Showing bitrate is optional as it involves an extra request to the server and the installation of 'exiftool'.

Added a version string.

Updated README.md.

Author: CelliesProjects

README.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # html5_audioplayer
 
-html5_audioplayer provides an easy way to stream the music from your lamp server. 
+html5_audioplayer provides an easy way to stream the music from your lamp server.
 <br>It is intended as a replacement for the Apache plugin `mod_musicindex` which was a pain to install and is not maintained anymore.
 <br><br>html5_audioplayer is a simple one-file drop-in musicplayer.
 <br>Just symlink `htdocs` to the root of your music collection and copy `index.php` to that folder and it works.
@@ -12,6 +12,14 @@ html5_audioplayer on a Samsung Galaxy S5 NEO Android phone.
 - A working Apache webserver with PHP enabled.<br>
 Actual versions should not matter that much but the player is developed against Apache 2.4 and PHP 7.
 - A folder with MP3s, OGGs and/or WAV files.
+- (Optionally) `exiftool` to show the bitrate. Default setting is to not show the bitrate.
+
+To show the bitrate of the currently playing song `$showBitrate` in `index.php` has to be set to `true` and `exiftool` has to be installed.
+<br>To install `exiftool` enter the following in a terminal:
+<br>
+````
+sudo apt-get install exiftool
+````
 
 ### Easy setup:
 With Apache 2.4, easiest setup is to symlink `htdocs` to the folder where you keep your music files.

index.php

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 <?php
 //error_reporting(E_ALL);
+$showBitrate=true; //set to true to show bitrate, and install 'exiftool', check the README.md
+$versionString="v0.99b";
 if(isset($_GET["folder"]))
 {
   $path=rawurldecode($_GET["folder"]);
@@ -248,7 +250,7 @@
 <div id="navList" class="noselect"></div>
 <div id="playList" class="noselect"></div>
 <div id="playerControls" class="noselect">
-<div id="currentPlaying"><a href="https://github.com/CelliesProjects/html5_audioplayer" target="_blank">html5_audioplayer v0.9</a></div>
+<div id="currentPlaying"><a href="https://github.com/CelliesProjects/html5_audioplayer" target="_blank">html5_audioplayer <?php echo $versionString ?></a></div>
 <div id="controlArea"><img id="previousButton" class="actionIcon" src="?icon=previous"><img id="playButton" class="actionIcon" src="?icon=play"><img id="nextButton" class="actionIcon" src="?icon=next"><input type="range" min="0" max="0" value="0" class="" id="slider"><p id="currentTime"></p><img id="clearList" class="actionIcon" src="?icon=clearlist"></div>
 <audio controls autoplay id="player">Your browser does not support the audio element.</audio>
 <script>
@@ -461,6 +463,7 @@ function resetPlayer()
     var nowPlaying=player.src;
     if($('.playListLink').eq(currentSong).data('path')!=undefined)thisSong=encodeURIComponent($('.playListLink').eq(currentSong).data('path'))+'/';
     thisSong+=encodeURIComponent($('.playListLink').eq(currentSong).text());
+<?php if($showBitrate):?>
     $.get('?bitrate='+thisSong,function(){
     })
     .done(function(data){
@@ -469,6 +472,7 @@ function resetPlayer()
     .fail(function(){
       console.log('error getting bitrate');
     });
+<?php endif;?>
   });
 
   player.addEventListener('playing',function()