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Andromeda Streaming Jukebox - Default branch
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Updated: Thu, Dec 2nd 2004 11:53 UTC (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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About:
Andromeda turns collections of MP3s into fully-featured streaming Web sites. Many other file formats are supported, including: WMA, OGG, MPG, AVI, and WMV. It can be used as a personal jukebox on a local network or over the Internet (bandwidth permitting). It works well with PHP-Nuke, PostNuke, and phpWebSite. Additional features include skins, custom playlists, logons/accounts, and a search tool. Andromeda is also multilingual, speaking English, German, Russian, Dutch, Spanish, and many other languages. No database is required. ASP and PHP versions are available.
Author:
Scott Matthews [contact developer]
Homepage:
http://www.turnstyle.com/andromeda/
Zip:
http://www.turnstyle.com/andromeda/download.asp
Changelog:
http://www.turnstyle.com/andromeda/changeLog.asp
Purchase:
http://www.turnstyle.com/andromeda/purchase.asp
Demo site:
http://www.turnstyle.com/andromeda/
Trove categories:
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| [Environment] | | Web Environment, Win32 (MS Windows), X11 Applications | | [Intended Audience] | | End Users/Desktop, System Administrators | | [License] | | Other/Proprietary License with Free Trial | | [Operating System] | | MacOS X, Microsoft :: Windows :: Windows 95/98/ME, Microsoft :: Windows :: Windows NT/2000/XP, POSIX :: BSD, POSIX :: Linux | | [Programming Language] | | ASP, PHP | | [Topic] | | Communications :: File Sharing, Communications :: File Sharing :: Napster, Internet :: WWW/HTTP, Internet :: WWW/HTTP :: Dynamic Content, Internet :: WWW/HTTP :: Dynamic Content :: CGI Tools/Libraries, Internet :: WWW/HTTP :: Indexing/Search, Internet :: WWW/HTTP :: Site Management, Multimedia, Multimedia :: Sound/Audio, Multimedia :: Sound/Audio :: Players, Multimedia :: Sound/Audio :: Players :: MP3, Multimedia :: Video |
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» Rating:
8.40/10.00
(Rank 318)
» Vitality: 0.00% (Rank 4350)
» Popularity: 5.43% (Rank 609)
 
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Record hits: 95,990
URL hits: 64,094
Subscribers: 69
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Andromeda makes it easy
by Xirtam - Sep 3rd 2003 22:30:35
Yep, lov' it.
I played around with the idea to make it more usefull to my needs and made
some possible (with help of the cgi-guru Paul from www.hot-cgi-scripts.com)
It isn't finished yet but have a look on http://www.ummagumma.nl/music
I know, it uses iFrames, but that is because had to be used on
www.wittebal.nl
An administration-page would be the next thing so I can add audio-files,
comments and pics to it on the fly.
Great work Scott!
_/ Rob
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Quick, Easy and Powerfull
by Nick Fisher - Apr 29th 2002 13:24:29
Andromeda is the top of it's class. For simple web Mp3 utilities it's the
best (IMHO). Andromeda is very easy to setup and doesn't require a database
(Very Cool). It requires an ordered Mp3 collection to function well but you
should have that anyhow ;)
Andromeda is very well developed and polished with an astonishing amount
of features for an application made from a single ASP (or PHP) file. Well
worth a look if nothing else.
The main downsides are:
1) License
The developer is adament about keeping the license as is. Eventhough you
download the source (It's writen in ASP or PHP) you arn't allowed to alter
it. I've argued with him but at the end of the day it's his call.
2) No Database
A pro as well as a con. When you have alot of folders Andromeda can slow
down a good bit as everything is done on the fly.
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If only the license were not so restrictive.
by rjw - Apr 23rd 2002 16:34:18
I love and use Adromeda, but I also would not mind hacking on it to make it
better. Wouldn't it be better under a freely distributable license?
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Andromeda
by kimsmith - Oct 19th 2001 10:09:09
Easy to set up!
Follow instructions at Scott Matthews's site , e.g. 1 or 2 entries in the
andromeda.php script, make a short andomedaPrefs.php file, put the
script(s) in your mp3 directory.
Get your webserver set-up for PHP, Either change the DocumentRoot to
andromeda.php or link to it from your web page..
Once you call it up from your browser, it roars through your mp3 directory
and makes searchable listing of all your mp3's! No need for intregating a
separate database program to keep track of things. Updating the listing?
No problem. just add mp3's in the path, it self-updates each time you call
it !
You must have PHP installed (v4) and have it integrated into it. I use RH
7.1, Apache. standard install - piece of cake!
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Re: Andromeda
by Scott Matthews - Oct 19th 2001 11:34:34
> Follow instructions, e.g. 1 or 2 entries in the andromeda.php
> script, make a short andomedaPrefs.php file
Typically, there is no need to modify the core script file itself. By
keeping all customization to the prefs file you'll retain your settings if
you upgrade the script.
> You must have PHP installed (v4)
For the record, Andromeda was designed to be PHP3 compatible as well.
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Simple == good
by Brandon Koeller - Oct 17th 2001 15:33:39
After struggling to provide basic streaming music services for a group of
demanding friends and co-workers, Andromeda ended up saving me a variety of
things including time, face, frustration, and pride. Weeks and weeks of
ices and icecast issues were quickly remedied by about 30 minutes of pure
andromeda love. You know want to...take the plunge.
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Cost / License?
by Doctor Nobody - Dec 29th 2002 15:56:54
> After struggling to provide basic
> streaming music services for a group of
> demanding friends and co-workers,
> Andromeda ended up saving me a variety
> of things including time, face,
> frustration, and pride. Weeks and weeks
> of ices and icecast issues were quickly
> remedied by about 30 minutes of pure
> andromeda love. You know want to...take
> the plunge.
I just visited the andromeda site with the intent of checking it out, but
apparently you can no longer download a fully functional trial of the
program, the free download only lets you see every other song in your
collection. I didn't realize that freshmeat listed software with that type
of license. Hm.
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Re: Cost / License?
by Scott Matthews - Dec 29th 2002 16:18:15
> I just visited the andromeda site with
> the intent of checking it out, but
> apparently you can no longer download a
> fully functional trial of the program,
> the free download only lets you see
> every other song in your collection. I
> didn't realize that freshmeat listed
> software with that type of license. Hm.
Freshmeat certainly lets developers list software licensed as Andromeda
is. If you're curious, take a look at the types
of licenses you can chooose from. The Andromeda demo is indeed fully
functional, except that (as you noted) every other file is displayed.
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Re: Cost / License?
by Fwiffo Spathi - Feb 20th 2003 16:35:14
>
> % I just visited the andromeda site
> with
> % the intent of checking it out, but
> % apparently you can no longer download
> a
> % fully functional trial of the
> program,
> % the free download only lets you see
> % every other song in your collection.
> I
> % didn't realize that freshmeat listed
> % software with that type of license.
> Hm.
>
>
> Freshmeat certainly lets developers list
> software licensed as Andromeda is. If
> you're curious, take a look at the types
> of licenses you can chooose from.The
> Andromeda demo is indeed fully
> functional, except that (as you noted)
> every other file is displayed.
>
Displaying every other file is not "fully functional". Thats like saying a
car with 3 wheel is fully functional. Hey, it rolls doesnt it. :(
It disappoints me to see someone "only selling" a PHP script. It is nice
to acknowledge good work with money, but requiring it turns off a lot of
the kind of people who would otherwise use PHP. In other words... it would
surprise me greatly if you had many people buy this.
Don't be Microsoft....don't kill the spirit of freeware.
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Re: Cost / License?
by Scott Matthews - Feb 20th 2003 16:57:36
With all due respect, I tried a "donationware" appraoch for almost two
years, and the unfortunate fact is that the vast majority of people don't
donate. I work on Andromeda full-time, and that includes a lot of the
less-fun stuff like writing docs, answering every tech support email, and
so on.
The evaluation version of Andromeda is indeed fully functional --
everything works exactly as it does in the full version, except that only
half of your music is displayed.
If the free version worked exacly the same as the pay version, that just
winds up back in "donationware" territory. Does that really seem so unfair?
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Re: Cost / License?
by Chris McCall - Aug 20th 2003 13:39:45
> With all due respect, I tried a
> "donationware" appraoch for almost two
> years, and the unfortunate fact is that
> the vast majority of people don't
> donate. I work on Andromeda full-time,
> and that includes a lot of the less-fun
> stuff like writing docs, answering every
> tech support email, and so on.
Boo hoo. Then take your product off the market. I just wasted a half-hour
of my life downloading and installing your code, configuring Apache, and
trying to get andromeda.php to ignore files starting with "_". Granted,
with a little investigation I could have determined that Andromeda's
"product" was a single crippled, unmodifiable PHP script. Now I wish I had
known that before I bothered downloading it.
> The evaluation version of Andromeda is
> indeed fully functional -- everything
> works exactly as it does in the full
> version, except that only half of your
> music is displayed.
To use the phrase "fully functional" for a "product" whose only feature is
crippled in the most perplexing way imaginable (although I suppose you
could have just programmed it to ignore random files, that would have been
slightly more confusing) is dishonest. Every other file?? Really? I have
been a software developer for over 10 years, and I would have never even
considered confusing users of a demo product in that fashion. If I had
discovered this handicap on my own, I would have assumed it was a bug!
> If the free version worked exacly the
> same as the pay version, that just winds
> up back in "donationware" territory.
> Does that really seem so unfair?
Look at it this way: I was about to send you an email asking how I could
modify Andromeda.php to ignore files that start with "_", along with a $10
Paypal donation. Instead, I'm whining on Freshmeat.
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Re: Cost / License?
by Jason Huebel - Aug 20th 2003 14:15:57
It's only $35 dollars for a Personal Edition license. Isn't it worth $35
considering all the time you save not having to write it yourself?
I used the demo version and ultimately decided I didn't need it. But that
doesn't mean it isn't a quality script.
Go ask your mommy for $35, pay the man for his hard work and stop whining.
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Re: Cost / License?
by Scott Matthews - Aug 20th 2003 14:36:44
% Look at it this way: I was about to send
> you an email asking how I could modify
> Andromeda.php to ignore files that start
> with "_", along with a $10 Paypal
> donation. Instead, I'm whining on
> Freshmeat.
Perhaps if you spent a little less time whining, and a little more reading
the docs (or simply asking your question via email) you would already know
that one of Andromeda's built-in preferences is 'skipPrefix' which
you could have simply set to "_".
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Re: Cost / License?
by ziekke - Feb 26th 2005 23:28:58
>
> % With all due respect, I tried a
> % "donationware" appraoch for almost
> two
> % years, and the unfortunate fact is
> that
> % the vast majority of people don't
> % donate. I work on Andromeda
> full-time,
> % and that includes a lot of the
> less-fun
> % stuff like writing docs, answering
> every
> % tech support email, and so on.
>
>
> Boo hoo. Then take your product off the
> market. I just wasted a half-hour of my
> life downloading and installing your
> code, configuring Apache, and trying to
> get andromeda.php to ignore files
> starting with "_". Granted, with a
> little investigation I could have
> determined that Andromeda's "product"
> was a single crippled, unmodifiable PHP
> script. Now I wish I had known that
> before I bothered downloading it.
Why would he take it off the market if there area people willing to pay
the (small amount of) money?
This post is coming 6 months from the original comments and obviously it's
still getting around.
> % The evaluation version of Andromeda
> is
> % indeed fully functional -- everything
> % works exactly as it does in the full
> % version, except that only half of
> your
> % music is displayed.
>
>
> To use the phrase "fully functional" for
> a "product" whose only feature is
> crippled in the most perplexing way
> imaginable (although I suppose you could
> have just programmed it to ignore random
> files, that would have been slightly
> more confusing) is dishonest. Every
> other file?? Really? I have been a
> software developer for over 10 years,
> and I would have never even considered
> confusing users of a demo product in
> that fashion. If I had discovered this
> handicap on my own, I would have assumed
> it was a bug!
Fully functional is a perfectly fine way to describe it. You can play your
music, see, browse, search, do whatever you want. Hiding half the music
simply prevents you from using the demo as opposed to the real thing.
What's so confusing about it? It is clearly indicated on the demo download
page.
Nobody provides a "Fully Functional" copy of something that isn't
handicapped in some form. Most software is restricted to 30-days of use, or
has nag screens, etc. Limiting it to view only half of the music is pretty
much the only option he has in PHP/ASP. Clearly your "10 years" of
"Software Development" "experience" didn't include any form of marketed
software.
Though, someone savvy enough (and you say you are a software developer?)
could hack the evaluation to work properly, is it really worth it for
saving only $35?
> % If the free version worked exacly the
> % same as the pay version, that just
> winds
> % up back in "donationware" territory.
> % Does that really seem so unfair?
>
>
> Look at it this way: I was about to send
> you an email asking how I could modify
> Andromeda.php to ignore files that start
> with "_", along with a $10 Paypal
> donation. Instead, I'm whining on
> Freshmeat.
Boo hoo, then get your whining out of freshmeat. People use this software,
and people pay for it. If you don't want to then oh well.
--
// ziekke
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Re: Cost / License?
by buddaman - May 16th 2005 16:59:10
To me 35$ is not too much to ask if it included the source and were
customizable.
$35 for a product that simple reads the file structure and spawns off
winamp is a bit steep.
I appreciate the hard work Scott put into it and it simply rocks.. but not
to the tune of $35
open it up for customization and I'd pay $35
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Re: Cost / License?
by Scott Matthews - May 16th 2005 17:26:59
> To me 35$ is not too much to ask if it
> included the source and were
> customizable.
>
> I appreciate the hard work Scott put
> into it and it simply rocks.. but not to
> the tune of $35
>
> open it up for customization and I'd pay
> $35
Hey buddaman, fwiw, you can customize Andromeda via an external prefs
file. The reason for this appraoch is that I can provide much better
support, and when you upgrade, you can keep your settings without having to
recode each time.
I should also note that many of Andromeda's features came as suggestions
from users -- and if they simply changed their own copy, then nobody else
would benefit.
Obviously FM is a free-oriented place, but I've followed a somewhat
different route. If $35 is prohibitive, feel free to contact me
directly.
-Scott
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