Hi! The system works as follows:
- Turn machine on. Boots up and runs the following scripts as part of its start-up: - Start SlimServer - Start SoftSqueeze client (using Java Service Wrapper -- let me know if you need help on this, since this works *really* well to run Java stuff on Linux) - Run a shell script to call the Web interface and select a Random Mix. Note that all this does is call the link for "Random Mix - Album" -- it currently has no way of doing anything intelligent. Genres are pre-selected. Any changes to how Random Mix is set up need to be done manually, on which see below. This is working fine. As the system is headless, I use a laptop and the Web interface on the same network to control the rest: setting new playlists, changing the Random Mix, etc. I installed Webmin (www.webmin.com) to shut the system down. This has a module "Custom Commands", so you can easily write a custom command on the lines of "shutdown -h now" and shutting down the music server is then as easy as pressing a button once logged-in to Webmin. Webmin runs on port 10000, which makes it kinda logical since SlimServer runs on 9000... And I'm happy to relate that since upgrading the kernel to use APIC, the system actually shuts off now, which solves the problem of knowing when to switch it off :=) The next tweaks that I would like to investigate include: - Loading a CD/DVD of tracks through the web interface: it's a pain to SSH in. Being able to simply load using the UI would be useful, as well as running a re-scan afterwards. I rip all my stuff on another PC and transfer thru DVD to the music server. This way I automatically have a backup, but, as said, actually copying the stuff over would be slightly neater with a Web-based UI. - Ability to re-tag through the Web interface. This would be very useful, although it would mean that you would have to then save the changed stuff externally: there's no point re-tagging a load of files on the music server itself, only to have it crash and wipe out all your work. Since I rip on another PC and save all that on to DVDs, I wouldn't want to lose this security. To be honest, I should be backing everything up to tape, and am looking for a decent external tape drive at a decent price (something like an old DDS4 drive would be fine). I'd then simply run that once a week from the music server to back up everything (I only have 20-30GB of data, so space is not a problem). - Some kind of indication what is playing. The TV out is maybe an option, but I would need a bigger, readable display, since complicated displays like Web browser windows are not very readable on the Epia V8000's TV out. - Some way of easily selecting specific stuff -- say when a Random Mix is chosen that I really don't want. This would mean playing with infra-red and controllers. The Epia V8000 has an IR port, but I haven't looked at what software talks to it, yet. Have a feeling it is non-standard. And it only has a port, not the actual IR hardware, IIRC. Anyway, I've rambled on too long. If you have any other questions, let me know! I'm very happy with this software and would be happy to share any tips I have discovered after setting it all up. Cheers, Ed -- nalfeshnee ------------------------------------------------------------------------ nalfeshnee's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5523 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=23933 _______________________________________________ unix mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/unix
