MP3 streaming server/jukebox
 

I'm looking for a software package that will turn an old PC of mine into a MP3 server/player.

My plan is to have one PC that has all the Mp3 files organised in a database. Then I want to option to either play the files out of the soundcard or stream them to another PC. The trick is I want this to be done remotely.

ie .

I connect to the MP3 server from a remote PC and have the ability to play an mp3 on THAT machine, or have the Mp3 streamed to my machine.

I have very little experience working with databases so that may be a problem.

Does anyone know any simple way to acheive this goal?

cplay ;)

(combined with the use of ssh)

OK, now that I've given it some thought all I really need is a way to control the mp3 player of the PC remotely via GUI controls. Something that can be run on windows/through a browser. The streaming is not an issue now just the database of songs and the remote control.

Thanks for your reply tho. I need a very user friendly method.

try dynebolic maybe?

www.dynebolic.org

Its got a crapload of good stuff in it, and its bootable.
-Flecko

Thanks for the suggestion but I already have slackware running and I want to use the PC for other things than just music.

Ok, an user interface .. usage through browser ... mp3 .. database ..
Maybe something like netjuke is close to what you need.

check out this book: linux for toy
i found that in barns and noble,
it showed a brunch of cool thing u can do with linux, the distro is based on redhat

few things i remember i saw was setting up TV, radio station, enterainment center, movie box..etc

How do you make the program to play remote files locally ?

Thanks.

Either by sharing files by http, using nfs mounts or running cplay in a remote system and playing through nas or with wrapper script around player that makes a temporary copy of the file through ssh and then plays it. Or you can use lpr to queue songs.

Thanks.

I got a reply from someone else recomending luf which allows you
to map drives through ssh. Works great!