This is intented as a howto for configuring a machine to share and play music on the local network. In houses, social centers, bars, we always have the need of a system to organize, play share music.

How can we do that in Debian?

mpd - ncmpc - jinzora is the answer! with this combination you are going to have access to:

  • Web server to administer, improve, order your music collection
  • Console client for the nerd of the house / social centerjinzora - music database
  • A permanent daemon that runs on your machine since you start it until you turn it down.

mpd Music player daemon

ncmpc: mpd console client

jinzora: php/mysql based music library manager

Prepare the machine - Sound

Your machine has to be able to play sound and be connected to a local network (heh…). In my configuration I use ALSA around the system, but you can use also other daemons that go with mpd.

Howto install mpd and the programs and libraries it needs. usually is just apt-get install mpd ncmpc

Prepare the machine - Web server

For installing jinzora, we need a LAMP install.

Don’t forget the gd library, for being able to have the pretty thumbnails of the CDs.

apt-get install php5-gd

Once you’ve done it, install Jinzora.

The process is simple, has a web interface.

You finish with a great music library:

jinzora - music database

I want to be able to edit and improve the tags of my music, so I edited the file services/settings.php on the jinzora dir and added the line

$allow_id3_modify = “true”;

mpdscribble

Download mpdscribble (http://www.frob.nl/scribble-download.html) debian package, and follow the instructions.

Add your last.fm user. ( you can get a username here: https://www.last.fm/join/ )