[MUSIC] MPD JukeBox (MPDJB)

[Graves]

(09-29-2009 04:42 PM)joblo10 Wrote:  Graves, I had report from another user with the same problems. I will investigate this further.

alright, thanks. i am looking forward to finally being able to use MPDJB

[6p14pev]

Sorry for the off-topic posting.

In an earlier message, I wrote:

The current status is that alanh is trying to get the GPL issues resolved so that it can be made available for download again. Once that happens, it will make its way into the CSI (Community software installer) again. Then, installation will become quite easy.

I just learned from a post on the MPD thread that MPD is still available on CSI, except that this version is the February version. It outputs only to USB, plus there is no FLAC support in it, which was added by alanh in March or April 2009.

So, those with FLAC libraries will have to be patient.

[dipje]

i have the same problems too

[joblo10]

(09-30-2009 06:15 AM)gcf Wrote:  I have exactly the same problem Graves reports:

Graves, gcf and dipje, are you using the february version from CSI? Or the april 4th one that is no longer available? I trying to find similarities, these problems started occuring only recently, and am wondering if this could related to the MPD version you are using.

[dipje]

(09-30-2009 09:27 PM)joblo10 Wrote:  Graves, gcf and dipje, are you using the february version from CSI? Or the april 4th one that is no longer available? I trying to find similarities, these problems started occuring only recently, and am wondering if this could related to the MPD version you are using.

I am using the 22-5-2009 release of MPD (mpd-nmt-20090522)

[Graves]

is use mpd-nmt-20090504

[alanh]

I'm having the exact same problem using the 20090802 version referenced in the first post of this thread.

[gcf]

(10-01-2009 10:57 AM)Graves Wrote:  is use mpd-nmt-20090504

I also use mpd-nmt-20090504

[YOGAMAN]

It looks like Alanh found a way to make MPD GPLv2 compliant !!!
For more informations, have a look at this thread:

http://www.networkedmediatank.com/showth...?tid=28854

[dooly]

(09-29-2009 11:13 AM)bellissimo Wrote:  Has anyone attempted to get this working using lighttpd?

I tried but get an error back, saying that I need to install Turck MMcache...

Here's what I did:

- install MPDJB (the source code, not the "compiled" one: lighttpd doesn't have the Turck MMcache module)

- in MPDJB/scripts/, rename slideshow.cgi and start.cgi to slideshow.php and start.php

- create a soft link :

Code:

# ln -s /share /share/Apps/AppInit/websites/HARD_DISK

- modify MPDJB/index.htm :

Code:

http://localhost.drives:8883/HARD_DISK/Apps/MPDJB/scripts/start.cgi

becomes

Code:

http://localhost.drives:9999/HARD_DISK/Apps/MPDJB/scripts/start.php

- modify MPDJB/lib/mpd.php :

Code:

http://localhost.drives:8883/

becomes

Code:

http://localhost.drives:9999/

- in MPDJB/scripts/start.php, you have to comment out the following lines:

Code:

if(!is_dir("../tmp")) {
            mkdir("../tmp");
  }
  chmod_R("../tmp", 0777);
  chmod("../mpdjb.conf", 0777);

because lighttpd cannot change owner or permissions of the files : it's not running as the owner but as nobody. That's why you have to make these "chmod" at boot time (lighttpd creates its new files in MPDJB/tmp/ as nobody, but these files will belong to nmt after a reboot)

And also in the start.php file, you have to change

Code:

http://127.0.0.1:8088/stream/file=/share/Apps/MPDJB/index.php

to

Code:

http://127.0.0.1:9999/HARD_DISK/Apps/MPDJB/index.php

[alanh]

I must be missing something. Why is lighthttpd even required when apache comes pre-installed with NMT Apps? or is that the point? ie. hard-drive-less boxes?

[dooly]

lighttpd is not required, but it may be faster than the pre-installed apache.

[bellissimo]

Journey supplied a faster PHP package along with lighttpd. According to the benchmarks, it is quite a bit faster than standard.

@dooly - Do you find that MPDJB is actually any faster running under lighttpd? As it is normally packaged up using MMCache, that would have offered some performance improvements of its own. I wonder if removing the MMCache advantages, but adding the lighttpd advantages makes a net difference?

[lucky_jl]

(09-29-2009 04:56 PM)lucky_jl Wrote:  

I hope to get my hands on a a110 next month ... after that i will for sure use MPD and if i see that i can contribute to MPD in some way i will,

At this moment i am finishing my music library metadata refresh, MusicBrainz Picard served me well for most ID3 tags ( only need to add Genre ) but i have a question about cover image,

Using popcorn a110 and full-hd tv what cover size do you recommend ?
I remember to read somewhere is in forum that cover images should be 600x600 , but for older ones is almost impossible to get this size so i will go with 300x300 ...

Anyone ?
Since i am refresh cover data is important for me to get this right from the beginning ...

[joblo10]

(10-02-2009 10:46 AM)lucky_jl Wrote:  Anyone ?
Since i am refresh cover data is important for me to get this right from the beginning ...

From my experience, even 300x300 looks fine in the Now Playing page. The perfect match is 450x450, and higher, which is approximatively the size displayed.