On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 05:31:52PM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 29/04/2013 17:26, Randy Westlund wrote: > > Hey guys, > > > > I have a nice set of speakers, but they aren't near my desk in my home > > office. I used to carry them back and forth when I wanted good music, but > > that was a pain. I currently have a RasPi running arch connected to the > > speakers -- I've been cat-ing audio files over ssh to mplayer, and that > > mostly works (no fast-forward/skip). I also tried using reverse-ssh and > > sshfs to mount my files on the RasPi, but that seems silly. > > > > What I really want is to be able to stream audio from my browser to the > > RasPi's speakers (pandora, grooveshark). I'd like to set up an audio > > device that maps to the RasPi. Something like /dev/dsp1, perhaps. If I > > could have some audio sent to the RasPi and leave mcabber's chat > > notifications on my laptop's speakers, that'd be fantastic. > > > > Does anyone have a setup like this? Know of any good options? > > > > Randy > > > > Run OpenElec on the Pi - it's a minimalist distro running XBMC, must > like an appliance. Then you can stream whatever you want to the Pi using > just about every known protocol from just about every known device > (phones included!) > > XBMC also has plugins for all manner of web-based interfaces. > > It's a bigger solution than you asked for, but possibly one that gives > you more than you thought you'd get > > -- > Alan McKinnon > [email protected] > >
Interesting, I hadn't heard of XBMC. I may not stick with it, but I'm going to play around with this for sure. Randy
