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Music Server is a client-server MP3 jukebox platform implemented 100% in Python. The focus is in usability, reliability and extensibility.

Quick summary: MP3, playlist support, WEB CGI interface, command-line interface, infrared remote control support, playback history, player queue.

What's new since 1.1.2:
* Finally easy distutils setup: "python setup.py install".
* Project tree reorganized.
* Preliminary support for using Twisted Matrix as the server platform.... read more

Music Server is a client-server MP3 jukebox platform implemented 100% in Python. The focus is in usability, reliability and extensibility.

Quick summary: MP3, playlist support, WEB CGI interface, command-line interface, infrared remote control support, playback history, player queue.

What's new since 1.1.1:
* Infrared remote control client (using LIRC)
* Playback device specific playing queues (and preliminary support in the CGI user interface, too)
* COPY and REMOVE commands for modifying the server tree from clients (e.g. playback queue control)
* Client configuration using environment variables instead of modifying the client example scripts

The first package has been created and made available in the download section. Check the README file in the package for more information about the project.

This project was started when I got frustrated in the existing MP3 player applications. There wasn't a suitable one in the market so I had to create one.

Here are the high-level requirements for the system:
* Client-server architecture - may serve multiple different clients at the same time (remote control client, web/cgi client, window based gui client, command line client) and playing keeps going even when you're not logged in.
* Only basic operations needed - Play/stop/pause, next/previous track, browsing the playlists, etc.
* Directory structure based - I'm too lazy to create playlists, but I like to keep my MP3s organized in directories. Also, ID3 tags are not to be a trusted source for artist/album information.
* Ease of use and reliability

All the sources are now available in the CVS. Just grab the latest version and check readme.html.