Comments on: Jukebox Playlist

Question: Jukebox Playlist

TuxHeDoh — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 06:56:09 -0800

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?

By: rycee

rycee — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 07:07:55 -0800

Perhaps MPD can work for you?

By: Pastabagel

Pastabagel — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 07:12:22 -0800

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

By: TuxHeDoh

TuxHeDoh — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 07:13:40 -0800

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.

By: TuxHeDoh

TuxHeDoh — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 07:20:31 -0800

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.

By: chrismear

chrismear — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 07:24:17 -0800

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".

By: Pastabagel

Pastabagel — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 07:24:27 -0800

You can try the wombat plugin in for winamp or foobar 2k

By: bkeene12

bkeene12 — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 07:24:38 -0800

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?

By: ALongDecember

ALongDecember — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 07:25:45 -0800

I have never used it, but would the Winamp Web Interface help? It seems to get good reviews on Winamp.com.

By: box

box — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 07:57:16 -0800

I used to use Snowcrash (a Winamp plugin) for this. It worked well enough.

By: eschatfische

eschatfische — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 10:32:25 -0800

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."

By: klangklangston

klangklangston — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 12:31:06 -0800

OurTunes is java, and runs on OSX, so I would imagine it would also work on any other *nix.

By: sprocket87

sprocket87 — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 12:50:31 -0800

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

By: sprocket87

sprocket87 — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 12:57:25 -0800

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

TuneQueue
gjukebox

By: Slenny

Slenny — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 15:26:58 -0800

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.

By: datacenter refugee

datacenter refugee — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 21:09:59 -0800

Second sprocket87's suggestion of SlimServer - I use it almost daily.

By: Aanidaani

Aanidaani — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 22:34:51 -0800

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.