I have a Debian box running slimserver with AlienBBC installed very
successfully (mostly!). The server runs headless, but with speakers
attached.
I can access and play my CD collection and BBC radio stations (live and
recorded) using remote streaming (softsqueeze or real player, XP or
Vista,
AlienBBC has been designed to only play through proper Slimserver client
(i.e. Squeezebox, Transporter, Softsqueeze) and not stream.mp3.
If you search the forum you will find this discussed many times - and
in a few entries you may find workarounds.
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