agillis wrote: > There has been a lot of discussion in this forum about a replacement for > the SqueezeBox. I worked on this problem over the holiday and I think I > came up with a good solution. Using a low cost ARM based system I was > able to build a box that basically does everything the SqueezeBox does > for under $30. Even a unit with analog and optical/COAX SPDIF out can be > built for under $60. > > http://vortexbox.org/content/149-Logitech-SqueezeBox-replacement-for-under-30
This is indeed the type of device I envisaged when I started writing squeezelite. It's intended to be a good emulation of a squeezebox from a headless playback point of view and to support usb audio devices. When run on a low power arm device this gives a good alternative to the Touch with usb output for people with usb dacs. Recent linux kernels also have good support for async dacs. A few things to note: - I think the pogoplug hardware is dumped stock and there are relatively few left (I couldn't get one in the uk!) - Squeezelite is GPL licensed but I think I would be happy to talk about anyone basing a proprietary product on it (non open source) - It uses libmad and and libfaad which are GPL licensed for non commercial use, but anyone selling a product would need to license for both the codec software and patent licenses. That said - I think a free opensource community player is an excellent idea :) [My original target device was a Raspberry Pi, I'm hoping its usb driver can get fixed to make this a reality] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Triode's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97721 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
