MP3LCD remote control in random play mode
| Projects: MP3 Remote Control 10/10/98 |
Like many college students, I play quite a few MP3 files. However, it gets pretty annoying to unlock my computer's screen, find the MP3 player, and select a new song. Other people (like roommates) can't change songs either.
The solution? An MP3 remote external to the computer. This isn't a very complicated project: everything is directly linked to the parallel port with no external circuitry. This remote supports two modes: random play and single song select, where the user must select a song before anything is played.
The software handles everything. A small daemon, run in the background by root, captures button presses and executes x11amp commands with appropriate arguments.
There are four buttons on the remote: the mode button, which switches between random play, single song play, and the well-named off mode, two arrow buttons, and the select button, which is used to select songs and modes.
MP3LCD remote control in random play mode
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