[mythtv-users] mythmusic alternatives

[David Greaves]

Robert Longbottom wrote:
> I've been using mythmusic for a while and it's okay, but I'd also like to
> find something better.  In my opinion, what I want is a music playing
> application that follows a server-client model.  Let me explain;
 >
> You have a "music server" app running on your mythbox.  This app has no
> user interface, but it knows about your music collection, holds your
> playlists, and can play music on your speakers.  This app runs 24/7 in the
> background.
Calliope - but this is 'wrong' a backend has no multimedia output (ie no speakers)

> 
> You then have multiple "frontends" - these front ends talk to the "music
> server" backend.  They can get lists of songs, start a song playing, stop
> a song playing, get status info (what is playing, etc), they can manage
> playlists.  The idea here is that you have a "MythMusicFrontend" that is
> nicely integrated with Myth, and a WebFrontend that allows you to
> start/stop/manage playlists from a remote laptop / pda / whatever via your
> network.
Slimserver + Sqeezeboxes
You can use 'softsqueeze' as a client.

Far more mythish.

A Mythsqueeze client would be good and would 'fit'.

David