Re: MPD?

2011-04-25 Thread Joshua Judson Rosen
Derek Atkins writes: > Joshua Judson Rosen writes: > > > > I've setup multicast RTP with latency-matching across all nodes > > in the network; I have only one `channel' right now (in the radio-tuner > > or input-switching sense, not in the `mono vs. stereo' sense), but it's > > possible to define

Re: Plug Computers for whole-home audio

2011-04-25 Thread Benjamin Scott
On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 5:12 PM, Joshua Judson Rosen wrote: > Contrary to popular belief, modern flash disks have *way better reliability* > than HDDs. I expect this varies greatly with implementation. I've encountered el-cheapo flash storage which had failure rates approaching 100% in 6 month

Re: Plug Computers for whole-home audio (was: [GNHLUG] REMINDER: ManchLUG: Tuesday April 19th @ Wings Your Way - Manchester NH)

2011-04-25 Thread Jarod Wilson
On Apr 25, 2011, at 9:51 AM, David Miller wrote: ... > The problem with many embedded audio systems, this especially includes > laptops, is that their power source is typically too close to the audio chips > and results in a lot of noise. In a laptop you can hear this by doing some > experiment

Re: Plug Computers for whole-home audio (was: [GNHLUG] REMINDER: ManchLUG: Tuesday April 19th @ Wings Your Way - Manchester NH)

2011-04-25 Thread Chris
On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 09:51, David Miller wrote: > On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 10:37 AM, Marc Nozell (m...@nozell.com) < > noz...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I've played some mp3s using 'mocp' and sounds a distant on one >> channel(?) but may be something to fix in the alsamixer. For example >> listeni

Re: Plug Computers for whole-home audio

2011-04-25 Thread Mark Komarinski
On 04/24/2011 07:06 PM, Joshua Judson Rosen wrote: > Mark Komarinski writes: > Off-topic? Well, you can use them with Linux, right? ;) Well, I'm straying from "Hey, here's a cool use of Linux" to "Why bother?" :) > It's really interesting that you're raising Squeezebox, because > that was what

Re: Plug Computers for whole-home audio (was: [GNHLUG] REMINDER: ManchLUG: Tuesday April 19th @ Wings Your Way - Manchester NH)

2011-04-25 Thread David Miller
On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 10:37 AM, Marc Nozell (m...@nozell.com) < noz...@gmail.com> wrote: > I've played some mp3s using 'mocp' and sounds a distant on one > channel(?) but may be something to fix in the alsamixer. For example > listening to 'Face The Face' its like I'm next to the chorus & > key

MPD? (was Re: Plug Computers for whole-home audio)

2011-04-25 Thread Derek Atkins
Joshua, Joshua Judson Rosen writes: > I've setup multicast RTP with latency-matching across all nodes > in the network; I have only one `channel' right now (in the radio-tuner > or input-switching sense, not in the `mono vs. stereo' sense), but it's > possible to define multiple channels/sources

Re: Plug Computers for whole-home audio (was: [GNHLUG] REMINDER: ManchLUG: Tuesday April 19th @ Wings Your Way - Manchester NH)

2011-04-25 Thread Derek Atkins
"Ken D'Ambrosio" writes: > Actually, a confluence of events has me playing with my Sheeva today. By > sheer circumstance, I > - Need to replace my bedroom computer with something quiet > - Bought a 10-port powered USB hub > - Acquired, gratis, a USB-to-VGA converter > - Saw a video of someone ru