Here's a little something I'd like to contribute:
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MP3::Daemon bdpO a daemon that possesses mpg123 BEPPU
If no one makes any objections, I'll be uploading this
in a few days.
It uses Audio::Play::MPG123 to control mpg123 and forks itself into the
background. Clients can then talk to this daemon and have it make
mpg123 do its bidding.
It comes with a client called mp3 which is the only mp3 player
I know of that is compliant with the UNIX Philosophy. This client
does not have a captive user interface -- you can do everything
from your shell, and you don't need X11.
As for discussion of this module...
Marc Lehmann (the author of Audio::Play::MPG123) said:
"It's the greatest thing since sliced bread! ;) Unsurprisingly,
it worked out of the box and I could even use it immediately ;)"
hehe..
NAME
mp3 - an mpg123 front-end for UNIX::Philosophers
SYNOPSIS
General Syntax
mp3 [COMMAND] [PARAMETER]...
Building the play list
mp3 add Blue_Six-Conga_Lounge_Mix.mp3
mp3 add /c/mp3/*.mp3
mp3 add http://www.testpress.com/mp3/07202000_papp.mp3
mp3 del 0 2 4 -1
Playing from the list
mp3 play 5
mp3 next
mp3 prev
Other controls
mp3 rw 2.00
mp3 ff 32.32
mp3 jump 820
mp3 pause
mp3 stop
Getting information
mp3 time
mp3 info
mp3 ls
Unloading the daemon
mp3 quit
DESCRIPTION
I have combined my favourite features from dcd, cdcd, and mpg123
to create Yet Another Front-End For Mpg123. (YAFEFM)
From dcd, I derived the ability to fork itself into the
background.
From cdcd, I derived its intuitive interface.
With mpg123, I do the CPU-intensive work of actually playing the
mp3s.
The end result is an MP3 player that is compliant with the
UNIX::Philosophy. Note that mp3 does not have a Captive User
Interface. Requests are made by mp3 to an MP3::Daemon and mp3
returns immediately after getting a reply. The commands that
generate output do so on STDOUT. This makes mp3 easy to combine
with other Unix utilities via pipes and filters.
COMMANDS
Most of these commands are self-explanatory. One thing that may
confuse some people is that the playlist has a zero-based index.
Otherwise, if you're familiar with the cdcd interface, this
should feel vaguely familiar.
add This adds mp3s to the playlist. Multiple files may be
specified.
del This deletes items from the playlist by index. More than one
index may be specified. If no index is specified, the
last mp3 in the playlist is removed. Indices may also be
negative in which case they count from the end of the
playlist.
play This plays the current mp3 if no other parameters are given.
This command also takes an optional parameter where the
index of an mp3 in the playlist may be given.
next This loads the next mp3 in the playlist.
prev This loads the previous mp3 in the playlist.
pause This pauses the currently playing mp3. If the mp3 was
already paused, this will unpause it. Note that using
the play command on a paused mp3 makes it start over
from the beginning.
rw This rewinds an mp3 by the specified amount of seconds.
ff This fastforwards an mp3 by the specified amount of seconds.
jump This will go directly to a part of an mp3 specified by
seconds from the beginning of the track. If the number
of seconds is prefixed with either a "-" or a "+", a
relative jump will be made. This is another way to
rewind or fastforward.
stop This stops the player.
time This sends back the index of the current track, the amount
of time that has elapsed, the amount of time that is
left, and the total amount of time. All times are
reported in seconds.
info This sends back information about the current track.
ls This sends back a list of all mp3s currently in the
playlist. The current track is denoted by a line
matching the regexp /^>/.
quit This unloads the MP3::Daemon that was automagically spawned
when you first invoked mp3.
FILES
$HOME/.mp3/mp3_socket
This is the socket used to communicate with the daemon. In
the event that the daemon is not cleanly shut down, this
file may need to be deleted before another MP3::Daemon can
be started up.
COPYLEFT
Copyleft (c) 2001 John BEPPU. All rights reversed. This program
is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the same terms as Perl itself.
AUTHOR
John BEPPU <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
SEE ALSO
My inspirations
dcd(1), cdcd(1), mpg123(1)
Other perl modules
Audio::Play::MPG123(3pm), MP3::Daemon(3pm)
The UNIX Philosophy
If you want to know what UNIX is all about, check this book
out. It's only 151 pages, and it's really easy and fun to
read. Some parts are a little biased and/or dated, but there
is still a lot of wisdom in it. I highly recommend it.
{
title => 'The UNIX Philosophy',
author => 'Mike Gancarz',
isbn => '1-55558-123-4',
}
the newest version
http://opensource.lineo.com/cgi-bin/cvsweb/pm/MP3/Daemon/
