Posted by shimmyshack on 05/01/07 13:17

On May 1, 1:07 pm, Toby A Inkster <usenet200...@tobyinkster.co.uk>
wrote:
> 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 alsohttp://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%)
>
> --
> Toby A Inkster BSc (Hons) ARCShttp://tobyinkster.co.uk/
> Geek of ~ HTML/SQL/Perl/PHP/Python/Apache/Linux

mplayer is a cross platform and command line.
vlc has remote control support via a few methods, telnet etc... and is
virtually what you want already. A streaming player that can sit on
the server, and broadcast anywhere else, via UDP TCP etc... or just
play locally for your itrip to pick up.
a quick exec or system call, or telnet session and your there. whether
you have written a pure php web server, or are writing code that will
be running as a module in apache/iss etc..

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