ample.conf - configuration file for Ample

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.

# 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

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 acccess. 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.

David Härdeman <david@2gen.com>

ample(1), ample.html(5)