davidcotton Wrote: > Had a quick look through the forums and used search but couldn't find an > appropriate thread. > > Curious about the possibility of using a mac mini as a server to play > back through a wired squeezebox and wondered what I would need. > > Basically I have about a hundred or so audio storys and about a hundred > or so music cds that I would like to back up to harddrive and use > squeezebox to play back so I can box the cds up and put them in a box > in the loft out the way. I had been contemplating using a setup using > a shuttle size case with a 300 gig hd and using squeezebox. Only > problem with that scenario is the size and noise of the shuttle box, > small though it is. This would be for a bedroom and so would have to > be as quiet as possible. Also size of the mini mac would be an > advantage as well. > > Would 80 gig be enough for say 200 or so cds? How easy would it be to > set it up? What I want is to have it as :- > > Mac mini (plus usb hard drive if size isnt enough?) > connected to wired squeezebox 3, which in turn is plugged into an > m-audio 2496 dac connected to a marantz 66 KI Signature amplifer and > Mission 780 speakers. In a bedroom without any other pc present. I'd > use the existing monitor and keyboard to set everything up, then move > the mac/sb3 into another room and use it there. > > Would this be doable and how much would I be looking at to set it up? > Also using macs would I be limited to Itunes to manage cds or would > there be other programs I could use (I know nothing about macs). > > Cheers...
I use a Mac Mini + external 320G LaCie drive for Slimserver and it works great - I have 3 SBs in other rooms with 2 connected wirelessly and 1 wired. I used iTunes to rip my CDs to Apple Lossless. I use a wireless router for connectivity between the Mac Mini and SBs and the router assigns IP addresses to each device using DHCP. If you want to connect the SB directly to the Mac Mini, I think you will need to configure IP addresses manually - however it makes sense for the Mac to be connected to a router with internet connectivity as you will need this when ripping CDs - unless you want to type in all of the CD track information manually. -- mikerob ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mikerob's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=835 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22172 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
