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Preface
LimboMedia is build with Java and uses Ffmpeg and ImageMagick for media handling, so you'll need these tools as requirements. Depending on your OS/Distribution you might use your package manager, compile from source or get the binaries from somewhere else. Some version notes:
- Java: Use JRE (Java Runtime Environment) 8, either the original Oracle or OpenJDK version.
- ImageMagick: Use any 6+ version. The features we use exist for years.
- Ffmpeg: Make sure you use the most up-to-date version you can get, compiled with support for any possible library/codec/format/whatever.
LimboMedia itself is kind of "portable". Just get, unzip, run "java -jar limbomedia.jar" and visit http://localhost:8000. That's it. Simple as hell.
To make it even easier, here's the fast-track for our favorite distribution ArchLinux and the highly popular Ubuntu. -
Step 1
Requirements
ArchLinux
pacman -S unzip wget jre8-openjdk-headless ffmpeg imagemagick
Ubuntu
sudo apt-get install wget unzip default-jre-headless imagemagick
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Step 2
LimboMedia itself (Get, unpack, run)
ArchLinux
wget https://limbomedia.net/res/dist/limbomedia-2.15-bin.zip unzip limbomedia-2.15-bin.zip cd limbomedia java -jar limbomedia.jar
Ubuntu
wget https://limbomedia.net/res/dist/limbomedia-2.15-bin-linux64.zip unzip limbomedia-2.15-bin-linux64.zip cd limbomedia java -jar limbomedia.jar
We're using the specific linux version (containing ffmpeg), since ubuntu comes with a pretty poor avlib/ffmpeg package. Please adapt if you're on 32bit.
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Step 3
Done
After some seconds of startup and initialization you should point your browser to:
http://localhost:8000 or
https://localhost:8001 (or wherever you installed it)
Login with username admin and password admin.
Hint: Visit the configuration guide for custom configuration and startup options. -
Additional notes
Advanced configuration
Visit the advanced configuration guide for custom configuration and startup options.
FFmpeg and ImageMagick alternative setup & static builds
If you don't want to use your package managers FFmpeg and ImageMagick, cause the packages are old or don't exist, you may use static builds or other packages. To use with LimboMedia make sure they're either in your PATH or placed in the INSTALLATION_DIR/tools/ffmpeg or INSTALLATION_DIR/tools/im directory.
Help needed!
We cannot test LimboMedia on every kind of operating systems or distributions out there. Basically it should run wherever there's Java, FFmpeg and ImageMagick.
If you're running LimboMedia in an environment not mentioned above, please let us know. It'd be nice to get some feedback and maybe a detailed install-guide to put it on this page. Thanks!