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24
Aug

transcoding mp3-to-mp3 in mt-daapd

By slacy|General|1 Comment

Introduction mt-daapd is an iTunes daap-protocol server for Unix systems.  I’m using mt-daapd on by Ubuntu 9.04 system to stream music over the internet to my workplace.   The issue is that many of my mp3 files are 256kbps mp3 files, and streaming these takes up more bandwidth than necessary. mt-daapd includes a transcoding system called [...]

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13
Aug

I’ve given up on web-based music services.

By slacy|General|1 Comment

It was a long and tumultuous affair, but now I’ve officially given up on web-based streaming of my personal music collection. I started out with netjuke, which died and got absorbed into the horrible jinzora project.   So then I switched to Ampache, which worked fairly well, but needs some serious UI upgrades/changes to make it [...]

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