Re: [Alsa-xmms-user] Is this thing on?

[Aaron M. Ucko]

"Larry Alkoff" <address@hidden> writes:

> I've been posting on the xmms web forum but sometimes the answers are sparse.

Ah.

> Example:  No answers at all to the question about xmms mailing lists.

AFAICT, the only mailing lists (on lists.xmms.org) are for developers,
and users are supposed to stick to the forum.

> Example:  No answers at all to how do I insert a comment into ~/.xmms/config

If you want xmms to preserve it when it writes the file back out, your
best bet is probably to pass your comments off as entries in a dummy
section.

[Off-topic ham-related discussion taken off-list.]

> Are you both knowledgeable and receptive to xmms questions?

Somewhat, and somewhat...I don't run it much nowadays, but I
maintained the Debian package of alsa-xmms pre-merge.

> I have setup an MP3 server using Slackware 9.1 that will live in the basement.
> I ssh in to the basement computer and display xmms on my office computer but 
> it sure makes the network busy.
> Is there a better way?

You could use something along the lines of mc-foo, moosic, or gronk.

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