[coherence-dev] Fwd: Having issues getting coherence working...

[Cecil Coupe]

I don't have ampache but my recollection from browsing the source is the
plugin is a proxy/tunnel to your (local?) ampache server. I stopped my
reading when it appeared to me that I'd have to install and configure
ampache locally and get an account somewhere and (re)upload music to it
(either local or remote). That was way more work than I wanted to go
through. It's a small plugin though and quite readable for the clues you
seek. 

Congrats on getting Coherence working.


On Fri, 2008-07-18 at 10:32 +0800, Phil Wild wrote:
> Another question...
> 
> Can someone explain to me how the plugin works. Does it act like a
> proxy and tunnel the music stream to the device or does it just
> provide a directory listing of the data in ampache and expect the
> receiver to contact ampache direct via the URL to play the music. The
> reason I ask is that I have configured coherence to point to the
> ampache setup on the same host and so the configuration is setup up as
> http://localhost/ampache...."
> 
> If it simply tells my receiver to go to that address, it will not find
> the track. Am I supposed to set up coherence to talk to the actual ip
> address (i.e. http://10.3.0.3/ampache/....)
> 
> I am at work at the moment and can not test.... I am guessing the
> first option...
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Phil
> 
> 2008/7/18 Phil Wild <philwild at gmail.com>:
> > I have updated the Ampache page in the coherence wiki to include the
> > instructions about multicast
> > (http://coherence.beebits.net/wiki/Ampache).
> >
> > I am now a lot closer... I had not picked up that I needed the
> > multicast route and with this in place, coherence appears on my
> > receiver displaying a named entry for each plugin in my config file.
> >
> > I can browse and play music through the mediastore plugin so all good
> > here. This shows that coherence can talk to my receiver and stream
> > music to it. However...
> > I can browse the ampache plugin, but when attempting to play music, I
> > get a track not found message.
> > Any idea what I might have missed?
> >
> > The ACL's in place in ampache are:
> > local                 127.0.0.1   127.0.0.1  Read/Write        Ampache
> > User (System)            ampache RPC
> > localstream     127.0.0.1       127.0.0.1       Read/Write      Ampache User
> > (System)                Stream Access
> > localweb                127.0.0.1       127.0.0.1       Read/Write      Ampache User
> > (System)                Web Interface
> >
> > My config file curently looks like this:
> >
> > logmode = debug # none, critical, error, warning, info, debug
> > logfile = coherence.log
> > interface = eth1
> > serverport = 30020
> > controlpoint = no
> > web-ui = no
> > use_dbus = no
> >
> > # <plugin active="yes">
> > #     <backend>AmpacheStore</backend>
> > #     <name>CDCollection</name>
> > #     <url>http://localhost/ampache/server/xml.server.php</url>
> > #     <key>ampache</key>
> > # </plugin>
> > #
> > [plugins]
> >  [[AmpacheStore]]
> >    name = CDCollection
> >    url = http://localhost/ampache/server/xml.server.php
> >    key = ampache
> >  [[MediaStore]]
> >    medialocation = /data/media
> >    name = Coherence MediaStore
> >
> >
> >
> > 2008/7/18 Cecil Coupe <ccoupe at cableone.net>:
> >>
> >> Somewhere on the wiki, there is a mention of a route add command
> >> (building from source page?)
> >>
> >> Things do get confusing because mediatomb may use its own config for
> >> it's coherence (or maybe it shares the ~/.coherence, I can't say). It's
> >> hard to know which coherence server is being selected from the receiver
> >> and as you have discovered the receiver keeps track of the servers it's
> >> found.
> >>
> >> --Cecil
> >>
> >> On Fri, 2008-07-18 at 01:04 +0800, Phil Wild wrote:
> >> > Hi again,
> >> >
> >> > looking through the startup script for mediatomb I see that it sets up
> >> > a multicast route. I was wondering if this is why my pioneer receiver
> >> > only sees coherence when mediatomb is running. Is this required for
> >> > correct operation of meiatomb? I did not see any mention of it in the
> >> > installation notes?
> >> >
> >> > Cheers
> >> >
> >> > Phil
> >> >
> >> > 2008/7/18 Phil Wild <philwild at gmail.com>:
> >> >         Still struggling here...
> >> >
> >> >         I have gotten further though...
> >> >
> >> >         I can not get coherence to talk to my pioneer by itself...
> >> >
> >> >         It never appears. However, if I start up mediatomb, mediatomb
> >> >         appears on the tv and there is a lot of chatter in the
> >> >         coherence logs. If I then power cycle the pioneer, I see both
> >> >         mediatomb and coherence twice for the two plugins defined in
> >> >         my config file. The medistore plugin works... The ampache
> >> >         plugin does not. I can navigate to a song, but when I start to
> >> >         play it it says track not found...
> >> >
> >> >         Log is attached....
> >> >
> >> >         Any help would be greatly appreciated....
> >> >
> >> >         Cheers
> >> >
> >> >         Phil
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
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