Set up Directories for YODJ

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• Add Directory and Directory Alias to httpd.conf file
• Edit yodj.ini to correspond to the physical location of your music as per the Alias an Dirctory Statements
• YoDJ Sanity Check - It should work now

Add Directory and Directory Alias Statements to Apache Conf file

These steps will tell Apache how to find your music. We will create a Web Alias for the directory where you have your music.

Warning!

1. Open the \apache\conf\httpd.conf file for editing - wordpad is fine
• Apache2 Start / Program Files / Apache HTTP / Configure Apache / Edit
2. Go to the bottom
3. At the bottom you will see the installation information added by the PHP installer
4. Copy the text below and paste this to the bottom of the httpd.conf

################### YoDJ #####################
Alias /Music/ "d:/mystuff/music/"
################### end YoDJ #####################

5. We need to edit the Alias
• The Alias tells the web server that the url directory "/Music/" is an alias for the physical directory where you actually have your music
• Leave the alias name alone for now. You can change it later if you like.
• Edit the directory that the Alias refers to so that it corresponds to the Physical location of your music.
• For Example:
• Lets say that music is on "d:\Mystuff\cooltunes
• Your alias statement would look like this:

Alias /Music/ "d:/mystuff/cooltunes/"

• The quotes are important. Make sure that you leave the trailing slash on the Alias
6. Save the changes you made to the httpd.conf file and Restart Apache. This reloads the httpd.conf file

Sanity Check: Did we set the alias correctly?

1. The YoDJ install contains a test.mp3 file. Copy it into the physical directory that you refered to in your alias statement
2. Click http://localhost/Music/test.mp3
3. If the alias works, the file will download and and your mediaplayer will play it.
• If you get a Page Not Found or HTTP 404 error, the alias was either incorrectly entered or you forgot to save your changes and restart Apache.

Ready to Configure YoDJ!

1. Copy the YoDJ directory from your installation directory into the .\htdocs directory
• It should look like .\apache2\htdocs\yodj
2. The YoDJ directory contains several files. Edit \apache2\htdocs\YoDJ.ini to correspond to your Alias
3. Make the following edits
• Make sure that WebRoot corresponds to the alias name in your alias statement. If you followed directions, this will be /Music/ and you can leave this alone
• webroot = /Music/
• The webroot slashes must be forward slashes
• rootdir = d:/Mystuff/cooltunes/
• On the PC, slashes can go either direction
4. Make sure that rootdir corresponds to the physical path you defined in your alias and directory statements!
5. Don't make any other changes yet
6. What This Means:
• Rootdir is the physical place where YoDJ will look for music
• Webroot is the alias directory that you will stream music from to a user and browser

For example:

Given the above settings:

• d:/Mystuff/cooltunes/live/Billy/Mybong.mp3
• will be streamed as http://yourserver/Music/Billy/Mybong.mp3
7. You are Done!

Yodj Should work now - Try it!

Click http://localhost/yodj/yodj.php (Opens in a new Window)


This should bring up the YoDJ browser. Try to stream a song.


If You have a problem

• Make sure that you can stream music from the demo Yodj Site. Sometimes your music player MIME settings are not correct
• Winamp: Make sure Winamp is configured to play m3u files. Trying toggling it off and on
• Any other Music player. Follow the same instructions
• If you are able to stream music from the YoDJ test site, you know that your media player is correctly configured. Check the webroot and rootdir entries in the yodj.ini file.
• Remember that they must both have trailing slashes and that the webroot should be the same as your Alias
• Email me or call me if you have done this and are stuck. Don't tear your hair out.

A Few Final Steps

1. We need to make sure that your YoDJ web server can be accessed from other machines
2. Thus far, we have accessed the web server as LocalHost. You need to access it by its IP address
3. Just access it by IP in another browser window. If the IP address is 192.168.1.102 you would access it as "http://192.168.1.102/yodj/yodj.php"
• If this does not work, check your IP address again using IPCONFIG and check the httpd.conf file. Make sure that it matches.
• Remember any changes to the httpd.conf file call for a restart
4. Your machine is almost certainly set up for DHCP or dynamic IP addressing. Although the address is likely to stick, you should configure it to have a static IP address. If you do not know how to do this, check the online FAQ or email for directons.
5. If you want to access your YoDJ browser from the outside, you will need to configure your router. Check the installation Menu for this.

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Last Modified  03/15/2010      Questions? email