Re: [Nolug] Streaming music server

Ubuntu has a media oriented distro now...can't think of the name. I'm
sure it's on distrowatch.

On Wed, 2007-08-29 at 11:09 -0500, Mischa D. Krilov wrote:
> This week, I brought up an old Dell P3 to run Ubuntu 7.10 server and
> Slimserver. It's working all right, but I've got some real growing
> pains to sort through with Slimserver, some of which come from the
> (relatively messy) dataset of my music library.
>
> In the best of all possible worlds, I'd find some specialty distro
> aimed at turning an older PC into a dedicated music jukebox. I've
> found a few Media-Center-a-like options, notably Geexbox (which has a
> focus on being a set-top play-it-all video device), and a few other
> "boot me and I'll party shuffle a directory of music at you" options.
> I don't mind wiping my box (not the library!) and putting something
> else on it if it works.
>
> I really want a jukebox that has batter library and management
> options, since I've got a lot of that sort of cleanup work to do- I
> don't really care what database it uses, either. I need something that
> has good playlist options and will stream over the network (LAN first,
> WAN later) and ideally something that would play in flash in a
> browser, for maximum lean-back options... but that's a real
> pie-in-the-sky hope. I assume that any decent jukebox would
> auto-rip,sort and CD fed into it.
>
> Yes, I've considered just a Mac Mini sitting on the shelf, but it
> kills me that Linux should be able to do this without breaking a
> sweat. So far, I haven't found a good match. What is everyone else
> using for remote music?
>
> MDK

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