winamp as NT service

BiggBuj · 15th December 2003, 20:31

i know winamp is comin out soon, and i thought of this a bit too late...but is it possible to get winamp to start as n NT service, so u can listen to music before actually loggin on??
so wen im done w/ da comp...i log off...still listenin to winamp...then mayb my bro can come in n log on....still listenin to music

mayb somehow in a plugin??

NyNe · 16th December 2003, 02:43

well it wont happen as a plugin
winamp runs the plugins, a plugin is a DLL run by the winamp.exe
all EXE's are closed when you log off - and none are run before you log in

so unless there was a seprate program that installed winamp as a service and added support for it to be functional it wouldnt work that way - basically, dont look foreward to seeing this...

naikrovek · 16th December 2003, 05:22

The NT4 server and workstation resource kits had utilities that allowed you to install regular .exes as services.

i think it would be unwise to attempt to run a windowed application as a service because of the screen real estate that it would demand but probably not get, and I think that maybe its not even possible to install a windowed application as a service. the property pages can be windowed, but i don't think that a windowed app would be a good idea as a service, whether its possible or not.

you should find a command line mp3 player for windows and install that as a service. If you know how to compile stuff you could get cygwin and compile mpg123 for windows. might come with cygwin actually (cygwin.com - its a free unix environment that runs on windows - lots of powerful unixy stuff in it but installs them all as .exes on your windows box)

so find a good command line mp3 player. then find a good sysadmin or someone with experience installing executeables as services.

WhiteRayven · 16th December 2003, 05:27

Ahhh, but you can run winamp from the command line

15th December 2003, 20:31	#1
BiggBuj Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 4	winamp as NT service i know winamp is comin out soon, and i thought of this a bit too late...but is it possible to get winamp to start as n NT service, so u can listen to music before actually loggin on?? so wen im done w/ da comp...i log off...still listenin to winamp...then mayb my bro can come in n log on....still listenin to music mayb somehow in a plugin??

16th December 2003, 05:27	#4
WhiteRayven Major Dude Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 682	Ahhh, but you can run winamp from the command line Why make something idiot proof?? Someone will only make a better idiot!

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16th December 2003, 02:43	#2
NyNe Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Reno, NV Posts: 53	well it wont happen as a plugin winamp runs the plugins, a plugin is a DLL run by the winamp.exe all EXE's are closed when you log off - and none are run before you log in so unless there was a seprate program that installed winamp as a service and added support for it to be functional it wouldnt work that way - basically, dont look foreward to seeing this...

16th December 2003, 05:22	#3
naikrovek Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: peoria, illinois Posts: 32	The NT4 server and workstation resource kits had utilities that allowed you to install regular .exes as services. i think it would be unwise to attempt to run a windowed application as a service because of the screen real estate that it would demand but probably not get, and I think that maybe its not even possible to install a windowed application as a service. the property pages can be windowed, but i don't think that a windowed app would be a good idea as a service, whether its possible or not. you should find a command line mp3 player for windows and install that as a service. If you know how to compile stuff you could get cygwin and compile mpg123 for windows. might come with cygwin actually (cygwin.com - its a free unix environment that runs on windows - lots of powerful unixy stuff in it but installs them all as .exes on your windows box) so find a good command line mp3 player. then find a good sysadmin or someone with experience installing executeables as services.