Play Audio on Headless Server?

[Stephen Weeks]

Not long ago, Doran L. Barton proclaimed...
> > What sort of solutions are there out there that I can use to just  
> > start music playing out of a pre-defined playlist when the system  
> > boots and just have it play continuously forever?
> 
> A more elegant solution would be to use mpd <http://www.musicpd.org/>.

I second the suggestion of mpd.  I use it regularly and it is a great
solution for exactly the problem you describe.
    --Stephen Weeks