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Jinzora – Build An Internet Jukebox

February 9, 2009 by Ivan  
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If you want quick and easy access to your online music and video collection, you can create internet jukebox with Jinzora. Jinzora is free and open source media server written in PHP, that allows you to stream your music and videos to any device with a web browser. In this tutorial we´ll see how to set up jinzora.

Note: To build an internet jukebox Jinzora, you must have internet server. Creating server is risky,when you open port, there is a possibility to have someone a breach in your computer .Before you start, make sure your computer has all the latest patches and security updates, and that you’ve done a thorough spyware and virus scan. This tutorial is only for advanced users

How look Jinzora?

You must have:

* Broadband internet connection always on
* Windows on your computer
* Web server with the PHP scripting language and MySQL database installed

In this example we´ll use Windows XP and WAMP server

How to set up Jinzora?

1. Turn off firewall, because it can block WAMP server. Download WAMP server from this link and install it. In the default, jinzora will install in C:\wamp\ directory. In my example jinzora is installed in C:\wamp\. Run your WAMP server.

2. Download Jinzora zip file from this link and extract into WAMP directory c:\wamp\www\

Below is video guide that include step 1 and 2.

3.Type in web addresses http://localhost/ or your IP Address, you should see something like this

4. In this step we´ll secure MySQL database server with password.

Click on phpmyadmin under Tools

Click on Privileges

Check root user and edit it , if you have any other user , delete it.

In Change Password option, type your password and click go

Video Guide for step 4:

5. In this step we´ll run Jinzora installation wizard. Go to http://localhost/ and click on jinzora2 under your Projects

Jinzora installation wizard include 8 steps. Step 6 is important, set Create database equal to true. In other steps just accept the defaults, or set how you like it.

6. Before you login in jinzora , you should delete Install folder C:\wamp\www\jinzora2\install. That is for security reasons.

7. Go to http://localhost/jinzora2/ , login and enjoy in your Internet jukebox Jinzora.

Watch video guide:

8. If you want access Jinziora from other computers. You must forward a port in the router we’re using. The port we need to forward is port number 80. Why? Because by default it’s the port used for HTTP. Port forwarding actually means opening a tunnel through the router so that the router wouldn’t reject the connections that are trying to connect to it. How to port-forward? With every router it’s different. Here are the instructions for every one of them. You must also turn off you firewall.



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9 Comments on "Jinzora – Build An Internet Jukebox"

  1. Dylan on Wed, 4th Mar 2009 7:15 am 

    Hi thanks, It’s good

  2. Steve on Sun, 29th Mar 2009 12:12 am 

    This is a great step-by-step instruction. I used two laptops and followed the instruction. But, I encountered some errors after Backend Setup. It passed me with error, but after I complete the setup, this error showed up and I get a blank screen in IE, and this msg on Firefox, “The page you are trying to view cannot be shown because it uses an invalid or unsupported form of compression.” What configuration step did you miss from the instruction? What do they mean with minimum requirement PHP 4.2 or higher with Session Handling and Multibyte String support. The error msg was,
    Notice: Undefined variable: img_star_half_empty in C:\wamp\www\jinzora2\frontend\icons.lib.php on line 70
    Notice: Undefined variable: img_star_full_empty in C:\wamp\www\jinzora2\frontend\icons.lib.php on line 71
    Notice: Undefined variable: img_star_right in C:\wamp\www\jinzora2\frontend\icons.lib.php on line 72
    Notice: Undefined variable: img_star_left in C:\wamp\www\jinzora2\frontend\icons.lib.php on line 73
    Notice: Undefined variable: img_star_full in C:\wamp\www\jinzora2\frontend\icons.lib.php on line 74

    Thanks for everything!

  3. Ivan on Sun, 29th Mar 2009 6:09 am 

    @Steve

    Hi steve. Thanks a lot for your kind comment :).
    When I installed Jinzora, errors showed up, something like undefined variable, It passed me with error, after I complete the setup, Jinzora is normally initiated.
    I stopped using jinzoru, after 2 weeks of use , I deleted it.
    When I did this post, I was in a hurry and there is a possibility that I forgot some step from the instruction.Now , when Jinzora is deleted from my computer , it¨s difficult to me to solve your problem.
    If you really need to use Jinzora, send me mail at hackspc@gmail.com or repy to comment and I will install jinzora again on my computer and try to help you.

  4. Steve on Mon, 30th Mar 2009 5:19 pm 

    Ivan,

    I don’t know how to thank you for the instruction and for replying to my comment about Jinzora. I have spent like a week following your instuctions, re-install the steps again and again using two laptops and still getting errors like i mentioned.

    I would really appreciate if you can help me like you have mentioned in your response. I have also sent you an email.

    Thanks a lot and waiting for your response.

  5. mike on Tue, 14th Apr 2009 8:31 pm 

    Hi,

    I get the same problem with
    Notice: Undefined variable: img_star_half_empty in …

    How did you fix it ?

    Mike

  6. Ivan on Wed, 15th Apr 2009 11:35 am 

    @mike
    Go to C:\wamp\www\jinzora2\frontend , right click on
    icons.lib and click edit with notepad, find this code and delete it , from line 70 to line 74

  7. Steve on Wed, 10th Jun 2009 5:02 am 

    Hi Ivan,

    I am still waiting badly for your help. I really appreciate your promise to help me and I am grateful for the temporary help you provided me. I still have all the error showing on the Jinzora, can you at least check this link and tell me where I need to change the error http://en.jinzorahelp.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=6569 error_reporting = E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE . There are several error_reporting line, I am not sure which line they recommend to change. I also have two php.ini files, c:\wamp\bin\php\php5.2.9-2 and
    c:\wamp\bin\apache\Apache2.2.11\bin
    My email is: ttasmara@gmail.com Thanks again Ivan, God bless..

  8. Steve on Thu, 11th Jun 2009 5:10 am 

    Ivan, i changed the error reporting and everything is working perfect. You don’t even need to change the icons.lib. I am grateful for your help. If i run to other problems, i will let you know.

    Do you know if the media type have to be on Mp3? I need to figure how the slimzora jukebox works, I am currently listening to music from my Windows Media Player.

    Thanks again, and God bless

    -Steve

  9. Daniel on Mon, 17th May 2010 9:01 pm 

    Not really my thing but thanks! This is useful for people who want to do online streaming of their favorite movies/music.

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