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Re: [Wlug] PC to Home Stereo Solution

by Chuck Anderson

On Tue, Jul 06, 2010 at 12:08:18AM -0400, Adam Keck wrote: > I ended up buying a cheap netbook from woot.com to plug into my > stereo. I put eeebuntu on it which gives me access to all of the > various Linux audio players and well as Flash and Firefox. I can play > Flash audio online or stream from the iTunes collection on the Mac in > the other room. I use a FOSS server to serve the music library with > Apple's iTunes sharing protocol, but its name escapes me at the moment. Sounds like a meeting topic! :-)

July 6, 2010

Re: [Wlug] PC to Home Stereo Solution

by Adam Keck

I ended up buying a cheap netbook from woot.com to plug into my stereo. I put eeebuntu on it which gives me access to all of the various Linux audio players and well as Flash and Firefox. I can play Flash audio online or stream from the iTunes collection on the Mac in the other room. I use a FOSS server to serve the music library with Apple's iTunes sharing protocol, but its name escapes me at the moment. -Adam On Jul 3, 2010, at 19:07, Gary Hanley <gary(a)hanley.net> wrote: > Thanks guys. Looking at my post it was obvious I wasn't clear. I meant > wireless streaming. My stereo is not in proximity to my Linux box so > hardwiring is out. I quickly looked at Squeezebox and I think it might > be what I want. I'll spend more time reading up on that soon. > > If there are other wireless PC-to-home-stereo solutions I'd love to > know > about them. > > Thanks again. > > -- Gary > > On 07/03/2010 05:44 PM, Jorden Mauro wrote: >> VLC? now he has two problems... >> >> >> >> On Jul 3, 2010, at 5:28 PM, Clint Moyer<cdmoyer(a)charter.net> wrote: >> >>> As usual, the answer is VLC. >>> >>> http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/29/how-to-stream-almost-anything-using-vlc/ >>> >>> >>> ---- Gary Hanley<gary(a)hanley.net> wrote: >>> >>> ============= >>> Is it me or is there no good solution to streaming your OGG and FLAC >>> music files to your home stereo from Linux. >>> >>> Even the Windows solutions seem sparse and are usually proprietary. >>> >>> I have wanted to do this for a long time and every time I start >>> googling for a solution I come up empty. >>> >>> Does anyone have any experience with this? I would appreciate your >>> comments. >>> >>> Thanks, and Happy 4th! >>> >>> -- Gary >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wlug mailing list >>> Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >>> http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wlug mailing list >>> Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >>> http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >> _______________________________________________ >> Wlug mailing list >> Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >> http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

July 6, 2010

Re: [Wlug] PC to Home Stereo Solution

by Mike Leo

I have one of these and while the idea is great, the implementation sucks. http://www.wi-fiplanet.com/reviews/article.php/3391201/Linksys-Wireless-B-M… You might be looking for something like that. On a similar (but side) note: I just picked up a Tivo DVR do-dad/thingy which is really quite awesome. Not only can I do typical DVR like stuff to my Comcast TV signal, I can watch On-demand NetFlix, Blockbuster and Amazon movies, connect to YouTube and with pyTivo running on my Ubuntu server, I can watch all my "backed up" movies, view my pictures and even listen to my mp3 collection. It is really pretty cool. Might not be what you are looking for but maybe it's more? Ciao ________________________________ From: Gary Hanley <gary(a)hanley.net> To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> Sent: Sat, July 3, 2010 7:07:53 PM Subject: Re: [Wlug] PC to Home Stereo Solution Thanks guys. Looking at my post it was obvious I wasn't clear. I meant wireless streaming. My stereo is not in proximity to my Linux box so hardwiring is out. I quickly looked at Squeezebox and I think it might be what I want. I'll spend more time reading up on that soon. If there are other wireless PC-to-home-stereo solutions I'd love to know about them. Thanks again. -- Gary On 07/03/2010 05:44 PM, Jorden Mauro wrote: > VLC? now he has two problems... > > > > On Jul 3, 2010, at 5:28 PM, Clint Moyer<cdmoyer(a)charter.net> wrote: > >> As usual, the answer is VLC. >> >> http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/29/how-to-stream-almost-anything-using-vlc/ >> >> >> ---- Gary Hanley<gary(a)hanley.net> wrote: >> >> ============= >> Is it me or is there no good solution to streaming your OGG and FLAC >> music files to your home stereo from Linux. >> >> Even the Windows solutions seem sparse and are usually proprietary. >> >> I have wanted to do this for a long time and every time I start >> googling for a solution I come up empty. >> >> Does anyone have any experience with this? I would appreciate your >> comments. >> >> Thanks, and Happy 4th! >> >> -- Gary >> _______________________________________________ >> Wlug mailing list >> Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >> http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wlug mailing list >> Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >> http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

July 4, 2010

Re: [Wlug] PC to Home Stereo Solution

by Jorden Mauro

You can get FM transmitters that go into the line out of an audio card. That would be the cheapest way. On Jul 3, 2010, at 7:07 PM, Gary Hanley <gary(a)hanley.net> wrote: > Thanks guys. Looking at my post it was obvious I wasn't clear. I meant > wireless streaming. My stereo is not in proximity to my Linux box so > hardwiring is out. I quickly looked at Squeezebox and I think it might > be what I want. I'll spend more time reading up on that soon. > > If there are other wireless PC-to-home-stereo solutions I'd love to > know > about them. > > Thanks again. > > -- Gary > > On 07/03/2010 05:44 PM, Jorden Mauro wrote: >> VLC? now he has two problems... >> >> >> >> On Jul 3, 2010, at 5:28 PM, Clint Moyer<cdmoyer(a)charter.net> wrote: >> >>> As usual, the answer is VLC. >>> >>> http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/29/how-to-stream-almost-anything-using-vlc/ >>> >>> >>> ---- Gary Hanley<gary(a)hanley.net> wrote: >>> >>> ============= >>> Is it me or is there no good solution to streaming your OGG and FLAC >>> music files to your home stereo from Linux. >>> >>> Even the Windows solutions seem sparse and are usually proprietary. >>> >>> I have wanted to do this for a long time and every time I start >>> googling for a solution I come up empty. >>> >>> Does anyone have any experience with this? I would appreciate your >>> comments. >>> >>> Thanks, and Happy 4th! >>> >>> -- Gary >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wlug mailing list >>> Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >>> http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wlug mailing list >>> Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >>> http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >> _______________________________________________ >> Wlug mailing list >> Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >> http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

July 4, 2010

Re: [Wlug] PC to Home Stereo Solution

by Gary Hanley

Thanks guys. Looking at my post it was obvious I wasn't clear. I meant wireless streaming. My stereo is not in proximity to my Linux box so hardwiring is out. I quickly looked at Squeezebox and I think it might be what I want. I'll spend more time reading up on that soon. If there are other wireless PC-to-home-stereo solutions I'd love to know about them. Thanks again. -- Gary On 07/03/2010 05:44 PM, Jorden Mauro wrote: > VLC? now he has two problems... > > > > On Jul 3, 2010, at 5:28 PM, Clint Moyer<cdmoyer(a)charter.net> wrote: > >> As usual, the answer is VLC. >> >> http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/29/how-to-stream-almost-anything-using-vlc/ >> >> >> ---- Gary Hanley<gary(a)hanley.net> wrote: >> >> ============= >> Is it me or is there no good solution to streaming your OGG and FLAC >> music files to your home stereo from Linux. >> >> Even the Windows solutions seem sparse and are usually proprietary. >> >> I have wanted to do this for a long time and every time I start >> googling for a solution I come up empty. >> >> Does anyone have any experience with this? I would appreciate your >> comments. >> >> Thanks, and Happy 4th! >> >> -- Gary >> _______________________________________________ >> Wlug mailing list >> Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >> http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wlug mailing list >> Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >> http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > >

July 3, 2010

Re: [Wlug] PC to Home Stereo Solution

by Jorden Mauro

VLC? now he has two problems... On Jul 3, 2010, at 5:28 PM, Clint Moyer <cdmoyer(a)charter.net> wrote: > As usual, the answer is VLC. > > http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/29/how-to-stream-almost-anything-using-vlc/ > > > ---- Gary Hanley <gary(a)hanley.net> wrote: > > ============= > Is it me or is there no good solution to streaming your OGG and FLAC > music files to your home stereo from Linux. > > Even the Windows solutions seem sparse and are usually proprietary. > > I have wanted to do this for a long time and every time I start > googling for a solution I come up empty. > > Does anyone have any experience with this? I would appreciate your > comments. > > Thanks, and Happy 4th! > > -- Gary > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

July 3, 2010

Re: [Wlug] PC to Home Stereo Solution

by Clint Moyer

As usual, the answer is VLC. http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/29/how-to-stream-almost-anything-using-vlc/ ---- Gary Hanley <gary(a)hanley.net> wrote: ============= Is it me or is there no good solution to streaming your OGG and FLAC music files to your home stereo from Linux. Even the Windows solutions seem sparse and are usually proprietary. I have wanted to do this for a long time and every time I start googling for a solution I come up empty. Does anyone have any experience with this? I would appreciate your comments. Thanks, and Happy 4th! -- Gary _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

July 3, 2010

Re: [Wlug] PC to Home Stereo Solution

by Gregory Avedissian

Maybe I'm misunderstanding, but to play music from computer to stereo, you just need the right combination of cables and mini-jack to RCA converter, and go from the headphone/speaker jack on the computer to some input of the stereo. (I'm using Tape In) Use your favorite software mixer to make sure you have the right channels unmuted and turned up. If you want to play stuff on the stereo and record it on the computer, it gets a little more complicated, but it's still pretty easy. Tape Out to Mic, and record with Audacity or Ardour or something else that I don't know. (Maybe Gramofile if you like CLI.) Greg On 07/03/2010 08:18 AM, Gary Hanley wrote: > Is it me or is there no good solution to streaming your OGG and FLAC > music files to your home stereo from Linux. > > Even the Windows solutions seem sparse and are usually proprietary. > > I have wanted to do this for a long time and every time I start > googling for a solution I come up empty. > > Does anyone have any experience with this? I would appreciate your > comments. > > Thanks, and Happy 4th! > > -- Gary > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

July 3, 2010

Re: [Wlug] PC to Home Stereo Solution

by Jorden M

I might not understand exactly what you mean, but wouldn't MPD do the trick? What can your radio understand? On Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 8:46 AM, Gary Hanley <gary(a)hanley.net> wrote: > Looks like what I'm looking for - I'll check it out. Thanks Jim. > > -- Gary > > On 07/03/2010 08:35 AM, Jim Dibb wrote: >> Squeezebox >> >>> On Jul 3, 2010 8:23 AM, "Gary Hanley" <gary(a)hanley.net >>> <mailto:gary@hanley.net>> wrote: >>> >>> Is it me or is there no good solution to streaming your OGG and FLAC >>> music files to your home stereo from Linux. >>> >>> Even the Windows solutions seem sparse and are usually proprietary. >>> >>> I have wanted to do this for a long time and every time I start >>> googling for a solution I come up empty. >>> >>> Does anyone have any experience with this? I would appreciate your >>> comments. >>> >>> Thanks, and Happy 4th! >>> >>> -- Gary >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wlug mailing list >>> Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org <mailto:Wlug@mail.wlug.org> >>> http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wlug mailing list >> Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >> http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

July 3, 2010

Re: [Wlug] PC to Home Stereo Solution

by Gary Hanley

Looks like what I'm looking for - I'll check it out. Thanks Jim. -- Gary On 07/03/2010 08:35 AM, Jim Dibb wrote: > Squeezebox > >> On Jul 3, 2010 8:23 AM, "Gary Hanley" <gary(a)hanley.net >> <mailto:gary@hanley.net>> wrote: >> >> Is it me or is there no good solution to streaming your OGG and FLAC >> music files to your home stereo from Linux. >> >> Even the Windows solutions seem sparse and are usually proprietary. >> >> I have wanted to do this for a long time and every time I start >> googling for a solution I come up empty. >> >> Does anyone have any experience with this? I would appreciate your >> comments. >> >> Thanks, and Happy 4th! >> >> -- Gary >> _______________________________________________ >> Wlug mailing list >> Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org <mailto:Wlug@mail.wlug.org> >> http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

July 3, 2010