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A network or standalone jukebox player, collection organizer and streaming system for mp3, wav, flac or ogg music files PrivateRadio has been developed since 1999 and is very stable.
There are a lot of network jukebox systems. PrivateRadio\'s strength is it\'s radio station metaphor. Once station rules are setup, a station can be tuned in via the web interface. Each station (up to 200) has its own rules for generating playlists.
Channel rules can be setup in unique ways, for example, a station could play only music from the Pacific Northwest, or Britain, or by year of release, etc. The rule based system is virtually limitless. There\'s even a \'double-shot\' option.
Another strength is its flexibility. Rigid enough \'out of the box\' to be a solid stable jukebox appliance. PrivateRadio is robust enough to manage large collections of music, and flexible enough to be a complete multiple site streaming system with some easy php/perl/whatever scripting and configuration details. Install and share your experience.
Here are some key features of "PrivateRadio":
Control
Sophisticated multi-pane web-based control/playlist interface (IE 6 or Mozilla flavors)
Dynamic updating of control panes (see screenshots)
Media can be output to soundcard or even soundcard on remote machines.
Media can be streamed to client PCs via Windows Media Player, Winamp, XMMS, others.
Very flexible system: can be run simply on one server or modules can be run independently on different machines on your network.
Collection database
Stores comments, pictures, year, classifications for artists and albums
Playlists
Automatic playlists on any combination of classifications and/or artist/album and random combinations, Auto DJ capabilities are very cool
Infinite number of manual playlists
Can be run in multi-user mode, allowing different users to create playlists, control jukebox, rate titles, comments, etc.
200 independent station queues can be controlled and maintained simultaneously
Infinite flexibility
Use a digital out on a soundcard and plug in into your hifi for a sophisticated on-demand jukebox
Can be configured as a dedicated internet appliance
Can run on a laptop/desktop as a windows service
Can mix and match any of the modules on win xp or linux
Easily customized
Runs on a series of simple scripts that can be tweaked and tested easily
Underlying database is fairly simple and easy to extend
Example: pr-play-winamp.php
Supported media files
wav, mp3, ogg, flac
mpeg, ogg and wma http streaming (mplayer required)
Requirements:
Apache web server
MySql server
PHP Version 4.3.x or 5
mplayer, Winamp, XMMS or other player, mplayer is recommended
Custom scriptable to other players easily (simple winamp script example included)
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