Pictures server

Xi0N · 2012-08-23 10:32:29

Hi!
I currently use subsonic for streaming music and videos and I was thinking... is there any server software to do something similar to picasa?
I mean, I have in my computer a lot of personal pictures and I would like to be able to access them via some kind of web interface to be able to display them on any device.... even when I am out of home (the computer is almost 24/7 switched on)....
Any idea of some software like this?
I did my search with no success.....

SanskritFritz · 2012-08-23 10:46:08

A very simple solution could be Quickserve: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=32312

A complicated one could be installing a CMS like Plone: http://plone.org/products/plone-true-gallery

Last edited by SanskritFritz (2012-08-23 10:57:57)

zenlord · 2012-08-23 11:23:00

With a DLNA/uPNP-server you can serve pictures as well as (transcoded) video and audio to computers and other devices. I'm using ps3mediaserver for this.

Inxsible · 2012-08-23 16:13:31

I use minidlna for the same purpose

Xi0N · 2012-08-24 19:03:22

What about mediatomb? Seems easier to configure....

zenlord · 2012-08-24 19:46:04

I tried 'em all (coherence, fuppes, mediatomb, minidlna, rygel, pms), and I can unbiasedly say that ps3ms is the most fully featured (multi-channel-surround, subtitles, transcoding etc.) dlna-server. The only thing that was not working for me was playlist support, but it should work so probably I'm doing something wrong.

I wanted to be wrong about pms (it uses java, and I wnated my server to be as lean and clean as possible), but mediatomb didn't cut it for me.

I will try plex in a short while: it has a lot of options and dlna-support was added not too long ago...

Last edited by zenlord (2012-08-24 19:47:13)

Inxsible · 2012-08-24 22:22:27

I might give ps3ms a whirl as well since I have to constantly rescan with minidlna

Xi0N · 2012-08-25 22:58:56

Thanks for all the options!!
I have tested minidlna and ps3mediaserver and i can say for headless minidlna looks more simple to configure and get running.

Though, I never used these kind of servers before and i noticed a couple of things i don't really like:
First of all... no authentication required.... they are Upnp, so meant to be plug and play.... I understand its philosophy... but I wanted to even share some pictures and be able to access them from outside, so, somehow, I should set an authentication system....
Perhaps, what i should build is a full site and use some php module for having a kind of online private gallery......

Second thing: For using those servers, you need clients: So far only xbmc looks to be useful... i even tried to configure amarok as client to be able to access a music collection i have on the same server and that I shared but I was not successful...

Anyway... thanks for the ideas!!!

zenlord · 2012-08-27 09:15:09

First: Yes. uPNP is desigend to work on the LAN only, so its does not fulfill all your requirements. Maybe with jAlbum you can generate albums and then it should be enough to write a simple auth mechanism.

Second: there are not too many software clients, that is right. Rygel is the name of the project in gnome - i think they have a plugin for their default mediaplayer. But the device-support is phenomenal, so I would highly recommend it for LAN-use.

pilotkeller · 2012-08-27 09:21:45

cd /the/pic/dir/
python -m SimpleHTTPServer Port#

Edit: Check out http://pypi.python.org/pypi/ext_http_server/0.2 if you really need authentication...

Last edited by pilotkeller (2012-08-27 09:33:44)

jakobcreutzfeldt · 2012-08-27 09:25:31

Piwigo (formerly PhpWebGallery) is a decent web-based gallery. GNU MediaGoblin also looks quite decent, also supporting audio and video streaming in addition to photos, though it's a bit more complicated to set up. Finally, OwnCloud might be right for you since it also supports various clients for connecting to it (though I had trouble just yesterday getting the gallery to work) and it feels much more "private" than a simple gallery site like Piwigo.

Xi0N · 2012-08-27 20:10:43

Thanks for all the suggestions!!!

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