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Replace School Bells with Web-Based Sound Player

The sound system for our school bells went down today, and I'd like to configure a web-based Flash player or script to play sounds on all teacher computers on a set schedule. Hopefully they can browse to a web page and hear sounds play on the school bell schedule. I'd appreciate any thoughts.

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manav08

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manav08

I think you would be able to do it yourself with some basic knowledge of LINUX and VLC player which is a great streaming player. It will be a nice little project and I am sure you will work it out.

christian_academy

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I did not know VLC could do that. This is very cool since we included VLC on the image for all computers at this school, so it is already installed in every classroom. I'll test tomorrow first thing and accept solution as soon as I know for sure. I really appreciate the quick response!

Rob

manav08

No worries mate. Just wack VLC on a windows box and see if you can find some sort of a crone program and sell the solution. LOL ;-)

christian_academy

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Worked like a champ! It took me a while to get the commands right, but here they are:

Server:
vlc -vvv c:\bell.mp3 --sout udp:239.255.12.42 --ttl 12 (Using Scheduled Tasks and Batch File)

We also added c:\program files\videolan\vlc to the Windows PATH to make the batch file a bit more simple.

Client(s):
vlc -vvv udp:239.255.12.42 (Manually Entered on Each Teacher Computer)

I suppose if we use this long term I'll automate the teacher piece with a login script or group policy. Thanks for the excellent solution!

Rob

christian_academy

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Thanks!

manav08

I was sure you will be able to sort it out. VLC is the best, mate :-)