i recently set up gnump to share my music with my family, and i was pleasantly surprised that i was able to get it to work, being that i'm new to linux. i thought i would write out some simple instructions that might help out someone out there also trying to use gnump.
GNUMP3d is a server for MP3s, OGG vorbis files, movies and other media formats. you can use it to access your music collection from other computers!
1) you can download gnump3d here however, with xandros this was not necessary. i opened "xandros networks" from my launch menu, did a search for gnump, and clicked "install."
2) gnump should be running now, however you will have to configure a couple of things before it will work. find the configuration file, (the default location for me was /etc/gnump3d/gnump3d.conf) and open it with a text editor. you will see "#" before most of the lines, meaning that they are only comments and do not actually affect your settings. scroll down to "port" and you will see the default port used is 8888. if you would like to change it to something else, you can do so. now if you use a router, you will have to forward traffic coming through that port to your computer. i have a linksys router- what i had to do was open the router settings (by entering my router's ip address into the address bar of my web browser. if you don't know it, try ip chicken) then click the "applications and gaming" tab. enter "8888" (or new port if you've changed it) for both the beginning and ending port #'s and then enter your computer's ip address. (you don't know your computer's ip address either? open "control center" from your launch/start menu, navigate to "network">"network connection">"interfaces" - you should see your computer's ip address listed there.
you may also need to open this port on your firewall.
3) back to that configuration file, scroll down a bit farther and look for "root=" this is where you have to specify the directory that contains the music/movies you want to share. to be sure you get it right, navigate to the directory with file manager and copy and paste from the address bar.
4) you shouldn't need to make any further changes, but you will need to restart gnump for the settings you just made to take effect. save the configuration file, then go to the launch/start menu, run command, (if you are not logged in as "root," click "options" and run as a different user - enter "root" and the root password.) the command is "/etc/init.d/gnump3d restart" or "/etc/init.d/gnump3d start"
5) the address to your music server is "http://(FirewallIpAddress):8888" replace (FirewallIpAddress) with your router's ip address. this is different from the ip address you found in the "control center." change "8888" if you are using a different port.
6) did it work? if not, try this site to test your server. double check the directory that you set, and your ip addresses.
7) if its all good, you'll probably want to add some security by taking advantage of the options that allow you to block all but certain ip addresses from the server, or use passwords for access. read through those sections for the configuration file. if you need more help leave a comment and i'll try to help. here's another blog that may be able to help you out as well.
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