How run shell scripts from a website

Dan_1983 · 04-11-2011, 06:37 PM

I am trying to create a shell script (CGI) which will create a website with an embedded flash mp3 player. At the same time I want this script to overwrite the file currently in the playlist with another file which will allow me to change the song currently playing on the flash player. The reason I am doing this is so that I can copy the song I want to play to this file at a low bitrate reducing its size. The code I am using in my script is:

#!/bin/sh

echo "Content-type: text/html"
echo ""
echo "<html>"
echo "<object type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" data=\"OriginalMusicPlayer.swf\" width=\"225\" height=\"90\"> "
echo "<param name=\"movie\" value=\"OriginalMusicPlayer.swf\" />"
echo "<param name=\"FlashVars\" value=\"firstColor=0072bc&secondColor=0076a4&playlistXmlPath=playlist.xml&autoPlay=true\" />"
echo "</object>"
echo "<a href=\"Files.cgi\">Files.cgi</a>"
echo "</html>"

tmpSong=`cat Song.txt`
if [ "$tmpSong" = "1" ]
then
echo "2" > Song.txt
cp -f 2.mp3 test.mp3
elif [ "$tmpSong" = "2" ]
then
echo "1" > Song.txt
cp -f 1.mp3 test.mp3
fi

When I run the script the new page does not have the flash player and the song did not change.

stickman · 04-11-2011, 09:28 PM

Is the path to the song file the full path or the correct relative path?

Dan_1983 · 04-12-2011, 06:36 AM

I have done that and it still did not work. The other thing is that the flash player doesn't show up. I know the code works because I use the same code for the home page and it loads up no problem.

amsweitzer · 04-15-2011, 12:16 PM

is the flash player/media files in your index file tier or under another tier if its own in main tier yes it will work on the index page if in its own file then copying the code from the index should work on any subsequent pages reading the code you have everything appearing as if its in the same folder as the code that wont work that way unless you installed all the files to the folder of each page. Heres how I do it not that i know cgi but my flash page is set up with the media player in its own folder and all media are in all their own folders and each page in its own folder with xml config files to recognize where everything is located

amsweitzer · 04-15-2011, 12:24 PM

let me know if you get it working I have a large flash site that i would like to get to cgi install with variable graphics views config the mp3 to lower bit rate would be great i could build on home server then transfer the converterd media files to host

stickman · 04-16-2011, 12:20 AM

Is the SWF file in the same directory?

Dan_1983 · 04-16-2011, 10:22 AM

I found out that the reason it wouldn't change the song is because of the permissions of the Song.txt file. It was setup for only the owner to have write access. I changed its permissions to read/write all and the cgi would switch the song. I then switched the way to load the flash player to java script instead of object and the player showed up.

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/swfobject/2.2/swfobject.js"></script>
<div id="media-player"></div>

<script type="text/javascript">
var options = {};
options.firstColor = "438ccb";
options.secondColor = "0072bc";
options.mediaPath = "http://dansfiles.myftp.org:8090/test.mp3";

options.autoLoad = "false";
options.autoPlay = "true";

var params = {};
params.allowScriptAccess = "always";

swfobject.embedSWF("/OriginalMusicPlayer.swf", "media-player", "225", "90", "9.0.0","/expressInstall.swf", options, params);
</script>