Programs Running At Login

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ast3r3xast3r3x
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in macOS edited January 2014
Is there a way to have programms running while at the login screen and continue even if people login and out?



I would like to stream my music to myself at work but since other family members use this computer...



Also can anyone suggest good streamers? (i guess i could just use iTunes4 since i didn't update yet)

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  • Reply 1 of 10
    paulpaul Posts: 5,278member
    i Believe that with fast user switching in panther... this will work... however noone can open iTunes or you will lose your stream... (i think...)
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  • Reply 2 of 10
    bartobarto Posts: 2,246member
    cron



    As far as GUI programs go, I don't know how.
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  • Reply 3 of 10
    ast3r3xast3r3x Posts: 5,012member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Barto

    cron



    As far as GUI programs go, I don't know how.



    well i don need it to be a gui program...haha know any CLI streaming programs?
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  • Reply 4 of 10
    thuh freakthuh freak Posts: 2,664member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by ast3r3x

    well i don need it to be a gui program...haha know any CLI streaming programs?



    yes. icecast (avail at http://icecast.org). its also available through the fink system (http://fink.sf.net).
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    lundylundy Posts: 4,466member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by ast3r3x

    Is there a way to have programms running while at the login screen and continue even if people login and out?



    I would like to stream my music to myself at work but since other family members use this computer...



    Also can anyone suggest good streamers? (i guess i could just use iTunes4 since i didn't update yet)



    I don't know what app you would use for streaming, but I have RC5-72 in /Library/StartupItems on a system 3000 miles away, and it runs no matter what the system is doing - I can ssh in while the system is sitting at the login screen (as I can see with Remote Desktop), do a top -u and RC5 is still crunching away.



    Does Darwin Streaming Server or QuickTime Streaming Server do mp4/m4p streaming?
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  • Reply 6 of 10
    ast3r3xast3r3x Posts: 5,012member
    haha somone recap for me...is it possible and how do i stream my music in teh background while people are logging in and out adn doing stuff?
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  • Reply 7 of 10
    thuh freakthuh freak Posts: 2,664member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by ast3r3x

    haha somone recap for me...is it possible and how do i stream my music in teh background while people are logging in and out adn doing stuff?



    icecast. works all the time, you can set it to start on computer's startup, or on someone's login. it survives between logins/logouts. streams music. and it makes french fries.
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  • Reply 8 of 10
    ast3r3xast3r3x Posts: 5,012member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by thuh Freak

    icecast. works all the time, you can set it to start on computer's startup, or on someone's login. it survives between logins/logouts. streams music. and it makes french fries.



    nice...now i just gota figure out how to use it...that could prove more difficult
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  • Reply 9 of 10
    thuh freakthuh freak Posts: 2,664member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by ast3r3x

    nice...now i just gota figure out how to use it...that could prove more difficult



    you can use fink to install it. its not too hard to use (if u dont mind getting into the terminal).
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  • Reply 10 of 10
    ast3r3xast3r3x Posts: 5,012member
    i dotn have fink installed





    arg, perhaps i have to wait for my g5, cuz installing stuff like that on my bros comptuer i dont like
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