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| 231332 | 2004-04-23 02:31:00 | i've been trying to make my old computer into a jukebox using linux distros i tried movix box but that required a bit too much resource from my comp also i dont' need to play video anywayz.. MusiX (musix.sf.net) seem like what i wanted but it's underdeveloped is there other alternatives? oh yea.. pc spec 32ram 2gb hd cpu 150mhz |
heni72847 (1166) | ||
| 231333 | 2004-04-23 02:41:00 | do you want a gui or not? | ilikelinux (1418) | ||
| 231334 | 2004-04-23 02:48:00 | Try Slackware or Vector Linux Compile mpg123 from source yourself :-) It'll do all you need, and you can ssh into it :D Chill. |
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| 231335 | 2004-04-23 04:10:00 | on a 150mhz machine you'd be lucky to do anything but play anything but mp3's, (i guess this is what your wanting to do anyways) What i've done is set up an old 133mhz machine as my mp3box. I've got windows 98 installed but don't use it. I run DOS which i can load mpxplay, which i find is a very good dos based mp3 player, tons of settings including remote and LCD support. Plus it has a great GUI if you wanting to run a monitor off it (which is what i'm doing) try www.mpxplay.cjb.net for that site If you're wanting a front end for it as well you can get MPXF, which can display a menu on an lcd and be controlled by remote - very handy. Theres a link from the mpxplay site for it. I prefered doing a DOS based player because i knew DOS pretty well and i could configure it to my specs - rather than learning a whole new OS which quite frankly i couldn't be bothered doing! Good luck, it's a good project to work on, especially getting to work how you want it! - David |
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| 231336 | 2004-04-23 05:40:00 | no gui i'll prob run it without a monitor... yes.. using dos was my other alternative i did try it once before... did get something working i was just thinking that someone might hav a distro that was made for this purpose so i don't hav to go through it manually sigh.. looks like back to m$ software again.. |
heni72847 (1166) | ||
| 231337 | 2004-04-23 06:08:00 | Sadly the Linux kernel is becoming "bloat ware" and even if you tried to trim it down you still cannot beat plain old DOS. I dedicated an old 386 for playing MP3s with at one time, it even ran from battery using good old DOS. I think the reason why you cannot find any good Linux ones is beacuse the Linux community does not wont to look backwards... |
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| 231338 | 2004-04-23 06:13:00 | I would debate that. Vector Linux is designed to run on older hardware. Install it like any distro (like you would DOS) and mpg123 should be included. I should have clarified and said: Compile mpg123 from source [b]for better performance[/i] Chill. |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 231339 | 2004-04-23 06:30:00 | > I would debate that. > > Vector Linux is designed to run on older hardware. > > Install it like any distro (like you would DOS) and > mpg123 should be included. > > I should have clarified and said: > Compile mpg123 from source [b]for better > performance[/i] > > > Chill. Without starting a flame, the min specs for vector are a P166 with 32M of RAM where as DOS will work on an XT with 128K of RAM... To be fair a 486 will make a better MP3 player and vector will not run on that. Hence the comment about "bloated" kernel. |
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| 231340 | 2004-04-23 10:10:00 | www.undercoverdesign.com | rmcb (164) | ||
| 231341 | 2004-04-23 12:52:00 | > Sadly the Linux kernel is becoming "bloat ware" and > even if you tried to trim it down you still cannot > beat plain old DOS. You can't even compare the two. One is a kernel while one is an operating system. It's like trying to compare an internal combustion engine to a Lada. As for the "bloat ware" argument, my current 2.4.23 kernel image is 1.46mb. Is there something wrong with that? |
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