MC Foo - an advanced mp3 jukebox

MC Foo is an advanced, adaptive and learning mp3 jukebox server.

• continuous music playing
• learns what music you like and dislike
• no static playlists; uses a playqueue you can view and alter
• can be controlled from any hosts and even with infrared remote controllers
• allows multiple user/preference profiles, according to whose listening and his or her mood

Version 0.0.7 released, 2002-06-21:

Debian's main server is currently down. Temporary download: mc-foo_0.0.7_all.deb, mc-foo_0.0.7.dsc, mc-foo_0.0.7_i386.changes, mc-foo_0.0.7.tar.gz.

• No longer use mpg321, python-hip is a python lib to decode mp3s. The turntable subprocess is gone, it's all in one process now.
• No longer use ao, it couldn't provide the non-blocking interface I want. Aiming for a pure-python solution, currently have to hardcode a few ioctl(2) values.
• For songs where the decoding library can provide timing information and seeking (oggs), the tap file now remembers the exact location in the song.
• "mc-foo addqueue" now takes multiple song names, priority is now an optional flag.
• Twisted API changes, reactors etc.
• Twisted packaging changes, now depend on python2.1-twisted.
• Some minor bugfixes.

Version 0.0.6 released, 2002-04-12:

• New-style twisted.spread.pb calls.
• Use a Twisted plugin for tap creation.
• Install the README file in the package (Closes: #129173).
• Remove the postrm, it's obsolete (Closes: #128557).

Version 0.0.5 released, 2002-01-04:

• If opening /dev/sound/mixer fails, /dev/mixer is tried.
• Volume control now controls PCM volume, not the master volume.
• Changed the package to be architecture-independent, there are no C parts left here.
• Added Build-Depends-Indep: python2.1-dev (Closes: #127796).
• After creating the install directory, chmod it 0755 to make sure building in a sgid dir creates a valid DEBIAN dir (Closes: #127799).

Version 0.0.4 released, 2001-12-19:

Finally something other than CVS snapshots -- version 0.0.4 can be downloaded from the SourceForge servers.

Note that it requires the python-oss module to access the sound output and mixer functions. A Debian package of python-oss has been created by me, and is currently waiting to be processed in Debian's incoming directory -- alongside the mc-foo Debian package.

Current status, 2001-12-09:

Trying to implement a few more features, then stabilizing for a while, and releasing a new Debian package. If you want to see what's happening, grab a snapshot from CVS.

Study the architecture, data structures or read the FAQ, see the project page at SourceForge, see some related projects.

--Tv
Last Modified 06-21-2002 13:13.