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summary

This is an example program for teaching computer programming. The example is a free music player, completely legal, that does not have any subscription fees, download costs, or advertisements.

I am posting heavily commented and described open source code for a free music player. A working example (still very new and under construction) is at www.thissideofsanity.com/musicbox/musicbox.php. This source code is free for any legal non-commercial and/or non-profit and/or educational and/or private purpose.

This player is not in any way restricted to just YouTube videos.

the value of open source participation

The most important part about a music player is the collection of music. The large international corporations pay for a work force. The open source community can achieve higher quality through large numbers of social humans.

Bands can share their music with fans and potential fans.

Artists can share their graphics.

Musicians can share the works of their friends and influences.

Listeners can share their favorite music.

Serious fans can create music players for specific genres. This is particularly useful because the biggest two problems with YouTube music videos are (1) finding the best of several options and (2) replacing videos removed for copyright violations.

summary

This is an example program for teaching computer programming. The example is a free music player, completely legal, that does not have any subscription fees, download costs, or advertisements.

To support the still unfinished college text book on computer programming (table of contents), I am posting heavily commented and described open source code for a free music player. A working example (still very new and under construction) is at www.thissideofsanity.com/musicbox/musicbox.php. This source code is free for any legal non-commercial and/or non-profit and/or educational and/or private purpose.

If you don’t have access to a remote web server (at school or under your own account), you can install a working Apache web server, MySQL data base, and PHP scripting language and run this entire programming project from your local computer in your favorite web browser. See local server.

The project starts with a very simple music player code example (simplified from my first experiments in this area).

I do provide resources for you to run the music player from your own computer.

contact

If you find this interesting and want to contact me, write to Milo, PO Box 5237, Balboa Island, California, 92662, USA.

I do the news as an unpaid volunteer for KOCI 101.5 FM, Newport Beach/Costa Mesa (also available on the web)

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