Office jukebox systems

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Published on 2010-02-03T09:15:32Z Indexed on 2010/06/14 19:53 UTC
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We're looking for a good office jukebox solution where staff can select songs via a web interface to be played over the central set of speakers.

Must haves:

  • Web Interface
  • RSS / easy to scrap display of currently playing songs
  • Ability to play mp3s and manage an ordered playlist.
  • Good cataloguing of media.
  • Multiple OSs supported as clients - Windows, Mac, Fedora Linux (will probably be accomplished by virtue of a web interface).

We have tried XBMC which worked well as a proof of concept however the web interface is just too immature and has too many bugs for a reliable multi-user solution. I believe the same will be true of boxee.

Nice to have:

  • Ability to play music videos onto a monitor
  • Ability to listen to radio streams specifically Shoutcast and the BBC.

Ability to run on Linux is a nice to have but windows solutions which worked well would certainly be considered.

I am aware of question 61404 and don't believe this to be a duplicate due to the specific requirements.

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