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How to setup Rhythmbox 2.95 as an Ampache client

MrEricSir

April 2, 2012
Ampache, for those who don’t know, is a personal streaming music service. It lets you play your MP3s anywhere there’s an internet connection.

You don’t need anything special to play music via Ampache, just a web browser. But certain music applications integrate full Ampache support, which means you can browse all your MP3s from within the app.

On Linux, I use Rhythmbox to play music. There’s an Ampache client for it, but it’s not as easy to install as it should be with newer versions of Rhythmbox.

Here’s what worked for me.
1. If you have not done so, on your Ampache server set permission to allow XML RPC (Manual is here for complex setups.) For the most basic setup, log into Ampache as an admin. Click the Admin button, then “Add ACL.” In the box that pops up, enter the following:
  
  Name: [whatever you like]
  
  ACL Type: RPC
  
  Start: 0.0.0.0
  
  End: 255.255.255.255
  
  User: All
  
  Remote Key: [leave this blank]
  
  Level: Read
  
  Now hit “Update.”
2. Make sure Rhythmbox is not currently running.
3. Install or upgrade to Rhythmbox 2.95 (or 2.96) if you don’t have it already. For Ubuntu Oneiric, you can grab it off this PPA.
4. If you don’t have it, install Subversion. Check out the code for the Ampache plugin:
  
  svn checkout http://rhythmbox-ampache.googlecode.com/svn/branches/for_rhythmbox-gtk+3/ rhythmbox-ampache-read-only
5. Copy the files.
  
  cd rhythmbox-ampache-read-only/
  mkdir ~/.local/share/rhythmbox/plugins/ampache
  mv * ~/.local/share/rhythmbox/plugins/ampache
6. Run the installer.
  
  cd ~/.local/share/rhythmbox/plugins/ampache
  sudo python setup.py install
7. Now open Rhythmbox.
  
  Go to Edit -> Plugins
  
  Check the box next to “Ampache Library”
  
  With Ampache Library selected, click “Preferences”
  
  Enter your server info here.
  
  Now close the dialog and double-click Ampache in the Rhythmbox sidebar.
It may take some time to sync with your server, but once it does you should be good to go. Personally I find this plugin to work a lot better than the Amache plugins for Amarok and Banshee, but your mileage may vary.

Updated Aug 2012
ampache, linux, rhythmbox, ubuntu
Local

Ass so fat

MrEricSir

March 31, 2012

Those aren’t very original hashtags. Not going to work well for searching; lern2tweet sticker guy.

And is it just me, or do the red letters almost seem to say Front 242?

16thmission, asssofat, hiphopshoerepair, photos, san francisco
Local

Pagoda potty

MrEricSir

March 27, 2012

Fit for a Japanese emperor, don’t you think?

(Spotted at 20th and Dolores.)

pagoda, photos, portapotty, toilet
Local

Rad Dog is ready for summer

MrEricSir

March 19, 2012

You might recall Rad Dog, the sunglasses-wearing dog who gives advice and quotes 90’s Ice Cube films. Now it appears Rad Dog — like many of us — is ready for summer again after last week’s wind and rain.

(Spotted at 14th and South Van Ness.)

16thmission, photos, raddog, san francisco
Local

Gangster Smurf

MrEricSir

March 13, 2012

Today’s youth know only of the Smurf’s wild adventures with Neil Patrick Harris in NYC. They’re too soft to be told stories of Smurf-on-Smurf gang violence that broke out over the only Smurf female. Those were tough times in Smurf Village.

In reality, the young children I saw wandering down Clarion Alley with their parents were learning all kinds of life lessons about human excrement, public urination, and alcoholism. I don’t think they even noticed Gangster Smurf.

clarionalley, gangstersmurf, photos, san francisco, smurf, urine
Local

Stripper pole truck

MrEricSir

March 12, 2012

First came the food trucks, then the bookmobiles, the bloodmobiles, and now… the stripper pole truck. Has the truck-ification movement finally gone too far?

Alas, no strippers were to be found when I took this photo. Seeing as how this truck was in a church parking zone, I can only assume the strippers were at the Sunday service.

Spotted at Dolores and 16th.

16thmission, hustlerclub, photos, san francisco, strippers
Local

Pipe vagina

MrEricSir

March 12, 2012

When you think of pipes, you don’t tend to think of female anatomy. Well, that’s where your wrong! Female pipes do exist. The above photo is one spotted in the wild; you can tell it’s female because it has a pipe vagina.

Spotted at 15th and Capp.

16thmission, photos, pipe, san francisco, vagina
Rant

The (not so) many covers of Woman’s World magazine

MrEricSir

March 7, 2012
Ever heard of Women’s World magazine? If you’ve shopped at Safeway, the answer is yes.

But have you ever stopped and read the covers, week after week? The magazine’s frequently contradictory headlines seem too overt not to be intentional. Seeing the need to document this, I went to great lengths to occasionally photograph the magazine cover while in line at Safeway when I had my phone with me and bothered to think about it.

And now: the results of my painstaking research. All covers of Woman’s World magazine that I found contain the following top headlines:
- Fad diets. Keep in mind this is a weekly magazine. The target audience can’t even stick to one fad for more than seven days. Weekly diet tips are frequently compared to a gastric bypass, as though a gastric bypass was already under consideration.
- Sugary deserts. Promises of a desert recipe are on every cover. The deserts are described as “feel good” or “instant bliss.” Often the deserts are described as though they were intended for family members, but not always.
In conclusion, this magazine is aimed at women who don’t have an internal conflict between making sweet deserts and becoming dangerously obese.

One could argue that all impulse buys based on denial. But does it need to be spelled out in bold headlines?

Oh and Safeway: why suggest a gastric bypass to your customers while they’re checking out? Isn’t that a bit mean? Or at the very least, shooting yourself in the foot?

An open letter.

This is an open letter to whoever photoshopped this:

You’re fired. That’s right — fired.

Now I know I’m not your boss. That’s just how bad this is. Think of it like a citizen’s arrest but for public displays of incompetence. I don’t care if the original photo depicted the rotten corpse of a woman who’s face had been torn apart by wolves, because the result of your failure at photo editing is far worse.

So I hope you can understand why you’re fired. Now gather your things and get the hell out.
Local

Rare globe tree found on Capp St

MrEricSir

March 7, 2012

Ah yes, fellow safari travelers! This is a rare, exquisite example of the mythical “globe tree,” found only in the thickest of urban jungles.

16thmission, capp, photos, san francisco
Misc

Tandoori pipe

MrEricSir

March 4, 2012

Don’t have a tandoori oven? Turns out you can sort of make a ghetto-rigged tandoori from an old chimney pipe. But good luck getting the nann to stick. And try not to burn yourself.

ghettorig, photos, tandoori, wtf