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César Monroy
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Tue Sep 14, 2004 4:11 am Post subject:
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I'm interested in providing music selection capabilities to the machines in
my local area network. The idea is that the music folder is to be shared and
any user could select a piece of music from within. Now, the selection would
be added to the MPlayer's list which is working in the server, of course!
That way, user could program the music listened by all.
Is there a way to do this?
Thanks
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Neil Smith [MVP Digital M
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Tue Sep 14, 2004 2:39 pm Post subject:
Re: Media Player 9 as a jukebox server for a local network? |
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Are you sure you need a server for this ?
What happens if you set up a shared folder on the machine with the
music folder, in windows explorer.... and then enter the UNC name and
path of the media library machine, to open as a playlist ?
Cheers - Neil
On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 17:11:02 -0700, "César Monroy" <César
Monroy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
| Quote: | I'm interested in providing music selection capabilities to the machines in
my local area network. The idea is that the music folder is to be shared and
any user could select a piece of music from within. Now, the selection would
be added to the MPlayer's list which is working in the server, of course!
That way, user could program the music listened by all.
Is there a way to do this?
Thanks |
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César Monroy
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Wed Sep 15, 2004 2:43 am Post subject:
Re: Media Player 9 as a jukebox server for a local network? |
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Could be useful... But I don't know how to do it :(
Machine_A has the music files and is running MediaPlayer
Machine_B, Machine_C and so forth, have access to shared folder MUSICFILES
Now, how do I open the user selected file as a playlist?
Also, let's assume that other user does the same command and adds another
files. Do the playlist adds to the queu?
Thanks, Neil
"Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" wrote:
| Quote: | Are you sure you need a server for this ?
What happens if you set up a shared folder on the machine with the
music folder, in windows explorer.... and then enter the UNC name and
path of the media library machine, to open as a playlist ?
Cheers - Neil
On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 17:11:02 -0700, "César Monroy" <César
Monroy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
I'm interested in providing music selection capabilities to the machines in
my local area network. The idea is that the music folder is to be shared and
any user could select a piece of music from within. Now, the selection would
be added to the MPlayer's list which is working in the server, of course!
That way, user could program the music listened by all.
Is there a way to do this?
Thanks
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Neil Smith [MVP Digital M
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Wed Sep 15, 2004 1:50 pm Post subject:
Re: Media Player 9 as a jukebox server for a local network? |
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You could go to the file menu, select 'Open...' and browse to
Machine_A in Network Places
Or you could use 'Open URL' and try to connect to the UNC name of the
machine with the files on it : this should be \\Machine_A\MUSICFILES
Note that you'll need for Netbios to be running on the machines to do
it this way. Also using underscore in machine names can cause problems
with browsing shared folders. You're better renaming the machine to
MachineA
The best place to start is windows explorer, muck about until you can
see the shared folder in "my network places". Make sure you
right-click the folder first, and select 'Sharing (and security)' then
pick 'share this folder on the netowrk' or similar, depending on your
Operating System the exact terms used may vary.
About playlists : the playlist is on the computer of each user, not on
the network. So each user can add any files they want to their own
playlist.
HTH
Cheers - Neil
On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 15:43:03 -0700, "César Monroy" <César
Monroy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
| Quote: | Could be useful... But I don't know how to do it :(
Machine_A has the music files and is running MediaPlayer
Machine_B, Machine_C and so forth, have access to shared folder MUSICFILES
Now, how do I open the user selected file as a playlist?
Also, let's assume that other user does the same command and adds another
files. Do the playlist adds to the queu?
Thanks, Neil
"Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" wrote:
Are you sure you need a server for this ?
What happens if you set up a shared folder on the machine with the
music folder, in windows explorer.... and then enter the UNC name and
path of the media library machine, to open as a playlist ?
Cheers - Neil
On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 17:11:02 -0700, "César Monroy" <César
Monroy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
I'm interested in providing music selection capabilities to the machines in
my local area network. The idea is that the music folder is to be shared and
any user could select a piece of music from within. Now, the selection would
be added to the MPlayer's list which is working in the server, of course!
That way, user could program the music listened by all.
Is there a way to do this?
Thanks
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César Monroy
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Sat Sep 18, 2004 12:45 am Post subject:
Re: Media Player 9 as a jukebox server for a local network? |
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Thanks Neil, but I have to do it programatically... As there are only one set
of speakers and we want to hear all the same music, it wouldn't be useful to
fill the list for every machine.
"Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" wrote:
| Quote: | You could go to the file menu, select 'Open...' and browse to
Machine_A in Network Places
Or you could use 'Open URL' and try to connect to the UNC name of the
machine with the files on it : this should be \\Machine_A\MUSICFILES
Note that you'll need for Netbios to be running on the machines to do
it this way. Also using underscore in machine names can cause problems
with browsing shared folders. You're better renaming the machine to
MachineA
The best place to start is windows explorer, muck about until you can
see the shared folder in "my network places". Make sure you
right-click the folder first, and select 'Sharing (and security)' then
pick 'share this folder on the netowrk' or similar, depending on your
Operating System the exact terms used may vary.
About playlists : the playlist is on the computer of each user, not on
the network. So each user can add any files they want to their own
playlist.
HTH
Cheers - Neil
On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 15:43:03 -0700, "César Monroy" <César
Monroy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
Could be useful... But I don't know how to do it :(
Machine_A has the music files and is running MediaPlayer
Machine_B, Machine_C and so forth, have access to shared folder MUSICFILES
Now, how do I open the user selected file as a playlist?
Also, let's assume that other user does the same command and adds another
files. Do the playlist adds to the queu?
Thanks, Neil
"Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" wrote:
Are you sure you need a server for this ?
What happens if you set up a shared folder on the machine with the
music folder, in windows explorer.... and then enter the UNC name and
path of the media library machine, to open as a playlist ?
Cheers - Neil
On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 17:11:02 -0700, "César Monroy" <César
Monroy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
I'm interested in providing music selection capabilities to the machines in
my local area network. The idea is that the music folder is to be shared and
any user could select a piece of music from within. Now, the selection would
be added to the MPlayer's list which is working in the server, of course!
That way, user could program the music listened by all.
Is there a way to do this?
Thanks
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Neil Smith [MVP Digital M
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Sun Sep 19, 2004 6:44 pm Post subject:
Re: Media Player 9 as a jukebox server for a local network? |
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On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 13:45:03 -0700, "César Monroy"
<CsarMonroy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
| Quote: | Thanks Neil, but I have to do it programatically...
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You didn't say that before though, did you ? ;-)
| Quote: | As there are only one set
of speakers and we want to hear all the same music, it wouldn't be useful to
fill the list for every machine.
"Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" wrote:
You could go to the file menu, select 'Open...' and browse to
Machine_A in Network Places
Or you could use 'Open URL' and try to connect to the UNC name of the
machine with the files on it : this should be \\Machine_A\MUSICFILES
Note that you'll need for Netbios to be running on the machines to do
it this way. Also using underscore in machine names can cause problems
with browsing shared folders. You're better renaming the machine to
MachineA
The best place to start is windows explorer, muck about until you can
see the shared folder in "my network places". Make sure you
right-click the folder first, and select 'Sharing (and security)' then
pick 'share this folder on the netowrk' or similar, depending on your
Operating System the exact terms used may vary.
About playlists : the playlist is on the computer of each user, not on
the network. So each user can add any files they want to their own
playlist.
HTH
Cheers - Neil
On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 15:43:03 -0700, "César Monroy" <César
Monroy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
Could be useful... But I don't know how to do it :(
Machine_A has the music files and is running MediaPlayer
Machine_B, Machine_C and so forth, have access to shared folder MUSICFILES
Now, how do I open the user selected file as a playlist?
Also, let's assume that other user does the same command and adds another
files. Do the playlist adds to the queu?
Thanks, Neil
"Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" wrote:
Are you sure you need a server for this ?
What happens if you set up a shared folder on the machine with the
music folder, in windows explorer.... and then enter the UNC name and
path of the media library machine, to open as a playlist ?
Cheers - Neil
On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 17:11:02 -0700, "César Monroy" <César
Monroy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
I'm interested in providing music selection capabilities to the machines in
my local area network. The idea is that the music folder is to be shared and
any user could select a piece of music from within. Now, the selection would
be added to the MPlayer's list which is working in the server, of course!
That way, user could program the music listened by all.
Is there a way to do this?
Thanks
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