You say that "it's just a matter of writing the right app" but also say
that you don't have any real idea about programming. Consider the very
popular iPeng app for iPhone's and iPod Touch: getting a _local_ SBS to
stream music to it is still a work-in-progress, so I wouldn't
underestimate the effort involved. What you're asking -- streaming over
the internet, which you probably want to do securely -- is a step
further than that. And let's just say that the iThing community for app
development is a lot more active than the BB app community. 

Is that >67gb library FLAC or a lossy codec? For playing through
something like a BB lossless is overkill -- the audio hardware is more
of a constraint than lossless vs lossy. Besides, you'd have to settle
for lossy for remote streaming because of bandwidth. What a lot of
people do, myself included, is keep a parallel MP3 library for portable
use. There are various software tools to make creating  and maintaining
a parallel MP3 library easy. You could shrink a FLAC library of over
100gb down to reasonable-quality (192kbps or better) MP3s that would
fit on a single 16gb SD card. If that 67gb is already lossy then that's
another story.

Don't get me wrong, I'd love to see the app you're asking for. But I
ain't holding my breath.


-- 
aubuti

Nothing high-end, but music anywhere I want it, and it's '100% wind
powered' (http://www.cleancurrents.com/). MSI Wind desktop (Ubuntu
8.10) feeding: Living room: SB Touch + SBC > NAD C325 BEE > Vandersteen
1; Kitchen/Dining: SB2 + SBC > AudioSource Amp100 > 2 pair of Polk
RC60i; Basement: SB2 > JVC JA-S44 > ESS Tempest LS8; Bedroom: Boom and
SB Radio; Backyard: Duet > AudioSource Amp100 > Polk Atrium 45; Study:
Duet > Klipsch ProMedia 2.0; Kid's bedroom: SB3 > Klipsch ProMedia 2.0
http://www.last.fm/user/aubuti/
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