Posted by Toby A Inkster on 05/01/07 15:00

rf wrote:
> w33bster@googlemail.com wrote:
>
>> I want to build a php based webserver that can act as a playlist
>> editor and play mp3's through the sound system on the server
>
> You want to play sound on the server? There is nobody there in the rack
> room to listen to it.

It is more sensible than you think. I have written such a thing -- see the
link I posted earlier -- though mine uses a telnet interface, not a
browser based one.

The server isn't kept in a rack room -- it's kept in your living room,
with big speakers attached. You can queue songs up on the playlist from
any device with a TCP/IP connection and a telnet client. This can include
mobile phones, wireless laptops, etc.

w33bster goes one step further by then having his server broadcast its
sound on a very short-range FM signal, so that he can tune radios in other
rooms in his house into the same music. Sounds like a cool idea to me!

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