PC to Home Stereo Solution
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
Squeezebox On Jul 3, 2010 8:23 AM, "Gary Hanley" <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@mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug
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@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@mail.wlug.org <mailto:Wlug@mail.wlug.org> http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug
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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@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@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@mail.wlug.org <mailto:Wlug@mail.wlug.org> http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug
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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@mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug
As usual, the answer is VLC. http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/29/how-to-stream-almost-anything-using-vlc/ ---- Gary Hanley <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@mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug
VLC? now he has two problems... On Jul 3, 2010, at 5:28 PM, Clint Moyer <cdmoyer@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@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@mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug
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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@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@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@mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug
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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@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@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@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@mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug
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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-Mu... 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@hanley.net> To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug@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@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@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@mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug
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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
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@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@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@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@mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug
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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! :-)
On Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 7:07 PM, Gary Hanley <gary@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
Sonos! Full disclosure: I work for them :) The truth is that Sonos is far and away the best solution if you want multi-room ... if you just want point-to-point and you're hacker-friendly (which is probably the case, as you're on this list) then squeezebox is cheaper, fine for a single connection, and allows you to hack their box. If you want a full treatise on why and where Sonos is better, I'm more than happy to oblige. If you're really nice to me, I may be able to give you a coveted friends-and-family coupon that can get you a discount :) Cheers, Lee On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 2:39 PM, Brett Russ <bruss@alum.wpi.edu> wrote:
On Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 7:07 PM, Gary Hanley <gary@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 _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug@mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug
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