Hi i'm looking for a piece of software that'll allow me to play mp3's from my webserver though a simple web app. support for playlists would be nice ,but non-manditory, though a shuffle funtion is a must. I can run php, ruby, or python apps on my server, and woudl prefer something free or open source (as long as the price is nominal though i can live with it).
Thanks everyone.
edit: i can use cgi, or flash too
edit2: this is meant for a shared hosting server on bluehost.com
Might be better off looking at a flash application to do this kind of thing. That does tend to be what sites like last.fm does, with some sort of ajax(?) to preload and play the songs from a web application.
I don't think a straight up web application using xhtml + js + some sort of script language will provide a way to play mp3s in a friendly fashion (embed tag makes me cry)
I have used Schillmania's Soundmanager 2 on one of my own projects. Coming back and looking at it now, the project has been updated and has a couple new interface options that weren't offered when I used it originally.
For a free, open source option, Soundmanager 2 is seriously great.
I highly recommend http://opentape.fm/. If you remember Muxtape, you will recognize this and hopefully appreciate the simplicity of it.