On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 08:42:01PM +0530, Rony wrote: > I downloaded 'mpg123' from apt and created an executable script to run > 'mpg123 song.mp3' and the script worked fine. Then I added it to the > user cron job but it did not play without login. However the same script > plays the song with the root's cron job without login. So if you don't > have any allergy :-) towards running the script as root, the system works.
MPG123!!! That solved my issue. The problem was that I was using wrong program (cvlc, ffplay, etc) for the task at hand. AND with mpg123, I don't need to run it with sudo or in root's cron. Simply adding 'mpg123 <song.mp3>' to my user's cron works even when I am not logged in. The only drawback that I see with this is that mpg123 does not play my .ogg files. Thanks all of you! -- Regards, Nitesh Mistry www.mistrynitesh.com PGP key id: CC580416
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