Jukebox Playlist

March 2, 2007 6:56 AM

My co-workers and I have a large amount of mp3's that we listen to, mainly playing off of one of our pc's. Is there a software package that will allow someone else, from their pc, to queue up a song in the playlist?
posted by TuxHeDoh to Computers & Internet (16 answers total)

Perhaps MPD can work for you?
posted by rycee at 7:07 AM on March 2, 2007

I would be programs like Mediamonkey, foobar2k, and itunes all have ways to share a library over a network, provided that the windows file sharing is set up appropriately.

Share iTunes

Share a Mediamonkey library
posted by Pastabagel at 7:12 AM on March 2, 2007

Response by poster: Thanks for the info, but it appears that it's linux based, and our only options are Windows here. I should've specified. I was just imagining a web-based interface plugin for winamp or WMP.
posted by TuxHeDoh at 7:13 AM on March 2, 2007

Response by poster: I've not used the mediamonkey or itunes sharing features, but I've always assumed that that's going to allow me to access mp3's on someone elses computer. Basically what I want is from Computer A add songs to the playlist, that is playing on Computer B- the songs also living on Computer B.
posted by TuxHeDoh at 7:20 AM on March 2, 2007

I've done this via a web interface before. Can't remember exactly what plugin I used but it was something along the lines of AjaxAMP. There's a few of them out there if you search for "winamp web interface".
posted by chrismear at 7:24 AM on March 2, 2007

You can try the wombat plugin in for winamp or foobar 2k
posted by Pastabagel at 7:24 AM on March 2, 2007

I wanna make sure I understand your question...do you want to remotely control the main computer so that it will play a specific song for everyone to hear -or- do you want to be able to see the songs that are on the main computer on your computer so you can play them just for yourself?
posted by bkeene12 at 7:24 AM on March 2, 2007

I have never used it, but would the Winamp Web Interface help? It seems to get good reviews on Winamp.com.
posted by ALongDecember at 7:25 AM on March 2, 2007

I used to use Snowcrash (a Winamp plugin) for this. It worked well enough.
posted by box at 7:57 AM on March 2, 2007

If you're a linuxy type (or good with getting Apache, Perl and MySQL going on Windows or Mac OS), the Calliope Music Server is exactly what you're looking for.

Calliope runs on Computer B, and in its default mode, Calliope will just sit and queue up random songs to play through Computer B's sound card. Computers A-Z can then connect to Calliope's web interface to search for music located on Computer B, add music to Computer B's play queue, and move various songs up and down the queue (depending on access permissions -- you can either have it "open" or set up accounts for access). It's good for an environment where you want a machine in the corner with big speakers spitting out music, and a bunch of folks with machines can all "put things on."
posted by eschatfische at 10:32 AM on March 2, 2007

OurTunes is java, and runs on OSX, so I would imagine it would also work on any other *nix.
posted by klangklangston at 12:31 PM on March 2, 2007

I would second the Calliope recommendation, except that it is a bit of a bear to set up (there are several components, like MySQL or PostgreSQL databases, Apache, and a whole bunch of Perl stuff), and the chances of you successfully getting it up and running on Windows are slim-to-none.

Here are a a few other options:

Andromeda
Orb
Using Windows Media Encoder (written geared toward streaming toward pocketpc but you can do it to another PC just as easily)
SlimServer
Shoutcast/Icecast + WinAmp/others
posted by sprocket87 at 12:50 PM on March 2, 2007

Also, I'm pretty sure these are both *nix based, but if anyone else might be interested:

TuneQueue
gjukebox
posted by sprocket87 at 12:57 PM on March 2, 2007

Why a web based solution? Why not just map a shared drive over your network and use a traditional client/server app like winamp or windows media player.
posted by Slenny at 3:26 PM on March 2, 2007

Second sprocket87's suggestion of SlimServer - I use it almost daily.
posted by datacenter refugee at 9:09 PM on March 2, 2007

I used to use Dot.Tunes, but unfortunately it's not free and so I stopped using it. I'm not using Slim Server, which, while a bit more inconvenient, is great and open-source.
posted by Aanidaani at 10:34 PM on March 2, 2007