Comments on: Music on the Command-Line http://www.linux-mag.com/id/3855/ Open Source, Open Standards Sun, 21 Mar 2010 16:24:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 by: Mark Hazen http://www.linux-mag.com/id/3855/#comment-2603 Wed, 13 May 2009 17:14:15 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/3855/#comment-2603 Why? Because running an X app across the network is godforsakenly less efficient than sending back a stream of audio. Because you can't connect from multiple locations to one playing stream. Because running mplayer across a network requires the user to have a shell acount on the machine. Because it would require X on the user's machine, which most Windows users won't have. And yes, this project has Windows clients availabl. It's called "this software is more complex and uses better software engineering practices than you apparently understand". If you haven't heard about it before, and you code, you should be ashamed of yourself for showing your ass in public like this. Why? Because running an X app across the network is godforsakenly less efficient than sending back a stream of audio. Because you can’t connect from multiple locations to one playing stream. Because running mplayer across a network requires the user to have a shell acount on the machine. Because it would require X on the user’s machine, which most Windows users won’t have. And yes, this project has Windows clients availabl.

It’s called “this software is more complex and uses better software engineering practices than you apparently understand”. If you haven’t heard about it before, and you code, you should be ashamed of yourself for showing your ass in public like this.

]]> by: privacy registrations suck http://www.linux-mag.com/id/3855/#comment-2572 Fri, 08 May 2009 02:35:27 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/3855/#comment-2572 Even better, use moc instead of mpd. Works more like a typical music player, just on the command-line. No need to set up music repositories and use relative paths from there. Even better, use moc instead of mpd. Works more like a typical music player, just on the command-line. No need to set up music repositories and use relative paths from there.

]]> by: digital_slack http://www.linux-mag.com/id/3855/#comment-2538 Mon, 04 May 2009 20:13:51 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/3855/#comment-2538 even better -- use ncmpcpp -- a fork of ncmpc with more features and such even better — use ncmpcpp — a fork of ncmpc with more features and such

]]> by: Andrej Ricnik http://www.linux-mag.com/id/3855/#comment-2214 Mon, 16 Mar 2009 19:34:29 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/3855/#comment-2214 A letter of condolence? A letter of condolence?

]]> by: bamjive06 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/3855/#comment-815 Thu, 07 Feb 2008 22:19:19 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/3855/#comment-815 Anything for Solaris guys? Anything for Solaris guys?

]]> by: register hater http://www.linux-mag.com/id/3855/#comment-259 Tue, 31 Jul 2007 21:06:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/3855/#comment-259 Why not just SSH into another machine and run mplayer? I hate how software written by amateurs doesn't abide by good engineering principles -- namely KISS. If you don't know/haven't heard of KISS, and you code, please stop right now and give up. Why not just SSH into another machine and run mplayer?

I hate how software written by amateurs doesn’t abide by good engineering principles — namely KISS.

If you don’t know/haven’t heard of KISS, and you code, please stop right now and give up.

]]> by: drake dalfa http://www.linux-mag.com/id/3855/#comment-229 Thu, 26 Jul 2007 19:21:15 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/3855/#comment-229 MPD is also in Mandriva's repositories. MPD is also in Mandriva’s repositories.

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