What is the GiantDisc WebClient?

The GiantDisc WebClient is a PHP based program to control and organize your GiantDisc jukebox.

Detailed Information

The WebClient is a client to control the MySQL- database, the player and the main gdd.pl-server of the GD System. It is easy to edit many files and albums, genres, types and even the GiantDisc Inbox is supported.

These functions mainly use the internal PHP functions, but also use some easy linux commands like 'find' or 'sudo'. The Interface talks to the gdd.pl-Server via TCP to control the player and to read the inbox tracks and albums.

On the whole, the WebClient uses 1) the PHP internal MySQL-functions (mysql_*), 2) the PHP socket functions for the gdd-Server communication (fsockopen, etc.) and 3) the small 'gdwebint.pl'-script to support user defined sub routines.

Requirements

Browser:

Firefox 0.7+, IE 5.5+, Opera 7+
JavaScript enabled
Flash Plugin 5+ (optional)

System:

Linux with a working GiantDisc System
Standard-Packages 'perl', 'sudo' & 'findutils'
Apache 1.3+ with PHP 4.3+ (optional module 'mod_rewrite')

Quick Install

Install on Shell

tar -zxvf gdwebint-x.y.tar.gz
cd gdwebint-x.y
./setup.pl
Apache (httpd.conf)

DocumentRoot "/home/music/public_html"
<Directory "/home/music/public_html">
AllowOverride All
</Directory>
Sudo (visudo)

wwwrun ALL = (music) NOPASSWD: /home/music/bin/gdwebint.pl
PHP (php.ini)

file_uploads = On upload_max_filesize = 6M allow_url_fopen = On
Launch

Launch the WebClient in your favorite browser at http://yourbox/~music/webint or where ever you installed it.