Playing music on the server, controlling what with client

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  • #16953
    Anonymous
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    The Server is a regular x86 PC with a Creative Audigy and a common speaker sound system.
    It`s connected with 3.5 mm audio cable.

    #16954
    stretch
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    A quick Google search of the web http://itunes-remote-control.qarchive.org/

    #16955
    Anonymous
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    @stretch wrote:

    A quick Google search of the web http://itunes-remote-control.qarchive.org/

    No, iTunes isn’t and should not running on the (Fedora 8) server. iTunes is running on the client.

    I just want, that the music files are played on the server where they are physically located, but I don’t want to be physically in front of the server to change, skip, mute, fast-forward or rewind the songs, thats why I tried to use Firefly.

    Roughly speaking, my Apple Macbook should be an overpriced remote control.

    But as far as understand Firefly is just for playing songs on a clients hardware -> streaming, not for remote control of a servers music.

    Any suggestions?

    #16956
    stretch
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    So, you need a music player that runs on Fedora & can be remotely controlled…. (you didn’t mention it was running Fedora so I assumed Windoze which could have iTunes installed on it)

    Try Googling it 8)
    It took all of 30 seconds to find the iTunes remote & a version that controls WMP & WinAmp

    Firefly is just a server, there are music players that can be added to it but their web based
    Your other option would be to buy a SoundBridge & shove the server somewhere out of the way 😉

    #16957
    fizze
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    If you’re talking Linux here, then there are a ton of options how to shove an audio stream across a network.
    You can use http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPD_%28Music_Player%29 for instance.

    What you are maybe interested is having something like an AirPort, which can be remote controlled thru iTunes.

    #16958
    Anonymous
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    thanks fizze! That’s exactly what I wanted (and expected from firefly).

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