e-smith.org: Turning your e-smith server into an Internet jukebox

[ Thanks to Dan
for this link. ]

“This document explains how to create an Internet jukebox
based on the e-smith server and gateway, an open source Linux
distribution. MP3s stored on the e-smith jukebox can be streamed or
made available for download over a LAN or the entire Internet, with
or without password protection. Multiple jukeboxes can be
hosted by a single e-smith server, each configured for different
permissions.”

“This functionality is added to a stock e-smith server by
running three commands, each of which fetches one of Adrian Chung’s
contributed RPMs from the e-smith ftp site and installs it on the
server. A brief explanation of the three RPMs follows:

• MP3::Info is a Perl module that can fetch ID3 version 1 tags
  from MP3-formatted files. ID3 tags are used to store artist, title,
  genre, album, and track information in the MP3 itself.
• Apache::MP3 is a Perl module for the Apache web server, which
  uses MP3::Info and interoperates with Apache to generate a
  user-friendly interface to directories containing MP3s. It makes it
  easy to display, organize and stream MP3s.
• e-smith-ApacheMP3 is a package that ties these two Perl modules
  together into the e-smith architecture. It adds a new web panel and
  actions necessary to make the jukebox feature seamless.”

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