LMS - Lightweight Media Server

LMS is a self-hosted media streaming software, released under the GPLv3 license. It allows you to access your music using an http(s) web interface.

Features

Audio transcode for maximum interoperability and low bandwith requirements
User management
Browse your audio collection using tag-based filters
Custom tags scan
MusicBrainzID support to handle duplicated artist and release names
Reverse proxy support

LMS is written entirely in C++. Therefore, it is suitable to run on embedded devices, where space and memory are limited.

Dependencies

Debian

apt-get install g++ autoconf automake libboost-filesystem-dev libboost-system-dev libavcodec-dev libavutil-dev libavformat-dev libav-tools libwtdbosqlite-dev libwthttp-dev libwtdbo-dev libwt-dev libmagick++-dev libpstreams-dev libconfig++-dev libpstreams-dev ffmpeg libtag1-dev

Build

git clone https://github.com/epoupon/lms.git lms
cd lms
autoreconf -vfi
mkdir build
cd build
../configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc

configure will report any missing library.

make

Install

make install

This command requires root privileges

Configuration

LMS uses a configuration file, installed in '/etc/lms.conf' It is recommended to edit this file and change the relevant settings (working directory, listen port, etc.)

All other settings are set using the web interface.

It is highly recommended to run LMS as a non root user. Therefore make sure the user has write permissions on the working directory.

Running

lms [config_file]

Logs are output in the working directory, in the file 'lms.log'

To connect to LMS, just open your favorite browser and go to http://localhost:5082

Credits

Wt (http://www.webtoolkit.eu/)
bootstrap3 (http://getbootstrap.com/)
ffmpeg project (https://ffmpeg.org/)
Magick++ (http://www.imagemagick.org/Magick++/)
MetaBrainz (https://metabrainz.org/)

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