[Sussex] Laptop as an expensive remote control?

[Diego Moore]

Hi Matt

On 6/15/05, Matthew Macdonald-Wallace <matthew at truthisfreedom.org.uk> wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I've got a problem I hope someone can help me with.
> 
> In my lounge I currently have a headless server that contains my mp3/ogg
> collection.  It has a great sound card in it (SB Live Platinum) and a
> pretty decent speaker system wired up to it too (only 4.1, but it's good
> quality!).
> 
> I want to be able to select the tracks from my laptop over the wireless
> lan, but have them played on my server, kind of like a remote-control
> for a hi-fi system.
> 
> Does anyone have any idea if there is anything out there to do this
> already, or am I better off writing a PHP Script that has a load of
> system calls to exec the files locally?

How about http://freshmeat.net/projects/slimserver/ ? Stream and play
from the same box...
Diego Moore