DisOrder
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-This program is used to play random and chosen tracks from a collection of
-digital audio files (for instance MP3 and OGG files). If you just set it going
-it plays random tracks from your collection, but you can also ask for specific
-tracks to be played, either via a command line program or a web interface, and
-you can 'scratch' the current track.
+DisOrder is a multi-user software jukebox.
+ * It can play either selected tracks or pick tracks at random.
+ * It supports OGG, MP3, FLAC and WAV files, and can be configured to support
+ anything you can supply a player for (up to a point).
+ * It supports both ALSA and OSS and can also broadcast an RTP stream over a
+ LAN; a player for the latter is included.
+ * Tracks may be selected either via a hierarchical interface or by a fast
+ word search.
+ * It has a web interface (allowing access from graphical web browsers) and a
+ GTK+ interface that runs on Linux and Mac systems.
+ * Playing tracks can be paused or cancelled ("scratched").
See CHANGES for details of recent changes to DisOrder.
-Currently it only runs on Linux. It could probably be ported to other UNIX
-variants in some cases without too much effort. Things you will need:
+The server supports Linux and can be made to on a Mac. The clients work on
+both Linux and the Mac. It could probably be ported to some other UNIX
+variants in without too much effort. Things you will need:
Build dependencies:
Name Tested Notes
libFLAC 1.1.2
GNU C 4.1.2
GNU Make 3.81
+ GNU Sed 4.1.5
Python 2.4.4 (optional)
GTK+ 2.8.20 (if you want the GTK+ client)
GLIB 2.12.4 (if you want the GTK+ client)
start up correctly there should be an error message. Correct the problem
and try again.
-7. After a minute it should start to play something. Try scratching it, as any
- of the users you set up in step 5:
+7. After a minute it should start to play something. Try scratching it:
disorder scratch
The track should stop playing, and (if you set any up) a scratch sound play.
-8. Add any other users you want to config.private. Each user's password
- should be stored in a file in their home directory, ~/.disorder/passwd,
- which should be readable only by them, and should take the form of a single
- line:
+8. Add any other users you want. These easiest way to do this is:
- password MYPASSWORD
-
- (root doesn't need this as the client can read it out of config.private
- when running as root.)
-
- Note that the server must be reloaded (e.g. by 'disorder reconfigure')
- when new users are added.
+ disorder authorize USERNAME
- Alternatively the administrator can create /etc/disorder/config.USERNAME
- containing the same thing as above. It can either be owned by the user and
- mode 400, or owned by root and the user's group (if you have per-user
- groups) and mode 440.
+ This will automatically choose a random password and add new line to
+ /etc/disorder/config.private and create /etc/disorder/config.USERNAME.
- You can use 'disorder authorize' to automatically pick passwords and
- create these files.
+ Those users should now be able to access the server from the same host as it
+ runs on, either via the disorder command or Disobedience. To run
+ Disobedience from some other host, File->Login allows hostnames, passwords
+ etc to be configured.
9. Optionally source completion.bash from /etc/profile or similar, for
example:
~mdw / disorder / blobdiff