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Announce: WLUG Meeting Thursday July 8 7PM

by Chuck Anderson

Hi folks, Our next WLUG meeting is scheduled to be held on Thursday, July 8 at 7:00 PM in Morgan Hall at the WPI campus in Worcester, MA USA. This is an informal open meeting. Anyone who is interested in a certain topic, feel free to come to the meeting and discuss it. There has been a lot of talk about streaming music to stereo systems, so I suggest we talk about that. We'll also discuss the WLUG BBQ which is on for August! We'll go out for pizza afterwards. The meeting room is in WPI's Morgan Hall (building 'H' on the campus map [1]), down the hallway to the right of the dining hall entrance. [1] http://www.wpi.edu/Images/CMS/WPI/walkingmap.pdf I look forward to seeing you there, Chuck President, Worcester Linux Users' Group

July 6, 2010

Re: [Wlug] PC to Home Stereo Solution

by Brett Russ

On Sat, 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. I second Squeezebox, I have two of them (3rd gen & a Duet). BTW, if you have (or would buy) an iPhone or iTouch, the iPeng app that runs on that platform beats the Duet RF controller (aka "SBC") for usability, so you could save yourself the cost of the SBC and just get the player box. I haven't looked into the Squeezebox Touch product they have now... > If there are other wireless PC-to-home-stereo solutions I'd love to know > about them. Sonos and Roku are a couple others. -BR

July 6, 2010

Re: [Wlug] PC to Home Stereo Solution

by John Stoffel

I've always thought putting a Chumby (http://www.chumby.org) on top of the TV/Stereo might be the answer, esp with Pandora or some other streaming app running on there. John

July 6, 2010

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