AMPLE.CONF(5) | User Manual | AMPLE.CONF(5) |
NAME¶
ample.conf - configuration file for Ample
DESCRIPTION¶
This file, by default /etc/ample.conf, is read by Ample at startup. There are three categories of values than can be defined: strings, numbers and boolean values. Valid boolean values are (case insensitive) yes, no, true and false. Lines that start with # are considered to be comments and ignored.
EXAMPLE¶
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# An example of a Ample config file # # Port number to use port = 1234 # Should files be ordered when playing a mixed stream? order = true # Amount of simultaneous clients allowed clients = 5 # Path to logfile if syslog isn't used logfile = /var/log/ample # Path(s) to MP3 dir/file or M3U file mp3path = /home/mp3 mp3path = /home/moremp3/zztop.mp3 mp3path = /home/favourites.m3u # Path to the HTML file to use as a template htmlfile = /etc/ample.html # Should the MP3 dir(s) be recursively scanned? recursive = true # Name of the server # (displayed to clients here and there) servername = Ample # Address of the server # (only if your server can't be resolved) serveraddress = 192.168.0.1 # Username and password, if these are specified, Ample # will automatically ask for username/password username = MusicLover password = Pekaboo # Filter to pass each music file through # (before they are sent to the client) filter = /usr/bin/lame -b64 --quiet "@FPATH@" - # The end
OPTIONS¶
- port=NUM
- Listen to TCP port NUM, default is 1234.
- order=BOOL
- When a list of files is requested, and this option is TRUE, play them in alphabetical order.
- clients=NUM
- Allow a maximum of NUM clients to be connected at the same time.
- logfile=FILE
- Use FILE as logfile if syslogd(8) isn't used.
- mp3path=PATH
- These are path(s) to files or directories that Ample can use to populate it's list of MP3's. If PATH is a directory, all files (possibly recursively, see the -n option above) will be added. If PATH is a regular file ending with .mp3 it will be added and if it is a regular file ending with .m3u (MP3 playlist) the files listed in it will be added. You can specify several paths by adding several mp3path=PATH lines to this config file.
- htmlfile=FILE
- This is the path to the file which Ample should use as it's base for creating HTML pages. See ample.html(5) for more information.
- recursive=BOOL
- If TRUE, all directories that Ample index:es will be scanned recursively (meaning that all subdirs will be checked for files as well)
- servername=STRING
- The name of the server will be set to STRING instead of "Ample" (the servername is displayed to clients in various places).
- serveraddress=STRING
- STRING should be the IP address of the server where Ample is run. This is only needed if DNS resolving your server, for some reason, doesn't work.
- username=STRING
- If both username and password is specified in the config file, HTTP authentication will be enabled. This means that if a client wants to connect to ample, it must do so with a username and password in order to be granted access. If username or password is missing, HTTP authentication will be disabled.
- password=STRING
- See the description of username above.
- filter=STRING
- Specifies an optional filter to run each file through before it is sent to the client. As an example, this could be used to downgrade the bitrate of a music file if you have a lousy net connection but lots of CPU cycles to spare. If STRING contains the word @FPATH@ it will be replaced with the absolute path of the file.
AUTHOR¶
David Härdeman <david@2gen.com>
SEE ALSO¶
JANUARY 2002 | Ample |