Media Sharing Using ownCloud

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Media files (Music, Photos, Videos) can be stored and accessed on the Amahi Home Server in one of two scenarios while using ownCloud.

1. Using existing “Amahi Shares” for file storage and ownCloud for files access and storage management.
2. Using ownCloud for file storage, managing access, and file storage management.

Using both scenarios should still allow other applications on Amahi to access the media files (i.e. Amahi DLNA).

Amahi Home Server File Shares

Amahi Home Server once installed provides a set of “Storage Shares” that are available to all Amahi user accounts. Some of them are provided for the purposes of storing media files (Music, Pictures, Movies) for all Amahi users to access. These shares are usually shared via the Samba (SMB) sharing service on the Amahi Home Server.

• Music media: /var/hda/files/music (a.k.a. Music)
• Photograph media: /var/hda/files/pictures (a.k.a. Pictures)
• Video media: /var/hda/files/movies (a.k.a. Movies)
• Share directory ownership and permission defaults:

ownCloud External Storage Support

ownCloud once installed provides a highly configurable sharing environment for files that are accessible from a Web Browser User Interface (Web UI) or via the WebDAV sharing service built in to ownCloud. Stored files are accessible to ownCloud user accounts by various sharing configurations.

• ownCloud provides an “External Storage Support” feature that supports access to files “external” to the ownCloud “internal” filesystem. This feature must be "enabled" via the ownCloud "admin" user Settings => Admin area.
• File ownership and permissions after upload using ownCloud Web UI or WebDav service:
• Required directory ownership and permissions:

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