Need to play music automatically for 3 months. Certain times,on then off. Thanks

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This is for an art installation.
Basically there are 4 tubes about 30cm in diameter. They will play mp3 tunes.
I need them to play during certain hours eg; from 6am to 8pm then shut up.
If the power shuts down, and starts up again the four pieces will automatically play again.

A pc would be the easiest, however they are too big. 30cm.
Minimac - have worked with this before and it is a headache in coding.
Mp3 players - can't find timer function.
Smart phones - this seems to be an option, yet have not found an app which can start and stop music, then silence. And in case of a power shortage restarts then keeps playing.
I was suggested "Tasker" app. Will look into it,


If you have any solutions i would be grateful.

z

[dion09529]

The neighbors won't be happy this summer. A laptop will solve your problem.

[megabyteme]

This is for an art installation.
Basically there are 4 tubes about 30cm in diameter. They will play mp3 tunes.
I need them to play during certain hours eg; from 6am to 8pm then shut up.
If the power shuts down, and starts up again the four pieces will automatically play again.

A pc would be the easiest, however they are too big. 30cm.
Minimac - have worked with this before and it is a headache in coding.
Mp3 players - can't find timer function.
Smart phones - this seems to be an option, yet have not found an app which can start and stop music, then silence. And in case of a power shortage restarts then keeps playing.
I was suggested "Tasker" app. Will look into it,


If you have any solutions i would be grateful.

z

If you had the mp3 players on continuous play (whatever you need for each tube), you could have those on battery sufficient to last quite some time- they draw next to nothing. Let them play for the 3 months non-stop. However, have a mechanical timer turn amplifier(s) on/off as needed. The mp3 players would not need to know that their voices were not being heard.

No programming; low cost.

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@dion a laptop maybe to big and expensive X4 (within 30m)

@MegaB ; Thanks for tip. Another solution was to make a tune that is silent for +/- 8 hrs so need to shut off amplifier. Thanks.