[Tfug] Playing mp3's on the server

Sat Jul 24 21:43:41 MST 2004

Perhaps I'm misunderstanding it (documentation seems weak for ampache on
their site - again maybe I'm missing it), but ampache looks like a way to
stream media from a server to a local computer, not a way to control media
playback on a remote computer.  I don't want the music to play on the
computer I'm using, I want to control music playback on another computer
so it's output on that other computer's audio IO.  MPD does exactly what I
wanted.  Ampache reminds me a lot of NetJuke which is a great web-based
media streaming interface, but doesn't actually control the remote
server's playback of the media.

Again, maybe I'm missing something.

Ben

> Did ampache not work for you?
>
> Will
>
>  -----Original Message-----
> From: 	superbenk at superk.org [mailto:superbenk at superk.org]
> Sent:	Sat Jul 24 15:12:41 2004
> To:	Tucson Free Unix Group
> Subject:	Re: [Tfug] Playing mp3's *on* the server
>
> I found the perfect solution!  There is a project out here called MPD
> (Music Player Daemon - http://www.musicpd.org) that allows you to create &
> play playlists through the server's sound device.  There are several other
> projects that allow you to connect to this daemon and control it either
> locally or remotely across your network.  The daemon can be configured to
> accept requests through a specified port (2100 by default) and by specific
> hosts (ANY host by default).
>
> For my solution, I decided to use MPD Commander as my client application.
> It's ported to both Windows and Linux and has a VERY XMMS/WinAmp
> look/feel.  I have my MP3's stored on my file server in the garage and
> shared via NFS to this old laptop in my entertainment center (via WLAN -
> 802.11G (though G speeds really aren't necessary for audio at all)).  The
> laptop is running SuSE 9.1 (mostly because I didn't have a network card to
> do an FTP install of Debian which I'd prefer and may switch to
> eventually).  The laptop is an old Toshiba Satellite AMD-K6 450Mhz, 128MB
> RAM, 2GB HDD.  It's more than adequate to deliver decent stereo audio to
> my stereo through a headphone jack -> RCA jack cable.
>
> Unfortunately this laptop doesn't have IR and I'm not sure how you'd
> control MPD with IR anyhow, so for now, one of my other computers serves
> as a sort of "remote control".
>
> So there you have it!  I'll keep playing with this setup to see what else
> I can expect from it and more on how it works.  There is another project
> that tries to integrate MPD into NetJuke via a patch to NetJuke and a
> custom PHP::MPD class.  I didn't have much luck with it, but you can find
> info about it here: http://mpd.24oz.com.
>
> If anyone out there has experience with this setup and has any hint/tips,
> I'd love to hear about them!
>
> Benjamin Krein
> www.superk.org
>
>>
>> If you find out anything on the web-based control, let me know. I've
>> really
>> been itching to set up the same thing and then include PVR (MythTV) and
>> replace half of my entertainment center. I also want to be able to snag
>> the
>> mp3's and drop them onto the MP3 player I mentioned earlier today (I'll
>> probably just use NFS or SAMBA if I want windows compat).
>>
>> In any case, since you are using an old laptop, you might have an IR
>> port
>> built in, in which case you should definately check out LIRC.
>> http://lirc.org/
>> I tried this with my laptop connected to my stereo and
>> used an old remote from a broken stereo (you can program essentially ANY
>> IR device, so you should be able to find a spare remote for $0)
>>
>> On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 21:50:58 -0700 (MST) superbenk at superk.org wrote:
>>
>> TFUG> Ok, I hope I can explain what I want to do.  I have a crappy old
>> laptop that
>> TFUG> I'm working on turning into an mp3 playing appliance for my
>> entertainment
>> TFUG> center.  Using SSH, mp3blaster, a wlan card in the laptop and an
>> NFS
>> server
>> TFUG> hosting my music collection, I can make this work quite well.  But
>> I'd like a
>> TFUG> better interface to control the laptop remotely.  Are there any
>> web-based
>> TFUG> projects out there that will do the same thing I'm doing with
>> mp3blaster on
>> TFUG> the laptop?  Everything I've found is for streaming from a server
>> to
>> a
>> TFUG> *local* PC, not for controlling a *remote* PC.  I'd like something
>> that's
>> TFUG> OS-independent because my wife still uses Windows (thus my request
>> for
>> TFUG> web-based).
>> TFUG>
>> TFUG> Hope that makes sense.  Thanks in advance!
>> TFUG> --
>> TFUG> Benjamin Krein
>> TFUG> www.superk.org
>>
>>
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>> Graduate Research Assistant
>> Optical Sciences Center
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