Set up your own Music server(both for LAN and online)

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(Note:This is a mega post guyz and gals.I'll update this post often.)

First i'll explaining the technical jagrons involved

A server can be thought of as a powerful PC from where we(the clients)can access its resources.
A music server is a special type of server that serves its clients with streaming music,without a need to download the song at once.This is advantageous for low speed connections.

Follow the steps below to setup a Music server without spending a single penny on web-hosting sites.

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• After installing,in the task-bar,there will be a notification icon for subsonic.Right-click it=>subsonic control panel.
  
• On the settings tab,change the port-number to 8080.
  
• on the status tab,click stop,then start again to restart the server.You can close the panel now.
  
• Now open internet-explorer(the browser preferred for this process).type localhost in the address field,a page will open up.Click where it says "change password".
  
• change the login and password as you wish.
  
• There is also an option to "Set-up music folder".This is the folder that will contain the songs you want to share.Chose the folder on your PC that contains songs.
  
• Now its the most important part.For your music server to work online,you have to "PORT_FORWARD" your router(in case you use it).Check "Automatically configure your router" option,and then click save below.Subsonic will now port-forward your router.
  
• Your music server is ready now.Restart your browser and again open up "localhost".Enter the login and password.
  
• Now,if you want your friends to access your music files,when they are on other networks,just give them your "GLOBAL_IP:8080".You can find your GLOBAL_IP from whatismyip.com,and ask them to open this address in their browser.Tell them the login and pass also.
  
  

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