From: Eric Hodel <drbrain@...7.net>
Date: 2003-08-18T10:15:58-07:00
Subject: Re: spawning a process


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Kurt M. Dresner (kdresner@cs.utexas.edu) wrote:

> I want to play a sound file in a new process, but I want the ability to
> terminate, stop, and continue this process from the file I am in.
>=20
> Any suggestions?

Take a look at rmp3 in raa:

http://raa.ruby-lang.org/list.rhtml?name=3Drmp3

It allows you to play/stop, etc mpg123/321, and is pretty easy to follow
(I hijacked it for Webplayer, also in the RAA).  Even if you're not
using mp3 files, it may be worth a look.

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