Global MP3 Presented by the Chatterbox Group

Overview GlobalMP3 – developing a portable MP3 radio service Streaming MP3’s to clients – basically speakers with MP3 decoders Focusing on 2 primary usage scenarios

Jukebox Multiple personal servers in area, and 1 playback device Users can queue songs in the playback device, creating a communal play list

Car Stereo One uniquely identified personal server streaming audio to a non-public access device Only streams from the unique personal servers identified by the device may be played

Key Challenges Streaming audio Getting it work on the client side Detecting the personal server automatically “Pausing” audio on disconnect and resuming on reconnect

Unknowns The existence of a Winamp VB plug-in, or capability for Windows Media Player to stream audio How to pause the playback on disconnect No information on resolving these on webpage

Areas of Focus Client UI issues Streaming Media VB vs. MFC Installing PHP - done

What We Learned PHP is a scripting language Andromeda handles streaming audio well

What’s Missing Security and Authentication issues brought up in design document What is left to complete in client application? How do you handle multiple HTML interfaces when several PS want to use the same device? How are the multi-personal server, multi- device cases handled?