OT: In-house MP3 Server

From: David Woyciesjes <DAW_at_yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu>
Date: Fri Feb 8 10:49:53 2002

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> From: LFessen106_at_aol.com
>
> In a message dated 2/8/02 10:41:05 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> RCini_at_congressfinancial.com writes:
>
> Hello, all:
>
> Well, my latest spare-hardware-using project (while I'm waiting for
> parts for other projects to come) is an MP3 server. But I'm torn as to
> what
> OS to use. I was going to use NT Server with Internet Information Server
> so
> that I could serve up a dynamic clickable catalog. The I thought that I'd
> just make a simple shared drive and use Media Player to create and manage
> playlists. Then I thought maybe this would be perfect for Linux with Samba
>
> and Apache.
>
> So, here's the question...if you were setting-up a networked MP3
> player in your house, how would you do it? hardware's not the question --
> just software.
>
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> I can tell you how I persinally did it.. I set up a unix box (netbsd or
> linux - I have both) and have it run a web server. All my mp3's are
> playable from any machine and any archetecture that way. Most f not all
> mp3 players have the ability to play files from the internet so I just
> point them to my intranet mp3 box and off they go! No hassles with
> multiplatform file services that way. Http is a pretty standard way of
> delivering MP3's.
>
> -Linc.
>
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Linc! You actually have a good idea (for once ;-)...

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