Is POE::Component::Player::Mpg123 the module you are talking about? It's by the same author, and its also broken. (Erick! Can we get this fixed?)
If you are looking to control an mp3 player, you can also look at POE::Component::Player::Xmms. I wrote it so if you need help, just let me know. It may not be what you want if you are strickly wanting a curses based program.
David,
I don't suppose you'd be interested in a small project, would you?
I use a Squeezebox [1] which is "powered" by a server written in perl (slimserver)[2]. It's a large, monolithic application which performs several tasks: track database, web interface, processes player controls, drives the player display, streams audio (mp3, flac, etc.).
What the project lacks is a coherent overall framework, and POE seems to be ideal.
I'm confident that most of the slimserver code can be used; it just needs massaging to run from a POE framework. Now, I've got some perl skills but I don't know POE well enough to do this. For someone familiar with POE I'm pretty sure it's not much of a job.
I don't suppose you fancy having a look and having a go, do you? At the very least, can you give me a push in the right direction?
Thanks,
R.
[1] http://www.slimdevices.com [2] http://www.slimdevices.com/su_downloads.html -- http://robinbowes.com
