Re: Music on Hold via FreeBSD Server

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Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 15:24:19 -0600
To: WMC <wc_fbsd@xxiii.com>

On Thu, Dec 30, 2004 at 03:41:38PM -0500, WMC wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I have an existing FreeBSD 5.x server I'm trying to use to feed music or
> announcements on-hold into our phone system (yeah - I know the legalities
> of using copyrighted stuff.)
>
> I installed a sound card, wired it up, and hacked together a simple little
> script to run the mpg123 package to continuously playback a few mp3 files.
>
> Couple questions:
> * What command-line program would you suggest for playing uncompressed
> audio files in this scenario? There are hundreds of entries in Ports, and
> I'd rather not spend a month trying them all.
>
> * Has anyone else done something similar to this, and would you care to
> share a script to keep it running continuously?
>
> -Thanks,
> Wayne
>
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 I run a headless jukebox using musicpd and ncmpc, runs on older equipment, just ssh
into it for control and updates, nice random repete mode with fade into next song.
really makes a nice setup.

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