diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst index 9bf0685..b39793e 100644 --- a/README.rst +++ b/README.rst @@ -50,10 +50,12 @@ Configuration Proxy configuration for OGG files (optional) -------------------------------------------- -You may want to configure an http proxy server in front of your Beets plugin -(not mopidy). Otherwise you could have problems with playing OGG files and -other formats that require seeking (in technical terms: support for http -"Range" requests is required for these files). +In case you use a beets version older than 1.6.1, you may need to configure +an HTTP reverse-proxy server in front of the Beets web plugin (not mopidy) +because `it does not handle HTTP "Range" requests properly `_. +If you don't apply this workaround, mopidy may not be able to stream/play +large audio files and/or does not allow you to seek. +The is the case for OGG files in particular. The following Nginx configuration snippet is sufficient:: @@ -65,6 +67,8 @@ The following Nginx configuration snippet is sufficient:: proxy_pass http://localhost:8337; # this statement forces Nginx to emulate "Range" responses proxy_force_ranges on; + # Hide Range header from beets/flask, preventing range handling + proxy_set_header "Range" ""; } }