Take your tunes anywhere with Music Browser

June 30, 2008

After searching a bit for a worthwhile flash MP3 player suitable for a large collection, I finally came across something that works well. The problem with most of the freely available players is that most require a playlist to be created in XML or .pls format beforehand. That’s not what I wanted. I want to be able to browse my sizable collection and pick and choose what to listen to on a whim.

Music Browser allows you to do just that. The only thing you need to do, after setting up a PHP capable web browser of course, is edit index.php and add the path to your collection. That’s it. You now have a browseable player for your home collection.

My Setup:

• Lighttpd
• PHP 5.2 FastCGI
• MusicBrowser

With some home connections, it’s necessary to run on an alternate port as many ISPs traditionally block incoming port 80.  I chose 8080, forwarded via my router, leading to a password protected root.  Just drop musicplayer in place, edit index.php with your collection’s location, and you’re good to go.

Groove on!

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