Streaming my music collection through an internet jukebox

[idea]

This is interesting. I have a linux fileserver at home that contains music that I would like to stream to my work computer. I have full control of both networks. I would like to share my entire library and be able to choose what I want to play. Like an internet jukebox. What's more, I would like to cache the recently played files (a gig i guess?) so if I want to replay them I would not be using any bandwidth, or in case I want to play them while off-line.

What do you think ?

 

[DaiShan]

You should take a look at IceCast, it's an open source streaming media server. I don't know if it will cache files, but if you aren't at home using your Internet connection anyways, who cares if you're using most of your home bandwidth?

 

[idea]

Well besides just making it efficient, it's also a fact that my ISP monitors upstream usage. If I use too much, they flag me and cap me at 16kbps upload until I can call and explain why. They started doing that a few years ago when people were getting infected with worms and their computers were being hijacked for IRC bots and flood bots and stuff.

 

[canadageek]

try Hamachi Text it basically creates a LAN, but over the internet. it works with itunes network share feature and everything!

 

[xeemzor]

I have been using zina for a while now, and it works great.

 

[idea]

any others?

 

[nweaver]

madman might be able to do some of this


the caching will have to be a client side thing