And another option is always to take an old laptop computer that has an old Windows OS on it, install a version of Linux on it (for Internet security purposes) or netbook computer and use that.
Bob Chandler is a big advocate of that practice. Advantages: You can get by all the challenge / ID screens that hotel Internet systems add; you can also use the computer for lots of other things while you're listening to radio; all have external headphone jacks so you can plug in beefy speakers if you want; all of these handle Flash audio without complaint (not sure the iTouch does...); most flavors of Linux handle web audio well (though you might have a little configuration to do first). Disadvantages: Most of these have puny speakers, so this isn't a self contained solution; you won't get 12 hours of battery life out of old laptops, but the newer netbooks do better. There are plenty of knowledgeable Internet radio enthusiasts within the ODXA group so we can address any questions anyone has. John's book is handy because it's written from the perspective of a shortwave enthusiast (versus someone focusing just on music). Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 9:59 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > I've spent some time checking out various internet radio devices and > (shameless self-promotion warning) even have written a book about it and the > programming you can find there. > _______________________________________________ Internetradio mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/internetradio To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown above.
