I want to set up a minimal mp3 Internet radio streamer directly on my Alix Geode 500 MHz gateway. The idea is to grab the data closest to my PPPoE ADSL modem so it doesn't travel through the rest of the LAN and pollute logs, assuming the decoder daemon is secure and not too demanding on the Alix.
This Alix has no on-board audio but I have unused external audio interfaces from my bygone DJ days, some clearly overkill but none with built-in mp3 decoder: USB 1.0 tiny Roland UA-1A 2-in/2-out, 16bit @ 48 kHz (2001) USB 2.0 Roland UA-101 10-in/10-out, optical in/out, 24-bit @ 192 kHz (2005) USB 2.0 M-Audio FastTrack Pro 4-in/4-out, coax in/out, 16-bit @ 96 kHz For play/stop & next controls I'd use a small USB gamepad-type or MIDI controller, not via TCP messages, so it doesn't complicate pf rules. I cycle between 3 hardcoded stations using 128kbps CBR so that's the only codec I need. Questions: - stupid/dangerous idea? - what's the most nimble stream+mp3 solution? - are there AMD Geode-specific instructions it can be recompiled with? thx, -- p
