From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 30 20:42:33 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E24DB16A4CE for ; Thu, 30 Dec 2004 20:42:33 +0000 (GMT) Received: from cartman.xxiii.com (cartman.xxiii.com [208.62.177.45]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4DE8243D48 for ; Thu, 30 Dec 2004 20:42:33 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wc_fbsd@xxiii.com) Received: from PC02.xxiii.com (lan23.xxiii.com [208.62.177.50]) by cartman.xxiii.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id iBUKgVf0026146 for ; Thu, 30 Dec 2004 15:42:31 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from wc_fbsd@xxiii.com) Message-Id: <6.0.1.1.2.20041230153428.03096e70@mailsvr.xxiii.com> X-Sender: (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.0.1.1 Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 15:41:38 -0500 To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org From: WMC Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Subject: Music on Hold via FreeBSD Server X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 20:42:34 -0000 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