Posted by Toby A Inkster on 05/01/07 12:07

Toby A Inkster wrote:

> Assuming that the audio is stored in files on the server. (e.g. MP3s,
> OGGs, etc) you could use the PHP system() function to launch command-line
> programs to play the files. There are various non-interactive command-line
> audio players available, such as mpg123, ogg123, etc.

PS: See also http://tobyinkster.co.uk/article/jukebox/

It's a Linux/GTK2 media player written in Perl. Only supports OGG files,
but adding support for other formats wouldn't be too difficult.

More to the point though, it provides a TCP/IP interface, so your PHP
script could open a connection to localhost:5853 and send commands like:

list
(retrieves list of available songs, each with a number)
play 55
(plays number 55 from above list)
vdown
(lower volume 10%)

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