HowTo/MakeYourOwnMp3Database

To make your own local mp3-database, baed on mysql ,with a browser frontend, check out MysqlMp3:

http://www.steve.org.uk/Software/mysql-mp3/

made by SteveKemp ,author and maintainer of the GnuMp3d

This handles most of the important steps:

* Indexing an MP3 collection to a database * Allowing browsing and streaming * Statistics collection * Searching for music


 * http://www.steve.org.uk/Software/mysql-mp3/README

Requirements

To use this software you will need an MySQL database server, upon the same host as your MP3s.

You will also need a working Perl installation, with the following two additional modules installed:

* DBI - A database abstraction layer. * HTML::Template - A templating system.

Upon a Debian system these can be installed by running the following commands as root:

apt-get update apt-get install libdbi-perl apt-get install libhtml-template-perl

How It Works

The software is in two parts:

* An indexer which scans a directory recursively looking for media content and inserting it into a database * A deamon which runs and listens upon a network port, answering requests with information stored in the database which the indexer inserted.

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 * mysql-table http://www.steve.org.uk/Software/mysql-mp3/tables.sql
 * scripts http://www.steve.org.uk/Software/mysql-mp3/mysql-mp3-0.3.tar.gz

Works fine for me right away, just followed the instructions. --mutante
 * [http://www.steve.org.uk/Software/mysql-mp3/images/search-results.png screenshot