Subsonic Forum

Posted: **Wed Nov 28, 2012 5:28 pm**

I'm having a bit of trouble doing this. I'm new to OpenElec. I've managed to install Sub on a previous linux server but I'm having trouble this time. Does anyone have any ideas? I'm not entirely sure how to install Java on this platform.

Posted: **Sat Jan 26, 2013 4:41 pm**

I am trying to get this done too. I haven;t a clue where to start. [url]openelec.tv[/url] is a custom appliance version of XBMC based on linux. Its not debian, ubuntu or any mainstream build and we don't have access to the package managers that would make this easy. Is there a guide on how to manually install everything from Java to Subsonic?

Posted: **Sun Jan 27, 2013 3:08 am**

There's a subsonic plugin for XBMC.
Run it on a separate machine and plugin.

Posted: **Sun Jan 27, 2013 3:33 am**

The xbmc plugin is to connect to the server as a client. I need to run it as a server on the machine...

Posted: **Sun Jan 27, 2013 2:28 pm**

moosefist wrote: I need to room it as a server I'm the machine...

Even Google cannot translate that

Posted: **Sun Jan 27, 2013 4:01 pm**

Arrgh, stupid swype text (edited original posting). What I was trying to explain is that the XBMC plugin http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=99513 is only good to connect to a server for browsing or playing music as a client. I actually want to run the server on the the HTPC running XBMC.

Posted: **Tue Feb 05, 2013 7:31 pm**

Anyone able to help?

Posted: **Sun May 19, 2013 1:57 am**

Yeah, I got it working today... I think. There is a caveat that subsonic is running at root... but, I reckon since all of the other services are doing the same, what could possibly go wrong? ;-)

Also, I would rather use the openjdk jre, but it wasn't clear to me how to aquire it.

Also, I noticed the question was asked over at http://openelec.tv/forum/128-addons/621 ... rver-addon as well.

The general idea is to download java, download subsonic, configure the environment a bit. Reboot. Simple.

So, I was hoping openelec was keeping a history of my command line... guess not, so, please bear with my commands. they are from memory and might not be 100% accurate. YMMV, read them and make sure they make sense.

INSTALL JAVA
Go to java.com and find your install of JRE 7. Then, with that URL,

Code: Select all: mkdir java wget <java_jre_url> tar xvzf <downloaded file> ln -s jre1.7.0_21 jre

Note that the download is going to download to a non-friendly name. That's fine. You can hit tab to autocomplete the file name

INSTALL SUBSONIC
Now, go to subsonic and get the URL for the the Standalone from http://www.subsonic.org/pages/download.jsp .

Code: Select all: cd ~ mkdir subsonic cd subsonic mkdir data mkdir app cd app wget <subsonic_url> tar xvzf <subsonic_tar_ball>

Easy, right?

SUBSONIC START

Code: Select all: cd ~/subsonic vi startSubsonic.sh

And, make it these contents:

Code: Select all: #!/bin/sh export JAVA_HOME=/storage/java/jre /storage/subsonic/app/subsonic.sh --home=/storage/subsonic/data \ --host=192.168.1.71 --max-memory=512 \ --pidfile=/var/run/subsonic.pid \ --default-music-folder=/storage/music \ --default-podcast-folder=/storage/music/podcast \ --default-playlist-folder=/storage/playlist

Obviously, change it to whatever your system is... I have it bind to my wireless adapter, you can remove that if you want. See ~/subsonic/app/subsonic.sh for docs.

Finally, make it executeable:

Code: Select all: chmod +x subsonic.sh

Now, lets test it: ./startSubsonic.sh

If everything is working, subsonic will have started. check it at the :4040 address.

Subsonic seems to be confused about ffmpeg, so do this:

Code: Select all: cd ~/subsonic/data/transcode/ ln -s /usr/bin/ffmpeg ffmpeg

GET SUBSONIC TO START AT BOOT

Code: Select all: vi ~/.config/autostart.sh

And, insert these contents

Code: Select all: # cat ~/.config/autostart.sh #!/bin/sh # Subsonic ( # sleep 10 sec to be ensure network is started usleep 10000000 /storage/subsonic/startSubsonic.sh )&

and, finally make it executable

Code: Select all: chmod +x ~/.config/autostart.sh

And, give the system a reboot and 30 seconds for subsonic to come up! You should be in business!

Posted: **Mon Oct 28, 2013 9:45 pm**

tnx jthg for your guide, it did both help me and confuse me.

i like to tell my process after trying it ( im a noob so its always had to read what is literally, and what is subjectively with linux and such.

my tips:
if you use SSH, use both Putty ( or alike) AND Filezilla! the later will help with moving stuff and seeing what is happening! you can very easily change permissions and so on.

1. make a folder called: java, put jre-7u45-linux-x64.tar.gz into java folder (FileZilla)

2. cd java, type: "tar zxvf jre-7u45-linux-x64.tar.gz" (putty) You should now have a folder in java called: jre1.7.0_45

3. so the same with subsonic: make a folder called: subsonic put your downloaded subsonic standalone.tar.gz in it (FileZilla)

4. cd into subsonic en do a: nano subsonic.sh (putty)

now all i added was: export JAVA_HOME=/storage/java/jre1.7.0_45 i think your code of subsonic.sh got all mangeld or something, it was very confusing to say the least.
This is what my subsonic.sh looked like:

Code: Select all: #!/bin/sh ################################################################################### # Shell script for starting Subsonic. See http://subsonic.org. # # Author: Sindre Mehus ################################################################################### export JAVA_HOME=/storage/java/jre1.7.0_45 SUBSONIC_HOME=/storage/subsonic SUBSONIC_HOST=0.0.0.0 SUBSONIC_PORT=4040 SUBSONIC_HTTPS_PORT=0 SUBSONIC_CONTEXT_PATH=/ SUBSONIC_MAX_MEMORY=150 SUBSONIC_PIDFILE= SUBSONIC_DEFAULT_MUSIC_FOLDER=/storage/music SUBSONIC_DEFAULT_PODCAST_FOLDER=/storage/music/Podcast SUBSONIC_DEFAULT_PLAYLIST_FOLDER=/storage/playlists

* Mind you, that java version numbers can change, edit accordingly, i also took a 64bit version, you should take the one that matches your openelec.

i wrote this because i think it helps the novice users to hear it told different (i always helps me) i in no way think this is a better guide, its complimentary.

Posted: **Sun Dec 08, 2013 1:11 pm**

Great guide. All works fine and slow as expected

All except transcoding. I did ffmpeg linking to the transcoders folder, as suggested above, however I can see it's going in loops:
1. Got range: Range[0,99999999999]
2. X is listening to Y
3. Starting transcoder <path + options>

All happens within 3-4 secs and then 10-15 sec break and again same loop. No audible output.
Any idea what could go wrong? Thanks!

Posted: **Mon Mar 31, 2014 1:15 am**

I've got Subsonic 4.9 working on OpenElec, but it doesn't work with transcoding nor jukebox.

@jthg you mention symlinking ffmpeg from /usr/bin/ffmpeg, but I don't have that in my OpenElec installation. What version are you running?
I downloaded ffmpeg from the OpenElec Unofficial add-on repo, but it doesn't support encoding.

Code: Select all: # ffmpeg -formats ffmpeg version 1.2.5 Copyright (c) 2000-2014 the FFmpeg developers built on Feb 4 2014 01:22:32 with gcc 4.8.2 (GCC) configuration: --prefix=/usr --cpu=arm1176jzf-s --arch=arm --enable-cross-compile --cross-prefix=/home/openelec-unofficial/OpenELEC.tv/build.OpenELEC-RPi.arm-devel/toolchain/bin/armv6zk-openelec-linux-gnueabi- --sysroot=/home/openelec-unofficial/OpenELEC.tv/build.OpenELEC-RPi.arm-devel/toolchain/armv6zk-openelec-linux-gnueabi/sysroot --sysinclude=/home/openelec-unofficial/OpenELEC.tv/build.OpenELEC-RPi.arm-devel/toolchain/armv6zk-openelec-linux-gnueabi/sysroot/usr/include --target-os=linux --nm=/home/openelec-unofficial/OpenELEC.tv/build.OpenELEC-RPi.arm-devel/toolchain/bin/armv6zk-openelec-linux-gnueabi-nm --ar=/home/openelec-unofficial/OpenELEC.tv/build.OpenELEC-RPi.arm-devel/toolchain/bin/armv6zk-openelec-linux-gnueabi-ar --as=/home/openelec-unofficial/OpenELEC.tv/build.OpenELEC-RPi.arm-devel/toolchain/bin/armv6zk-openelec-linux-gnueabi-gcc --cc=/home/openelec-unofficial/OpenELEC.tv/build.OpenELEC-RPi.arm-devel/toolchain/bin/armv6zk-openelec-linux-gnueabi-gcc --ld=/home/openelec-unofficial/OpenELEC.tv/b libavutil 52. 18.100 / 52. 18.100 libavcodec 54. 92.100 / 54. 92.100 libavformat 54. 63.104 / 54. 63.104 libavfilter 3. 42.103 / 3. 42.103 libswscale 2. 2.100 / 2. 2.100 libswresample 0. 17.102 / 0. 17.102 libpostproc 52. 2.100 / 52. 2.100 File formats: D. = Demuxing supported .E = Muxing supported -- D 4xm 4X Technologies D aac raw ADTS AAC (Advanced Audio Coding) D ac3 raw AC-3 D act ACT Voice file format D adf Artworx Data Format E adts ADTS AAC (Advanced Audio Coding) D adx CRI ADX D aea MD STUDIO audio D afc AFC D aiff Audio IFF D alaw PCM A-law D amr 3GPP AMR D anm Deluxe Paint Animation D apc CRYO APC D ape Monkey's Audio D aqtitle AQTitle subtitles D asf ASF (Advanced / Active Streaming Format) D ass SSA (SubStation Alpha) subtitle D ast AST (Audio Stream) D au Sun AU D avi AVI (Audio Video Interleaved) D avr AVR (Audio Visual Research) D avs AVS D bethsoftvid Bethesda Softworks VID D bfi Brute Force & Ignorance D bin Binary text D bink Bink D bit G.729 BIT file format D bmv Discworld II BMV D brstm BRSTM (Binary Revolution Stream) D c93 Interplay C93 D caf Apple CAF (Core Audio Format) D cavsvideo raw Chinese AVS (Audio Video Standard) D cdg CD Graphics D cdxl Commodore CDXL video D concat Virtual concatenation script D daud D-Cinema audio D dfa Chronomaster DFA D dirac raw Dirac D dnxhd raw DNxHD (SMPTE VC-3) D dsicin Delphine Software International CIN D dts raw DTS D dtshd raw DTS-HD D dv DV (Digital Video) D dxa DXA D ea Electronic Arts Multimedia D ea_cdata Electronic Arts cdata D eac3 raw E-AC-3 D epaf Ensoniq Paris Audio File D f32be PCM 32-bit floating-point big-endian D f32le PCM 32-bit floating-point little-endian D f64be PCM 64-bit floating-point big-endian D f64le PCM 64-bit floating-point little-endian D ffm FFM (FFserver live feed) D ffmetadata FFmpeg metadata in text D film_cpk Sega FILM / CPK D filmstrip Adobe Filmstrip D flac raw FLAC D flic FLI/FLC/FLX animation D flv FLV (Flash Video) D frm Megalux Frame D g722 raw G.722 D g723_1 G.723.1 D g729 G.729 raw format demuxer D gif CompuServe Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) D gsm raw GSM D gxf GXF (General eXchange Format) D h261 raw H.261 D h263 raw H.263 D h264 raw H.264 video D hls,applehttp Apple HTTP Live Streaming D ico Microsoft Windows ICO D idcin id Cinematic D idf iCE Draw File D iff IFF (Interchange File Format) D ilbc iLBC storage D image2 image2 sequence D image2pipe piped image2 sequence D ingenient raw Ingenient MJPEG D ipmovie Interplay MVE D ircam Berkeley/IRCAM/CARL Sound Format D iss Funcom ISS D iv8 IndigoVision 8000 video D ivf On2 IVF D jacosub JACOsub subtitle format D jv Bitmap Brothers JV D latm raw LOAS/LATM D lmlm4 raw lmlm4 D loas LOAS AudioSyncStream D lvf LVF D lxf VR native stream (LXF) D m4v raw MPEG-4 video D matroska,webm Matroska / WebM D mgsts Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes D microdvd MicroDVD subtitle format D mjpeg raw MJPEG video D mlp raw MLP D mm American Laser Games MM D mmf Yamaha SMAF D mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 QuickTime / MOV D mp3 MP2/3 (MPEG audio layer 2/3) D mpc Musepack D mpc8 Musepack SV8 D mpeg MPEG-PS (MPEG-2 Program Stream) D mpegts MPEG-TS (MPEG-2 Transport Stream) D mpegtsraw raw MPEG-TS (MPEG-2 Transport Stream) D mpegvideo raw MPEG video D mpl2 MPL2 subtitles D mpsub MPlayer subtitles D msnwctcp MSN TCP Webcam stream D mtv MTV D mulaw PCM mu-law D mv Silicon Graphics Movie D mvi Motion Pixels MVI D mxf MXF (Material eXchange Format) D mxg MxPEG clip D nc NC camera feed D nistsphere NIST SPeech HEader REsources D nsv Nullsoft Streaming Video D nut NUT D nuv NuppelVideo DE ogg Ogg D oma Sony OpenMG audio D paf Amazing Studio Packed Animation File D pjs PJS (Phoenix Japanimation Society) subtitles D pmp Playstation Portable PMP D psxstr Sony Playstation STR D pva TechnoTrend PVA D pvf PVF (Portable Voice Format) D qcp QCP D r3d REDCODE R3D D rawvideo raw video D realtext RealText subtitle format D rl2 RL2 D rm RealMedia D roq id RoQ D rpl RPL / ARMovie D rso Lego Mindstorms RSO D rtp RTP input D rtsp RTSP input D s16be PCM signed 16-bit big-endian D s16le PCM signed 16-bit little-endian D s24be PCM signed 24-bit big-endian D s24le PCM signed 24-bit little-endian D s32be PCM signed 32-bit big-endian D s32le PCM signed 32-bit little-endian D s8 PCM signed 8-bit D sami SAMI subtitle format D sap SAP input D sbg SBaGen binaural beats script D sdp SDP D shn raw Shorten D siff Beam Software SIFF D smjpeg Loki SDL MJPEG D smk Smacker D smush LucasArts Smush D sol Sierra SOL D sox SoX native DE spdif IEC 61937 (used on S/PDIF - IEC958) D srt SubRip subtitle D subviewer SubViewer subtitle format D subviewer1 SubViewer v1 subtitle format D swf SWF (ShockWave Flash) D tak raw TAK D tedcaptions TED Talks captions D thp THP D tiertexseq Tiertex Limited SEQ D tmv 8088flex TMV D truehd raw TrueHD D tta TTA (True Audio) D tty Tele-typewriter D txd Renderware TeXture Dictionary D u16be PCM unsigned 16-bit big-endian D u16le PCM unsigned 16-bit little-endian D u24be PCM unsigned 24-bit big-endian D u24le PCM unsigned 24-bit little-endian D u32be PCM unsigned 32-bit big-endian D u32le PCM unsigned 32-bit little-endian D u8 PCM unsigned 8-bit D vc1 raw VC-1 D vc1test VC-1 test bitstream D vivo Vivo D vmd Sierra VMD D vobsub VobSub subtitle format D voc Creative Voice D vplayer VPlayer subtitles D vqf Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) TwinVQ D w64 Sony Wave64 D wav WAV / WAVE (Waveform Audio) D wc3movie Wing Commander III movie D webvtt WebVTT subtitle D wsaud Westwood Studios audio D wsvqa Westwood Studios VQA D wtv Windows Television (WTV) D wv WavPack D xa Maxis XA D xbin eXtended BINary text (XBIN) D xmv Microsoft XMV D xwma Microsoft xWMA D yop Psygnosis YOP D yuv4mpegpipe YUV4MPEG pipe

Therefore, when Subsonic tries to use ffmpeg to transcode something, it always fails.

Jukebox mode also doesn't work, and I suspect it's related to the transcoding. This is what happens when I try to play using Jukebox:

Code: Select all: [2014-03-30 18:05:08,269] DEBUG TranscodeInputStream - Starting transcoder: [/storage/subsonic/data/transcode/ffmpeg] [-ss] [0] [-i] [/storage/p2p-music/A Tribe Called Quest - The Love Movement [V0]/03. Da Booty.mp3] [-v] [0] [-f] [au] [-] [2014-03-30 18:07:53,129] ERROR JukeboxService - Error in jukebox: java.io.EOFException java.io.EOFException

Even though I have transcoding disabled for the Jukebox player. I'm stumped.

Posted: **Sat Jan 17, 2015 8:34 pm**

Hello,
Thanks for the tutorial, installation was a breeze on Openelec 5!
Did anyone manage to make subsonic recognize files with accented characters (french accents for example)?
Thanks!

Posted: **Sun Apr 05, 2015 7:57 pm**

I followed the instructions but get the following error (from the log) when running the subsonic.sh..

Code: Select all: ./subsonic.sh: line 126: /storage/java/jre1.7.0_75/bin/java: not found

That directory and file are definitely there. My subsonic.sh (top part):

Code: Select all: #!/bin/sh ################################################################################### # Shell script for starting Subsonic. See http://subsonic.org. # # Author: Sindre Mehus ################################################################################### export JAVA_HOME=/storage/java/jre1.7.0_75 SUBSONIC_HOME=/storage/subsonic SUBSONIC_HOST=0.0.0.0 SUBSONIC_PORT=4040 SUBSONIC_HTTPS_PORT=0 SUBSONIC_CONTEXT_PATH=/ SUBSONIC_MAX_MEMORY=150 SUBSONIC_PIDFILE= SUBSONIC_DEFAULT_MUSIC_FOLDER=/storage/music SUBSONIC_DEFAULT_PODCAST_FOLDER=/storage/music/Podcast SUBSONIC_DEFAULT_PLAYLIST_FOLDER=/storage/playlists

As you can see, the directory/file are there:

Code: Select all: OpenELEC:~/java/jre1.7.0_75/bin # ls ControlPanel java_vm jcontrol orbd policytool rmiregistry tnameserv java javaws keytool pack200 rmid servertool unpack200 OpenELEC:~/java/jre1.7.0_75/bin # pwd /storage/java/jre1.7.0_75/bin

Appreciate any help!

-Pat

Posted: **Mon Apr 06, 2015 1:28 am**

D'oh - wrong version on JRE - needed x64. Works fine.

Posted: **Fri May 08, 2015 10:15 pm**

Any ideas on how to get jukebox mode to work? When I run the audioDevList java program it doesn't return any devices.

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