13 Aug
2004
13 Aug
'04
6:51 p.m.
On Friday 13 Aug 2004 20:02 pm, Erik Steffl wrote:
Dylan wrote:
To my mind, the application which indexes and organises the media files
need have nothing to do with the playing of said files, except that it
needs to be able to call a player app.
On Thursday 12 Aug 2004 20:43 pm, Erik Steffl
wrote:
you have to install, configure and maintain jukebox a player
anyway, Dylan wrote:
I don't want to stream the audio anywhere at all. Why on earth
should I have to install, configure and maintain a streaming server
and client when I can simply have the machine play the file
directly - less resources used, less to go wrong, less to worry
about. Hi List,
This may be somewhat off topic, but I figure some of you may well
know the answer...
I'm trying to set up an audio server to connect to my home stereo,
and have been looking for an app with the following features: web
based interface for playlisting, and playback through local sound
card.
I've found plenty of options which provide streaming, but none
which play through the server's own sound system.
have client on the same machine. whether they communicate via network (streaming) or
not is
not really a big issue... or a big difference in resources used.
I'm sorry, but I disagree.
Most
jukeboxes use external players anyway.
Good, I hope they are able to use a player of my choice.
Or do you want jukebox with
built-in player?
Definitely not.
Freeamp could possibly be used as jukebox (I found
it somewhat unstable but haven't used it for quite some time). Or
xmms with some plugin (there are some plugins that offer better
control than default playlist). And instead of web interface use X
across network (or vnc if you want to be able to disconnect/reconnect
from/to jukebox/player).
There's no X on this box - why should there be if it's headless?
If I was intending to have this server stream to clients on the network
then, yes, configuring it to stream to itself would be appropriate. But
I'm not - that introduces all sorts of timing and bandwidth issues.
Dylan
erik
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