mcgoverg wrote: > Kim Schultz Wrote: > >>I have been looking at inexpensive ways of adding storage for my SB3. >>But frankly don´t know which one to choose. >> >>I have looked at these: >> >>Buffalo Linkstation >>Linksys NSLU2 + USB HDD >>WD Netcenter >>LaCie ethernet disk mini >> >>Are there anymore ? and can all of these run Slimserver. >>Also I find it hard to see how fast these are (processor, ram) >> >>/Kim >> >>EDIT: which one is the fastest Linkstation, is it the GIGABIT type ? > > > > This is available from about £200. > > The question i have is - are these compatible with my library? > I've ripped all my stuff into apple lossless (ok I know the arguments > but that's the way i've gone) all running on my PC of course. Like > everyone else I'd like to be able to switch the PC off but still get to > the music so a nas seems the obvious way to go. > > Does linux support this setup? I don't really want to buy a NAS and > discover it won't work for my setup (and don't want to re-rip) > > Thanks for any response
It will probably be possible to get apple lossless to play on an linux platform. However, it is not supported natively by the Squeezebox so everything will have to be transcoded on the server which uses a fair bit of CPU. On a "normal" PC server running a fairly modern processor this is not too much of a problem, but on a NAS with a low-powered CPU it is not ideal. You could always transcode your apple lossless to flac. R. _______________________________________________ unix mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/unix
