On 2/25/06, Matt Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Im not sure that what I am looking for exists, but given the diversity > of programs out there, I feel like I must just be missing it. > > I have set up an old laptop as a stere component -- a kind of giant > clunky ipod. Unfortunately, the hard drive is small enough that only > a small fraction of my collection fits on it. Lots of the time this > is fine, but sometimes I want to play some other stuff. > > Therefore what Id like best is a music player that (a) runs locally on > the old laptop, and allows me to access that local hard drive; > (b) can also access files on the local network -- perhaps files made > availablethrough some server on my desktop; > (c) allows playlists to be constructed on a third, remote > computer -- say my new laptop -- through the use of some client > program. > (d) best case scenario, this whole system somehow integrates with > rhythmbox or amarok. > > Ive looked into this a little bit and it somunds to me that what I am > looking for is some kind of combination of slimserver and mpd. Or > maybe mpd + nfs mounted file systems (how slow does THAT make > things?). > > Anyone have any hints on how to proceed? Appreciate it as usual! > > thanks, > > Matt
Personally, I use Amarok to play file on a mounted SMB filesystem, but it sounds like you maybe want some kind of streaming server like icecast ( http://www.icecast.org/ ). I don't know if you could change an icecast playlist from another computer though (well I guess you could at least ssh to the sever and change it).
