On Tue, Mar 18, 2003 at 09:52:25PM +0800, Dean Michael Berris wrote: > > i also plan to setup an mp3 server so that customers can listen to music over > > the network. i discovered that mp3 files on remote computers cannot be > > played in xmms even if i can browse them with file manager. can you please > > tell me how to implement this properly? > > try icecast. but this is really more like an internet radio solution, > rather than an mp3 server. but then i haven't been able to tweak with it > yet, but i think this is what icecast does -- according to their > website. google should be friendly to you... ;)
icecast can serve individual MP3s (using the icedir directory server) as well as the broadcast streams (yes, icecast can have more than one stream). You can have playlists for static file streaming and there are a variety of other features. -- ___ _____________________________ eric pareja (xenos AT maharlika.upm.edu.ph) \e/ [ Philippine Linux Users' Group ] Linux User #8159 http://counter.li.org _v_ [ Python Power! ] [ Debian Rocks! ] [ Unwitty Saying Here! ] [] Software & \\\\/ Free the books! http://www.bookcrossing.com/referral/pusakat ] Freedom .\\/ http://www.livejournal.com/users/pusakat | www.upm.edu.ph/~xenos/weblog _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fully Searchable Archives With Friendly Web Interface at http://marc.free.net.ph To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
