Triode wrote: > Anyone reading this thread should try Squeezelite on a CuBox or a > Rasberry Pi, Pogoplug.... > > My original motivation for squeezelite is for a headless linux playback > engine which emulates as many features as possible of the Squeezebox > hardware so that it can integrate with existing LMS, but run on a small > linux device and drive a usb dac. I think its close to release status > and has a few users at present..... I.e. exactly what we could be > talking about here... > > I think we can easliy do something which is a usable player for people > by constraining the scope: > > 1) target a small number of linux devices and create some standard > install scripts/images for them > 2) start with a headless system (no ui, but target a device with hdmi > interface as we can expand into hdmi based user interface relatively > easliy); users can use LMS web interface, iPeng, SqueezePad etc to > controll it > 3) start with usb audio as this means we can use off the shelf hardware > and let the user select the level of audio engineering they want from $5 > upwards... > 4) assume the user has some involvement in the install process and we > are not charging for the solution, so this allows the user to download > standard linux codecs without concerns over patent licensing... > > Later we can add a user interface and potentially integrate server > functions. > > For me a Cubox is making an excellent but expensive player. A Raspberry > Pi is cheaper, but has problems with USB dac compatiblity (hopefully to > be resolved by the Pi developers). Both provide usb out, ethernet and > wifi via usb and hdmi for a future user interface....
Question to John, and this maybe too early to answer: A device similar to the Cubox (design/features), adding the DAC, what can be expected from time/money invested? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ dustinsterk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19649 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97881 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
