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| 136522 | 2003-04-17 12:01:00 | I have been lent a laptop that i have full permission to reformat, and turn into a dukebox... so i was thinking put a fairly basic Linux on it, and using it as an extension of my own machine. There is just one problem.. as there is no network card, the only way i caould move the songs in is either the CDR, or USB.... Any recomendations for a good dukebox prog?? A sort of winamp for nix would be fine. Any advice on USB networking, or is it not worth buying the cable???? .Clueless |
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| 136523 | 2003-04-18 07:58:00 | <bump> Surely someone has some thoughts on this?????? .Clueless |
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| 136524 | 2003-04-18 08:01:00 | XMMS (X MultiMedia System) is a lot like Winamp, maybe you could try that? (unless you already have) | flyer590 (2523) | ||
| 136525 | 2003-04-18 08:20:00 | I use this myself, very easy to setup and is great over a network: http://gjukebox.sourceforge.net The highlight of this program is that you are able to control the box from any other networked pc using a web browser. Because the laptop you are using doesn't have a network card, it sort of takes away the kind of functionality that you would normally have when using it as a dedicated mp3 server. |
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| 136526 | 2003-04-18 08:39:00 | Does the USB network thing work under linux? I wonder if you could connect it using a null modem cable & a SLIP connection. Serial probably wouldn't be fast enough to stream over but at least you could control it. Parallel would be fast enough if you can get SLIP to run over it. |
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| 136527 | 2003-04-18 08:44:00 | Just had a look at the kernel docs. There is a parallel version called PLIP. | bmason (508) | ||
| 136528 | 2003-04-18 09:13:00 | I don't think i explained my self too well..... I want the laptop to be a stand alone Mp3 player, something i can take to the gigs i work at instead of a CD player, so as long as it will spit clean audio signal out the speaker socket in the general direction of my PA system i'll be happy. I only need to connect it to Sam to change the Mp3's stored within lappy by impoting from the "master collection" stored on Sam. For this reason speed of connection between Sam and lappy are not critical, although the faster the better. The big problem is how to get Sam & Lappy talking at all, I have little idea what i can and cant do with USB As an obvious side project, Sam will make a wouderful MP3 player for my office, and the software mentioned above will be tried soon! .Clueless |
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