NAME

       ample - Ample MP3 server

SYNOPSIS

       ample [OPTION] [PATH...]

DESCRIPTION

       ample  Ample  is  an MP3 server that allows you to listen to your music that can be stored
       locally or remotely. It does not intend to support mixing, radio shows etc. It's  just  an
       easy  way  to  listen  to your MP3's everywhere using the "open location" features already
       present in XMMS, WinAmp and Media Player.   After  installing,  configuring  and  starting
       ample,  try  connecting  to  http://server:1234/  with the "open location" feature of your
       favourite MP3 player or http://server:1234/index.html with your favourite web browser.

OPTIONS

       -p NUM --port=NUM
              Listen to TCP port NUM, default is 1234.

       -o --order
              When a list of files is requested, play them in alphabetical order.

       -c NUM --clients=NUM
              Allow a maximum of NUM clients to be connected at the same time.

       -n --norecursive
              Don't automatically index files in subdirs of the directories being indexed

       -f FILE --conffile=FILE
              Use FILE as config file instead of the default /etc/ample.conf.  See  ample.conf(5)
              for details.

       -m FILE --htmlfile=FILE
              Use   FILE   as   HTML  template  instead  of  the  default  /etc/ample.html.   See
              ample.html(5) for details.

       -h --help
              Display help message and exit.

       -d [NUM] --debug[=NUM]
              Print debug messages, a higher value of NUM means more detail.

       -t --trace
              Disables forking and backgrounding, useful for debugging.

       -v --version
              Display version information and exit.

       -i --pidfile [PIDFILE]
              Write a PIDFILE to handle ample as a daemon

       [PATH...]
              These are path(s) to files or directories that Ample can use to populate it's  list
              of  MP3's.  If  PATH  is  a  directory, all files (possibly recursively, see the -n
              option above) will be added. If PATH is a regular file ending with .mp3 it will  be
              added  and if it is a regular file ending with .m3u (MP3 playlist) the files listed
              in it will be added.

FILES

       /etc/ample.conf
              The default config file (another file may be used, see the -f  option  above).  See
              ample.conf(5) for further details.

       /etc/ample.html
              The default HTML template file (another file may be used, see the -m option above).
              See ample.html(5) for further details.

BUGS

       Of course totally bugfree or your money back :-)

AUTHOR

       David Härdeman <david@2gen.com>

SEE ALSO

       ample.conf(5), ample.html(5)