Just looked at the Ampache web site for the first time in a while, it looks like it's come a long way since I used it (not that I had any complaints then). A couple notes on your list:
- Icecast is a server for distributing streams. So, a stream is encoded by another program, and sent to an Icecast server to distribution to many users. MPD has stream encoding for Icecast built in. - Red5 is an open source alternative to Flash server, which is largely focused on streaming video and audio. In short, a Flash player on a website can't take an Icecast stream directly, so you need something like Red5 to convert the Icecast stream to the RTMP streaming format that Flash players use. From my research, Red5 is difficult to deploy, still buggy, and it constantly has to play catch up with Flash Server (similar to gnash and swfdec on the client side). Most disappointing is its lack of support for HE-AAC (aka AACplus), but that's probably not of interest to most people. It's not really designed with individual use in mind anyway. Finally, a subject I can comment on with a little professional experience! Asa On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 1:48 PM, AJ ONeal <[email protected]> wrote: > I had never heard of ampache. So far that looks the best. > > ampache - looks good > subsonic - tomcat / java-based, but ugly > icecast - I'm not clear on how this works > red5 - a java framework, no gui? > pitchfork - abandoned (no project site) > GNUMP3d - abandoned project, written in perl > simplifymedia - can't create playlists > > AJ ONeal > > > On Sat, Sep 5, 2009 at 10:53 PM, [email protected] <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> I would also recommend ampache - or any web frontend with MPD. I used >> pitchfork for a while myself, but decided that the web GUI was >> overkill for me. Now, I just use MPD with Icecast. To control it >> remotely, I ssh to my home server, and use ncmpcpp. >> >> There's also libre.fm, which is a AGPL alternative to last.fm, but >> it's still alpha. I'm not sure it's really intended to be run on a >> home server, I think it is just free for freedom's sake. But in any >> case, it might be worth checking out. >> >> Asa > >
