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- Install Guide for Plait v 1.6.2
- ===============================
- 1. Installation
- ----------------
- Since Plait is glue ware, it has several dependencies. Follow these
- instructions to make it all work.
- ### Uninstallation
- As of Plait 1.5.2, it is possible to install Plait to a directory of
- your choice. Since this could lead to a situation where you have
- multiple versions of Plait installed in different directories, it's a
- good idea to uninstall any old versions of Plait prior to upgrading.
- But if you know you are installing to the same directory as the old
- version of Plait, this isn't really necessary.
- ### Windows/Cygwin prerequisites
- Running Plait on Windows requires that you install Cygwin, the open
- source UNIX compatibility layer for Windows. Follow the instructions
- at Cygwin.com to download and install Cygwin. Plait also requires two
- optional packages, wget and gawk. Be sure to select these packages
- when you run Cygwin Setup.
- For those who are using Winamp, you may need to install it. Get
- Winamp at Winamp.com.
- In order to control Winamp, Plait uses a COM object written by John
- Adcock. To install it:
- * Download gen_com.zip from www.adcock8.freeserve.co.uk/winamp.htm
- * Unzip.
- * Copy gen_com.dll into the C:\Program Files\Winamp\Plugins directory.
- * Restart Winamp. Winamp will detect and install the new plugin.
- For those using iTunes, a standard installation of that program should
- work without any additional steps, but you need to edit the file
- ~/.plait/config to make iTunes your music player. Change the line
- that defines PLATFORM to read
- PLATFORM=cygwin-itunes
- ### OS X prerequisites
- Running Plait on OS X requires one package that isn't part of the
- default install: wget. You can compile wget from source and install
- it yourself, if you know how to do that sort of thing. The easier
- option is to install "fink" and have fink install wget for you:
- * Download fink from fink.sourceforge.net. Follow the instructions
- provided there to install it.
- * Now install wget. Type
- sudo apt-get install wget
- and enter your administrator password when prompted.
- (Users of Plait 0.53 and earlier also need to take the following step:
- * Install gawk and findutils. Type
- sudo apt-get install gawk findutils
- Newer versions of Plait don't depend on these packages.)
- ### GNU/Linux prerequisites
- On GNU/Linux, Plait works with ogg123, mpg123, mpg321, Xmms, Beep
- Media Player, or amaroK. If you are using Xmms, xmms-shell is also
- required. Installation varies depending on your distro. Be sure to
- install the package esound if you want to play via esd.
- Xmms, Beep Media Player, or amaroK will be used if they are present.
- If not, Plaiter will be used as a front end to any command line
- players that are present. Otherwise Plait will work in "list only"
- mode unless you configure your own player.
- ### Finishing up (all operating systems)
- You now have all the prerequisites to run Plait. The last step is
- installing Plait itself:
- * Untar the package:
- tar xvzf plait-x.xx.tar.gz
- cd plait
- * Tell `plait` to install itself. You may run this command as a
- non-root user, in which case Plait will default to installing in
- your home directory; you may run it as root, in which case Plait
- will default to installing in /usr/local; or you may set the install
- directory to anything you like by providing an argument. Examples:
- su -c "./plait --install"
- or
- sudo ./plait --install
- or
- ./plait --install
- or
- sudo ./plait --install /usr
- If you install Plait as a non-root user, you may have to add ~/bin to
- your path.
- Plait is now ready to run. The first time you run it, Plait will do
- some additional self-installation which involves asking for the
- location of your music directory. You only have to do this once.
- ### Setting up for XSPF
- If you want to use the XSPF web publishing feature, you will need to
- install the XSPF Web Music Player
- (http://musicplayer.sourceforge.net). Download and unpack the player
- from that address and then copy the file xspf_player.swf to
- ~/.plait/xspf.
- If your music library is located on a web server, you also need to set
- the variable BASEURL, for example:
- BASEURL=http://www.example.com/mp3/
- Otherwise, leave BASEURL set to the empty string.
- If your music directory is laid out as Artist/Album/Song, you're all
- set. Otherwise, you may need to set the three variables ARTISTIDX,
- ALBUMIDX, and SONGIDX in the config file. For Example, if your music
- directory is laid out as Artist/Year/Album/Song, set
- ARTISTIDX=1
- ALBUMIDX=3
- SONGIDX=4
- If your music directory is laid out as Artist/Artist - Album - Song,
- set
- LEVELSEP="(/| - )"
- ARTISTIDX=1
- ALBUMIDX=3
- SONGIDX=4
- 2. Uninstallation
- ------------------
- If you installed Plait as root, you must be root to uninstall it;
- otherwise you must be the same user as you were during installation.
- Type
- su -c "plait --uninstall"
- or
- sudo plait --uninstall
- or just
- plait --uninstall
- to uninstall Plait. See the instructions that came with gen_com if
- you want to remove that plugin. To remove wget, gawk or findutils,
- follow the package removal technique for Cygwin or Fink, as
- appropriate. If you are updating Plait, and you decide to install it
- into a different directory this time, uninstall the old version before
- installing the new one. Otherwise two versions of Plait will be
- installed and you can't be sure which one will run.
- 3. Customization
- ------------------
- There are a few changes you can make to ~/.plait/config to customize
- the behavior of Plait.
- #### File types
- By default Plait looks for files of type mp3, wav, aif, ogg and flac.
- You can change this by setting the variable TYPES, for example:
- TYPES=".ogg .mp3 .flac"
- You may need to run `plait --cache` to rebuild the cache after
- changing the file types.
- As of Plait 1.2, you are advised to set the variable TYPES once to a
- very broad set of file types, and then use target devices to customize
- your playlists for different devices. You can either redefine one of
- the built-in target devices, or define a new one. For example, to
- define a target device that supports the same file types as an iPod,
- add the following line to the config file:
- ipod="m4a M4A mp3 MP3 wav WAV"
- In contrast to the TYPES variable, with devices you don't include the
- dot in the file extension, and you must repeat each extension twice,
- in upper and lower case. In this list, order is important; thus the
- ipod device will prefer mp3 files to wav files.
- To use this device to build a playlist, select it on the command line:
- plait britney --device ipod
- You can also set the default device in the config file:
- DEVICE="$ipod"
- Important note: if you redefine the default device (hifi), you should
- then reassign DEVICE to it in the config file, ie:
- hifi="wav WAV flac FLAC"
- DEVICE="$hifi"
- Otherwise DEVICE will continue to have the old value of hifi from
- before it was redefined.
- #### Alternate players
- Although there is a default player on each operating system, some OSs
- support several players. You can pick something besides the default
- by setting the variable PLATFORM, for example:
- PLATFORM=linux-plaiter
- The currently supported platforms are: cygwin-winamp, cygwin-itunes,
- osx-itunes, linux-xmms, linux-beep-media-player, linux-amarok,
- linux-mpg123, linux-mpg123-esd, linux-mpg321, linux-mpg321-esd,
- linux-ogg123, linux-ogg123-esd, linux-plaiter, any-xspf and
- any-xspf-copy. In the interest of accuracy, there are also "unix-"
- synonyms for all the "linux-" players. The "esd" platforms play via
- the Enlightened Sound Daemon, which can stream audio across the
- network to an esd server. You specify which server by setting
- ESPEAKER, for example:
- ESPEAKER=192.168.1.2:16001
- See README.plaiter for information on Plaiter, which is the ideal
- platform choice if you currently use a command line player like
- mpg123.
- Copyright (c) 2005, 2006 by Stephen Jungels
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