Re: Play mp3 on a headless box, control headless box with a web browser

From: Anthony Marchini (a.marchini_at_mericonlokorDot.net)
Date: 11/19/04


Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 10:17:50 -0500

BMLekki wrote:
> I have been looking around for a project with similar specifications.
> If there is not one started I'd like to get some hacks together.
>
> The concept is to have a headless box, that boots from the network
> file server and plays mp3s from the file server. The headless box will
> run httpd with php, be connected to the component stereo system. From
> various workstations in the house you can open a browser and connect
> to the livingroom_mp3.home.net and start and play the mp3s probably
> using xmms, or the command line version.
>
> Please let me know if you have come by something like this and/or want
> to start a project.
Not entirely what you are looking for but pretty close is ...
squeezebox at http://www.slimdevices.com/. The server software works
great with or without the hardware, there are probably numerous ways to
pipe other information through it.



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