Re: [LAU] Audio Streaming Server for Linux

Hi folks, I've got all of my CD collection ripped into FLAC on my computer. I'd like to be able to play my music from a remote computer, primarily at work, and play my music on my Android phone. All of these devices have a modern version of Firefox installed, and a couple of them also have either the free or partly free Chrome browser installed. The server would likely need to have some way to convert from FLAC to a lossy format, e.g. OGG, lessen speed requirements on the network. A quick web search found: CherryMusic - http://www.fomori.org/cherrymusic/ streeme - http://code.google.com/p/streeme/ Zeya - http://web.psung.name/zeya/ and http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/serve-your-music-zeya All of the above make use of HTML5. In evaluating what to install and use I'll be comparing to Amarok, which I like a lot for its features, but it still has some bugs that cause it to crash and require removal of all it's config files before restarting. Luckily, that's much more rare than it used to be. I'll also be comparing to the GoneMAD Music Player Android app http://gonemadmusicplayer.blogspot.com/ which I like quite a lot for supporting FLAC, playing in gap-less mode and being really solid, except that sometimes the menu containing "exit" won't persist long enough to actually press "exit". My second consideration is ease of installation. Do any of you have a preference for one of the above streaming software packages, or even something else? If so, why do you make your recommendation(s)? Thanks much people....