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Old 03-19-2007
Can I write a cron to do this?
OK, I'm new to UNIX so please be patient. I'm wondering if I can set up a cron task on my web server(unix) to control a flash based mp3 player like xspf.

What I would like to accomplish is to have xspf player (on my web site) play one new mp3 every 24hrs. So song one would start at 00:02 and and end at 00:01 after which a new song is loaded from the playlist.

If possible, is this something I would create using cron manager in cpanel or would I have to create a script using something like KDE and have cron manager access the script at a particular time?

I was told that in order to perform this task I would have to create a php script, store info in a database and pass variables to ActionScript which controls the xspf player. Now, although I have some experience with the former, writing this is far beyond my capabilities. The task seems so simple that I figured a cron task could be set up to achieve this.

Any help would be appreciated

Thanks

K
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Old 03-20-2007
kvk,


I think you can do this but it is not really the correct way to do this. Have your cron job change the mp3 file. In your PHP/Web coding just point to a default mp3 file name and location. Then just have you cron job change the file, but keeping the same name.

Example:

Web page ->

<body><p>This is a link to the music <embed src="http://www.mysite.com/webstation/song.wav" loop="true" autoplay="false" width="145" height="60"></embed> </p>


Cron script ->

#!/bin/sh
#
#

# Getting the hour of the day and use this as a variable
TIME_DAY=`date +%H`

# Force copy the song of the $TIME_DAY to the current song location.
cp - f /webfile/webstation/song${TIME_DAY}.mp3 /webfile/webstation/song.mp3



I hope this helps you. But the correct way would be to use html code or what every you are using to develop your HTML page
# 3  
Old 03-20-2007
Thanks for the reply. Replacing the file was what I was thinking as well. I think maybe I'll make this a long-term project and learn the proper code(php, actionscript) to make this work. I really appreciate the response

Thanks

K
 
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