"David Feldman"  wrote
> > Slimserver allows the control of any player through the command line.
> > Check
> > out the "technical information" section of slimserver for the
> > documentation
> > of how to do this.
>
> Cool, thanks. A follow-up question:
>
> Since I won't actually be looking at the screen and can control the
> player from the command line, it makes sense to forget the softsqueeze
> and use something that doesn't require X. (Then I can eliminate X from
> the SUSE install altogether, not boot into it, or, I suppose, install a
> stripped-down Linux like Gentoo.) Is there a simple player with either
> no UI or a command-line UI that will still support playing of AAC files
> from a Linux-installed slimserver?
>
> Something that actually has its own command-line UI seems like it might
> make the most sense, since then I won't need to make a second
> connection out to the server to control it. But obviously that's not
> essential.
>
> Thanks again,
> --Dave

I'm not familiar with all the available linux apps out there, but anything
that is capable of playing an mp3 stream should work.  Just point it at
http://slimserverhostcomputer:9000/stream.mp3



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