internet radio driver

[Ric Moore]

On Thu, 2011-02-10 at 20:01 +0000, devicerandom wrote: 
> On 10/02/11 04:32, Lucio M Nicolosi wrote:
> > On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 2:02 AM, Thufir Hawat<hawat.thufir at gmail.com>  wrote:
> >> On Wed, 26 Jan 2011 00:04:13 -0200, Lucio M Nicolosi wrote:
> >>
> >> The reason I asked are for the "little" things like:
> >>
> >> linux.gif Squeezebox Server v7.5.3
> >> http://www.mysqueezebox.com/download
> >>
> >> which, quite nicely, has a little penguin :)
> >> There's even a penguin on the box!
> >>
> >> Apparently, it's to stream music from the pc to the radio.  I was more
> >> concerned about configuration, but there's usually some software to
> >> install for most devices.
> >>
> >>
> >
> > Nice indeed Thufir,
> >
> > And your Linux desktop would work as a server.
> >
> > But I'd still buy a huge set of speakers instead. :-)
> 
> Which however don't help if you want to listen to music away from the 
> huge set of speakers, like in another floor. :)

Have you checked out XBMC media center? It's supposed to be the end-all
of streaming audio/video applications for the home/web. It's a monster
of an application. Maybe it will fit your bill. It's in the repo's.
Also, check http://xbmc.org/ for detailed information. It's a little bit
CPU intensive, but that's OK for a dedicated standalone server. Ric


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