Multiple Winamp Instances

Alger Hiss · 20th February 2004, 19:03

Is there a way to control 3 different winamp players, all of which reside on the same machine, remotely? I have been able to setup the 3 players and have them play 1 unique stream to each of the 3 sound cards, but now would like to control them remotely.

I work in a museum and we would like to use winamp for our ambient audio needs. Right now we have 3 servers with 3 sound cards for a total of 9 stereo feeds/exhibits. I'm just looking for a way to centrally manage these.

Thanks, -Alger

Alger Hiss · 7th March 2004, 22:41

I'm bummed that I didn't get even one reply from either of my posts, but what do you do? Not even any nasty flames.

Anywhoo, I figured out a way to do this if anyone ever comes up against the same type of situation.
Thanks, Alger

theknub · 8th March 2004, 05:51

just out of curiosity... what did you do. i have read several people asking but never heard a good/great reply

Alger Hiss · 9th March 2004, 04:39

Well...
3 servers, w/Win2KSRV, and 3 M-Audio 24/96 audio cards in each box for a total of nine max streams. Installed Winamp into 3 separate directories on each box and separate instances of the lovely BrowseAmp plugin, with each players plugin using a unique port number. Assigned each player to use one of the audio cards SPDIF output. This was mostly easy to do. The tricky part came in hardening the box for a museum environment. It needed to be able to re-boot and auto start. Just placing playlists in the startup directory didn't work as only 1 player would open. I created a batch file that opened the first player, paused, then opened up the next and so on and put that into the startup folder.
The control aspect came from a central web server and a page with frames, (shh.. I know. You hate frames. So do I) with each frame connecting to each BrowseAmp.

So you have 4 computers. One for controlling the other 3. It has 1 page with 9 players. You can edit the css files from the BrowseAmp folder, as I did to easily identify what player within the frames is what.

I'm sure I might have missed a detail, but it's late. And I'm sure there is a better way to skin this cat, but it seems to be robust and more importantly: The price was right. Thanks Nullsoft and Browseamp...

Alger

theknub · 9th March 2004, 05:16

nice.. good solution

20th February 2004, 19:03	#1
Alger Hiss Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 4	Multiple Winamp Instances Is there a way to control 3 different winamp players, all of which reside on the same machine, remotely? I have been able to setup the 3 players and have them play 1 unique stream to each of the 3 sound cards, but now would like to control them remotely. I work in a museum and we would like to use winamp for our ambient audio needs. Right now we have 3 servers with 3 sound cards for a total of 9 stereo feeds/exhibits. I'm just looking for a way to centrally manage these. Thanks, -Alger

7th March 2004, 22:41	#2
Alger Hiss Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 4	Well... I'm bummed that I didn't get even one reply from either of my posts, but what do you do? Not even any nasty flames. Anywhoo, I figured out a way to do this if anyone ever comes up against the same type of situation. Thanks, Alger

8th March 2004, 05:51	#3
theknub Major Dude Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: The Peoples Republic of Berkeley Posts: 530	just out of curiosity... what did you do. i have read several people asking but never heard a good/great reply When you take a hand and chop the fingers off... what do u get? That would be the knub.

9th March 2004, 05:16	#5
theknub Major Dude Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: The Peoples Republic of Berkeley Posts: 530	nice.. good solution When you take a hand and chop the fingers off... what do u get? That would be the knub.

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9th March 2004, 04:39	#4
Alger Hiss Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 4	Well... 3 servers, w/Win2KSRV, and 3 M-Audio 24/96 audio cards in each box for a total of nine max streams. Installed Winamp into 3 separate directories on each box and separate instances of the lovely BrowseAmp plugin, with each players plugin using a unique port number. Assigned each player to use one of the audio cards SPDIF output. This was mostly easy to do. The tricky part came in hardening the box for a museum environment. It needed to be able to re-boot and auto start. Just placing playlists in the startup directory didn't work as only 1 player would open. I created a batch file that opened the first player, paused, then opened up the next and so on and put that into the startup folder. The control aspect came from a central web server and a page with frames, (shh.. I know. You hate frames. So do I) with each frame connecting to each BrowseAmp. So you have 4 computers. One for controlling the other 3. It has 1 page with 9 players. You can edit the css files from the BrowseAmp folder, as I did to easily identify what player within the frames is what. I'm sure I might have missed a detail, but it's late. And I'm sure there is a better way to skin this cat, but it seems to be robust and more importantly: The price was right. Thanks Nullsoft and Browseamp... Alger