On Mon, 13 Jan 2003, Jiju Thomas Mathew wrote: > I am now (re) searching for a dialin type song juke box. The type
> Any one heard about some similiar projects?? I havent, but it shouldnt be too difficult to setup and if there are none such in sourceforge, rush to get it registered. Would be an interesting and useful one. > I checked the docs for vgetty, and the perl::vgetty module, but on an *getty programs are mainly for authenticating the user and starting a login session, like giving the user some kind of a shell or starting up some program. In addition to that you would also need some file transfer protocol implemented. For that you may choose to set up a tcp/ip network or depend on raw communication. Network would involev some overhead but greater flexibility. Network solution skeleton: set up ppp or slip, ( slip might be marginally faster), and a httpd daemon. Serve your playlist and the songs through httpd ( or ftp) server. Raw soln skel: user uses a dialer like minicom to login, which starts of a custom application on your serve side, which allows him to select the songs. (just have the custom application listed in /etc/passwd instead of the default shell). Use kermit or zmodem to transfer the song. Play locally. With adequate buffering, one neednt wait till the entire song has been downloaded. Last time i used kermit/zmodem on phone line in calcutta i got something like 2.5~3 kbps, so should be fast enough for your application > write one myself, with a front end in python/gtk preferably with a socket > listener, for catching vgetty messages. -- sreangsu <Ambitious Speak> By the above scheme at any point you will be able to serve only that many connections as your modem can handle. This is something more which can be done ;) say the user have 2 modems ( un realistic) or a modem and a cell phone (maybe more realistic). Most cell phones can be setup as reasonably good modems. So now one can have a p2p network. The user can now become the broadcaster of the songs he has downloaded, </ambitous speak> ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: FREE SSL Guide from Thawte are you planning your Web Server Security? Click here to get a FREE Thawte SSL guide and find the answers to all your SSL security issues. http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?thaw0026en _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
