed a few styles on search scene and now playing

1.8.6 Friday, January 22 2010

• It is strongly recommended you delete and remake your accounts just keep every thing clean, at least re-save your account to keep variables from being null!
  if you have problems just remake the account.
  
  I am very sorry but I found a bug that needs to be fixed, and for that to be done, you will need to make any saved playlists again.
  The bug was when you create a playlist with the same name as a downloaded playlist name Ampachpre would fill that playlist with your downloaded playlist.
  causing you to not be able to delete the saved playlist without deleting the database that held the downloaded playlist.
  this is kind of ironic because i just spent about a hr. on making a big playlist tonight.
  the good news is downloads will not be affected
  
  
• added a wifi check if you are on wifi it will auto log you into the account you specify as default wifi.
• added a ssid field; you need to specify your home ssid incase you are on a wifi somewhere other than the place your server is at.
  this should not affect your account if you choose not to use this option.
• new auto account change feature. If you in any scene and you turn on wifi or vice versa, or if you just got out of the range of your router or if your wan ip has changed.
  AmpachPre will now auto login to either your default wifi or evdo account. (still experimental while streaming.)
• last fm scrobbling now native!. You need to disable scrobbling in Ampache if you want to use this feature. If you dont, just leave the account info blank.
  if you choose to use this you will be able to turn scrobbling Off/On by default or toggle it from the app menu on the stream scene.
• added ad all to playlist on a downloaded playlist.
• if you have a song that has been downloaded from a url and there is no time in the playlist. It will be added the first time you play it from your downloads playlist.
  this fixes a bug that caused the playlist scene from not displaying total playlist time when these files where added to the playlist.
• there has been a ping timer to keep the API Session alive added that is customizable. Still working on the stream session.
• added a search time out if the search takes longer than 15 seconds the search will be cancelled.
• added the ability to edit playlist song info for scrobbling songs with bad tags and for those like me who just do not have time to go through their entire mp3 collection looking for bad tags.
  (I strongly recommend not editing either the image url nor the song url! I was going to disable these but you could enter a full path to a local mp3 and image file if you know the values. Remote mp3z are unsupported right now.)
• added a download saved playlist function in case you need to cache a saved playlist quick.
• few style changes and probably some other things I forgot to log while doing them
  
  enjoy...

1.8.7 Saturday, January 23 2010

• fixed a problem with the last.fm login system.
• now when you toggle scrobbling on while listening it will send the now playing song.

1.8.8 Sunday, January 24 2010

• fixed a few bugs with the autologin feature.
• fixed a problem with the toggle scrobble function.
• the scrobble function will now cache listened songs while there is no internet connection and scrobble them the next time there is a internet connection.
• the stream scene will now cache the next songs album art for faster display.

License Info:
AmpachPre version 1.8.8 is under the Creative Commons-No Derivative license.
Future versions are yet undetermined.

[davenukem]

Don't take this as a tard question but i'm assuming computer is up and running for this to function much how orb/tversity works. Your computer streams to the server which your phone then catches? Just in case people aren't understanding the concept, hopefully i'm making it a bit clearer for some

[fain]

Originally Posted by davenukem

Don't take this as a tard question but i'm assuming computer is up and running for this to function much how orb/tversity works. Your computer streams to the server which your phone then catches? Just in case people aren't understanding the concept, hopefully i'm making it a bit clearer for some

It is sort of like orb yes. Except with ampache, there is no middle man. Your phone logs directly into your server/pc at home.

Ampache is also cross platform as where orb is windows only.

Not sure about tversity I don't have any experience with it.

[rockness77]

sounds pretty cool. I will give it a try.

[2sslow]

could you give me idiot proof step x step directions I would appreciate it very much.


Thanks Doug

[Jtemple33]

Dude. I love you.

[fain]

Originally Posted by 2sslow

could you give me idiot proof step x step directions I would appreciate it very much.


Thanks Doug

The instructions are already stepped out on Ampaches website.

For windows instructions:
install:windows [Ampache :: Wiki]

Other Os's here
install [Ampache :: Wiki]
As far as Ubuntu's current stable release jaunty. Do not use the repo version. it is 3.4 and will not work.

As for mac some one on this thread got it working with MAMP.

Ampache's Documentation is located here:
start [Ampache :: Wiki]

[s4mb4]

sigh, no Mac support.

[czarphanguye]

This is awesome, and I've been using ampache for a while (Linux server) yet I'm unable to 'log-in' on AmpachPre. It's just spinning and spinning...

Tried on wifi using 192.168.1.2/ampache and then tried over EVDO using my dydns.hostname/ampache. Same results, just spinning at login. All the other machines in the house are able to log-in... So, I doubt it's the log-in creditably.

Ideas? I've been waiting for-ever for this. Thanks! Just gotta get it to work :-)

EDIT: Missed step 3, working on setting up acl/api now... I imagine that's the issue.
EDIT 2: Updated acl, and config per tutorial and still no log-in.
EDIT 3: Added Log file

2009-08-23 12:25:09 {  } ( API ) - Login Attempt, IP:192.168.1.130 Time:2147483647 User:1 Auth:0da73a744cdbfe1120776c6234f620ae9d370abcf1d392f78de1a0efbcc4327
2009-08-23 12:25:09 {  } ( API ) - Login Failed, unable to match passphrase

[keoommen]

GREAT App! Thank you for a slick way to get around space limitations for music. I'm curious as to how you'll handle the playlist function. Search for songs with an "Add to Playlist" button in the search results? A "Create Playlist" button from the launch screen?

[angiest]

Very highly desired since neither ampache nor slimserver work with the streaming media app. Unfortunately, I can't log in either. I do have API working as I use Amarok and Ampache together on multiple computers. WIFI or EVDO don't matter:

2009-08-23 10:26:26 [ampache] (API) -> Login Attempt, IP:72.56.124.146 Time:2147483647 User:wotan(2) Auth:f46431598389547eb66abf0b7ce963fecc1b041c5aa829cfe812c1e138f81980
2009-08-23 10:26:26 [ampache] (API) -> Login Failed, unable to match passphrase

[toli81]

so, i have a dumb question. does this allow you to listen to your music from your home computer on your pre?

[czarphanguye]

Originally Posted by toli81

so, i have a dumb question. does this allow you to listen to your music from your home computer on your pre?

Yes, this will allow you to stream your home mp3 collection.

[fain]

Originally Posted by czarphanguye

This is awesome, and I've been using ampache for a while (Linux server) yet I'm unable to 'log-in' on AmpachPre. It's just spinning and spinning...

Tried on wifi using 192.168.1.2/ampache and then tried over EVDO using my dydns.hostname/ampache. Same results, just spinning at login. All the other machines in the house are able to log-in... So, I doubt it's the log-in creditably.

Ideas? I've been waiting for-ever for this. Thanks! Just gotta get it to work :-)

EDIT: Missed step 3, working on setting up acl/api now... I imagine that's the issue.
EDIT 2: Updated acl, and config per tutorial and still no log-in.

Originally Posted by angiest

Very highly desired since neither ampache nor slimserver work with the streaming media app. Unfortunately, I can't log in either. I do have API working as I use Amarok and Ampache together on multiple computers. WIFI or EVDO don't matter:

2009-08-23 10:26:26 [ampache] (API) -> Login Attempt, IP:72.56.124.146 Time:2147483647 User:wotan(2) Auth:f46431598389547eb66abf0b7ce963fecc1b041c5aa829cfe812c1e138f81980
2009-08-23 10:26:26 [ampache] (API) -> Login Failed, unable to match passphrase

What version of Ampache are you guys using? The login scheme has been changed as of 3.5. I have tested the login system with version 3.5 and version 3.5.1.
3.4.x and earlier will not work.

edit: (Never mind you have this or you wouldnt have gotten any log file :P)If your on 3.5 check your account info make sure you enter only the domain/IP. Not the protocol (http://)

login error checking is on my list of TODO's as well.

Originally Posted by keoommen

GREAT App! Thank you for a slick way to get around space limitations for music. I'm curious as to how you'll handle the playlist function. Search for songs with an "Add to Playlist" button in the search results? A "Create Playlist" button from the launch screen?

Ya I was thinking either a add to playlist button in each row next to the song title or select the song it will highlight the row then a command menu will popup and you can either hit play or add to play list.

[czarphanguye]

Originally Posted by fain

What version of Ampache are you guys using? The login scheme has been changed as of 3.5. I have tested the login system with version 3.5 and version 3.5.1.
3.4.x and earlier will not work.

$ aptitude show ampache
Package: ampache
State: installed
Version: 3.4.4-0ubuntu1

:-(

Seems like 3.5 is in the next version of Ubuntu karmic... Might just wait, idk
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/karmic/...3.5.1-1ubuntu1

[fain]

Originally Posted by czarphanguye

$ aptitude show ampache
Package: ampache
State: installed
Version: 3.4.4-0ubuntu1

:-(

Seems like 3.5 is in the next version of Ubuntu karmic... Might just wait, idk
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/karmic/...3.5.1-1ubuntu1

Ya karmic will have it in the repo but its not hard to install. just get and extract the package from here
Ampache :: Developer Blog » 3.5.1 Released

In ubuntu: copy the extracted folder to /var/www/ampache-3.5.1

then point your browser to http://domain.com/ampache-3.5.1 to start the install.

I would create a new database for the new version of ampache. You can use the same one but I am not sure of any problems that might occur with the old database.

You will also need to generate the config file and put it in
/vaw/www/ampache-3.5.1/config
Its all in the install script though.

This is probably not the most secure way of doing this. I just set it up quickly to get it working So I could work on the app.

[fain]

Originally Posted by s4mb4

sigh, no Mac support.

Ya ampache works on mac with mamp. Though they charge for free software. MAMP is just a package that installs apache with php and mysql for you.

If you can get apache with php and mySQL configured on mac then you should be set. I do not have much experience with mac but a guy in this "Anyone ever try Ampache?" thread got ampache to work on macOS with MAMP.

[falz]

Awesome. With Pandora, the new Shoutcast app, and now this, all of my audio needs are covered for the Pre.

[cubanguy]

okay, I have gotten to where you need enter the server, username and port in mysql but whenever i put localhost and root it cant log me in.Help??

[angiest]

edit: (Never mind you have this or you wouldnt have gotten any log file :P)If your on 3.5 check your account info make sure you enter only the domain/IP. Not the protocol (http://)

Not to mention I said I was using it with Amarok.

Any thoughts? I have tried it with or without the protocol, over EVDO using hostname and WIFI with IP address, and as myself or as the admin user. Same behaviour.