Nice idea. What dumpster?<br><br>I have a Toshiba satellite 4060 in the living room as a jukebox. It has a functional screen, but the screen is only used to display song info, album art and the like. I have the same configuration on a headless server, that works just as well.<br>
<br>mpd is the answer. First, because it does not require a display. Second, because it's very easy to control and communicate with.<br><br>You could easily get mpd running and configured through a network, then have it start automatically. Once you're at that point, you can control it with a keypad, or IR. Should be easy enough to get LCD output of song info as well.<br>
<br>The mpd feature set is nice and full, by the way. It will catalog your music directory and you can script playlists with searches, etc. endless possibilities.<br><br>Drop me a note if you have any question on configuration. It's all fresh in my mind at the moment.<br>
<br>-Ben<br><pre>> I have acquired a laptop (dumpster dive) with a non-functional LCD.<br>> Laptop works fine with an external monitor. I'm considering trying to<br>> use it as a music jukebox in my car. Just one problem, I'm not aware<br>
> of any music apps that will run without visual input. Anyone know of<br>> an audio app that is completely keyboard based and could be used<br>> headless? Even if the only function was "next track" in a list of<br>
> random tracks?<br><br>> -Brian<br><br></pre>
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