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Ampache
Author: Karl Vollmer
Developer: Ampache Team
Latest release: 3.3.3.2 / May 11th, 2007
Preview release: 3.4 / Unreleased
OS: [OS Independent]
Use: streaming media / file manager
License: GNU GPL/LGPL
Website: www.ampache.org

Ampache is a Web-based Audio file manager
Ampache is a play on the two words Apache and Amplifier. It was originally written to take advantage of Apache's Mod_mp3 but has since been adapted to use its own streaming method as described in PHP Solutions - Streaming Audio the Ampache way. It is one of the oldest Applications of its kind that is still actively developed having been released in 2001. It's original author, Scott Kveton went on to create the OSUOSL at Oregon State University and passed off Developmental lead to Karl Vollmer who has been responsible for it since early 2003. Image File history File links Fraz. ... Software design is the process that starts from a problem for which there is currently no acceptable (software) solution, and ends when such a solution has been created. ... Software development is the translation of a user need or marketing goal into a software product. ... A software release refers to the creation and availability of a new version of a computer software product. ... May 11 is the 131st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (132nd in leap years). ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ... A software release refers to the creation and availability of a new version of a computer software product. ... An operating system (OS) is a set of computer programs that manage the hardware and software resources of a computer. ... Streaming media is multimedia that is continuously received by, and normally displayed to, the end-user while it is being delivered by the provider. ... A file manager is a computer program that provides a user interface to work with file systems. ... A software license is a legal agreement which may take the form of a proprietary or gratuitous license as well as a memorandum of contract between a producer and a user of computer software. ... The GNU logo The GNU General Public License (GNU GPL or simply GPL) is a widely-used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU project. ... A website (or Web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets and hosted on a particular domain or subdomain on the World Wide Web. ... Oregon State University (OSU) is a four-year research and degree-granting public university, located in Corvallis, Oregon in the United States. ...


Ampache has been featured in numerous online blogs and technical articles. One of the more notable was the O'Reilly book Spidering Hacks which tested the security of online applications. Ampache was found to be immune to standard spidering hacks as described in the O'Reilly article, it has continued that trend by focusing on security during its development. The Code Philosophy listed on Ampache's wiki specifically lists security as one of those most important considerations during application development. Spidering Hacks: 100 Industrial-Strength Tips and Tools is a book of tips about spidering software, software which traverses data on the internet cataloging the information it finds. ...


Distros with Ampache packages

  • Gentoo
  • ArcLinux
  • SUSE
  • Mandriva


Description of Ampache according to Ampache.org

 It is implemented with MySQL, and PHP. It allows you to view, edit, and play your audio files via the web. It has support for playlists, artist and album views, album art, random play, playback via Http/On the Fly Transcoding and Downsampling, Vote based playback, Mpd and Icecast, Integrated Flash Player, as well as per user themes and song play tracking. You can also Link multiple Ampache servers together using XML-RPC. Ampache supports gettext translations and has a full translation of many languages 

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