OT: In-house MP3 Server - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

8 Feb 2002

In a message dated 2/8/02 10:41:05 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
RCini(a)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.

 Rich

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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