[ale] suggestions for setting up a home mp3 jukebox system with a Web Interface

[James Sumners]

You want to use MPD -- http://www.musicpd.org/

On 10/7/05, Van Loggins <vanloggins at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
>  It's been a while since I posted but I wanted to see if anyone has any
> suggestions on doing this.
>
>  Here is my machine specs
>
>  Compaq Ipaq Workstation (one of the ones which uses the notebook optical
> drives)
>
>  Pentium III 500 MHz
>  512 Megs Ram
>  120 GB hard drive Partitioned with 20 gigs allocated for the / partition, 2
> Gigs allocated for Swap, and the remaining amount partitioned as a Fat32
> partition mounted as /dos
>  Integrated Intel 810 video card
>  Integrated AC97 Sound Card
>
>  The system has built-in speakers so I don't have to hook up any speakers, I
> may use a patch cable and hook it to my home stereo later on.
>
>
>  I am very open on which Linux Distribution I run on this system, I
> basically want to set the system up as a headless Unit and I want to be able
> to control it though a web interface so I can go to any other computer on my
> home network and logt into it from a web browser and adjust the playlist,
> start the playback or stop the playback,etc.
>
>  I am currently looking at using amarok with a mysql backend and the
> amarok-web package which is available from sourceforge
>
>  Are there any prepackaged distros available which will make this easier to
> set up?
>
>
>  Thanks in advance,
>
>  Van Loggins
>
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