Overview
SqueezeCenter plugin which allows browsing and playing of music residing on a remote Ampache server. This effectively allows for a remote SqueezeCenter catalog.
News
10/01/2009 - Squeezebox Server 7.4
- See Known Issues below
07/11/2009 - Ampache Plugin v1.3 Released
- Restructured how prefs are stored
- Automatically reload plugin after configuration changes
06/28/2009 - Ampache Plugin v1.2 Released
- Another non-included PERL module fix, which solves running under Windows issue.
06/25/2009 - Ampache Plugin v1.1 Released
- Includes Digest::SHA::PurePerl
- Fix metadata fetching for songs in the current playlist
06/24/2009 - Ampache 3.5.1 Release
This latest release resolves all known API issues with the current branch of Ampache.
Installation
Manual Installation
- Remove any previous version of the plugin from the SqueezeCenter Plugins directory.
- Download the latest version of the plugin from the Downloads page.
- Unzip the plugin into the Plugins directory.
- Restart SqueezeCenter
- Configure the plugin
Using the Extension Downloader
- Open up the Extension Downloader configuration in SqueezeCenter under Settings/Plugins/Extension Downloader/Settings
- Add the repository:
http://ampache-squeezecenter.googlecode.com/svn/tags/repo.xml
- Select the plugin for installation
- Restart SqueezeCenter
- Configure the plugin
Bugs and Known Issues
Squeezebox Server 7.4
The 7.4 upgrade changed the way the 'Music Services' menu works so upgrading will result in Ampache disappearing from the menu, though the plugin appears to still work if you access it directly via it's URL. I'll look into fixing this soon.
Ampache 3.4
There is a bug in the playlist generation code in all 3.4 versions of Ampache. This bug generates invalid XML which the plugin isn't all too happy with. You can fix this bug yourself by applying the patch below to your Ampache 3.4 source:
--- lib/class/xmldata.class.php 2008-12-26 04:09:57.000000000 -0800
+++ lib/class/xmldata.class.php 2009-05-23 16:49:27.000000000 -0700
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@
// Build this element
$string .= "<playlist id=\"$playlist->id\">\n" .
"\t<name><![CDATA[$playlist->name]]></name>\n" .
- "\t<owner><![CDATA[$playlist->f_user]]</owner>\n" .
+ "\t<owner><![CDATA[$playlist->f_user]]></owner>\n" .
"\t<items>$item_total</items>\n" .
"\t<type>$playlist->type</type>\n" .
"</playlist>\n";
