[TriLUG] command line mp3 jukebox software?

[jeffj1 at hiwaay.net]

Quoting Thunder Bear <thunderbear at yonderway.com>:

> I've got a number of identical systems that are running Pentium 100
> processors, SB AWE32 sound cards, etc. and they are doing a fine job
> of
> running "nice -n -10 mpg123 foo.mp3" without burping.
> 
> What I'd like to do next is find a nice command line mp3 jukebox
> client.  Freshmeat unfortunately has a lot of tripe in this department
> and all of my efforts at finding something half decent have been
> thwarted.
> 
> I have a central server with a big hard disk to share the MP3's.  All
> of
> the jukebox clients will be connected by fast ethernet.
> 
> It seems most of the development work in this field has gone towards X
> or http interface.  Not an option here.  Must be command line.
> 
> Long-term, I foresee this going to an IR remote control with either a
> TV
> display (pie in the sky), or LCD (more likely).  Since the hardware
> budget right now is about nil, the command line client will get me a
> long way for now.
> 
> Anyone else here doing something like this already?  Suggestions for
> software to use?

Take a look at CAJUN; you can find the project on Sourceforge. It is for text
consoles or serial displays and there is support for IR stuff. I'm using an
older version of it on an embedded PC in my car with mpg123 to play the music. I
don't use an IR remote, though. I modified it to use a keyboard on the console
because I've been too lazy to hook up a nice keypad.

Jeff Jackowski
http://ro.com/~jeffj/