Ultimate Media Server running on Windows

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Contents 1 About 2 Things needed 3 Installation 4 Tips

About

This will install Jinzora - Stream, view, download music or video files. Again this is a basic installation and configuration of Jinzora.

Things needed

• Apache, MySQL, PHP server(free) - WinLAMP Windows Web Server
• Jinzora (free) - http://www.jinzora.com

Installation

1. Create “music” folder Apache documents folder (default C:\Apache2\htdocs). Extract everything from Jinzora archive you downloaded to this folder.

2. After default WinLAMP installation we need to modify some Apache files to enable necessary settings for Jinzora. So go to C:\Apache2\modules\php\ and open php.ini. Find and replace the settings. These are the settings I used:

max_execution_time: 320
memory_limit: 42M
post_max_size: 42M
file_updoads: 1 (or "on")
upload_max_filesize: 42M

Remove ; in front of "extension=php_gd2.dll" to enable GD library support.

4. Restart Apache services. (START>PROGRAMS>WinLAMP>Apache Services Restart) for the settings to take affect. Click "Recheck Settings". Yellow settings do not matter since we are using MySQL database. Click "Proceed to License" when everything is green.

5. Check "I Agree to the license terms" and click "Proceed to Install Type".

6. We will do Standalone with Streaming only. Enable Jukebox only if you have compatible external hardware. If you enable Jukebox without having necessary hardware you will experience extremely slow performance. Click "Proceed to Main Settings".

7. Fill all necessary settings. View tool tips for more information for each setting. Note that Tag data structure will be slower than Filesystem. This is what I used:

Access level: Login Required
Backend Type: Database
Frontend: Slick
Style: Slick

Data Structure: Tag Data
Media Layout: Standard

8. Again fill all necessary settings. Name your database – music. Server should be good with localhost. Select “Create Database” true since we didn’t create it before. Click "Continue with Backend Install"

9. Everything should be green again. It will create database and necessary tables. Click "Proceed to Import Media".

10. Click Browse. Select a folder where your music is in. Click "Analyze". Click "Proceed" once that is finished.

11. It might take some time to analyze your files. That depends on how much files you have. Once finished click "Proceed to Save Config".

12. Settings will be saved. After click “Proceed to Launch Jinzora”.

13. Check “Share Anonymous Stats” if you want to share that information otherwise check "No Thanks" and click "Launch Jinzora".

14. Login to newly installed Jinzora.

15. If you didn't delete /install folder from Jinzora - do so now. Otherwise you will get this error:

16. Installation is finished and all analyzed music should be there.

Tips

• Embedded Streaming Player

Instead of using playlists to play with Winamp, Foobar2000 or other player you can use embedded player to stream directly using browser. To do that click on "Admin Tools", go to System Tools>Settings Manager>Main Settings>Playlist. Put xspf in "embedded_player" field.

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--gointern 18:24, 9 September 2006 (PDT)