An Application Program to Play a CD

Jeff McNeil jeff at jmcneil.net
Thu Mar 20 23:30:45 EDT 2008


I don't know of any Python specific stuff to do this, but have you
looked at Asterisk? I know it's quite configurable and allows you to
setup dial plans and route extensions and whatnot.

http://www.asterisk.org/

That's probably a better fit.

On 3/20/08, W. Watson <wolf_tracks at invalid.com> wrote:
> How difficult would it be to write a Python program that would play a
>  specific track on a CD from say 8 am to 6 pm each weekday on a PC's speaker,
>  and switch tracks each day? That is, what library capabilities might be able
>  to do that. Are they already available.
>
>  Extra points. Now imagine the same as above, but the program should answer a
>   phone and play the track for the day while someone is holding the call, or
>  would be given the option to connect to the operator, say, or listen to the
>  recording?
>
>  To get a bit specific, our science museum would like to buy the monthly set
>  of StarDate programs. Each program is about 2 minutes long and there's one
>  for every day of the month. There seems to be no such commercial software to
>  automate this process.
>  --
>                           Wayne Watson (Nevada City, CA)
>
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>
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