So, we have installed the Ampache streaming server. Now, we will learn how to upload our audio/video content and create our first catalog.
You will need audio and video files to be uploaded on your server and enough space to save all this content. I will be using podcasts from Ubuntu podcasts in the MP3 format.
Upload all content to your Ampache server and note the directory path. I will be using the podcasts
directory under home
for my user.
Open the Ampache server homepage and log in with admin credentials.
Ampache provides the admin page, where you can perform all administrative tasks, such as catalogue management, user management, and other configurations. We will create a new catalogue from the admin panel and then point it to already uploaded content:
Ubuntu podcasts
.local
, as we will be loading content from your local filesystem./home/ubuntu/podcasts
in my case.Catalog creation simply reads the content from the upload directory and adds the respective details to the MySQL database. The process tries to gather more details about content using information collected from meta tags and track titles or file names. This information is then used to group the content by artist and album. Note that Ampache is not tagging software where you upload random content and receive a well-organized media library. For Ampache to work well, you need to have properly tagged and well-organized content.