Stuart:
> I don't have one, but I believe later mediamvp's added wifi using a compact > flash socket. I could be wrong, but you might simply be able to swap out an old wifi card for a new one. I chose to do something similar for one of my ASUS routers; it was a refurb with a now ancient draft N radio not well supported by the OpenWrt drivers, limiting me to the 2.4.x kernel. Luckily, the radio came in the form of a Mini PCI card, and the ONLY card still available at Newegg supports the Atheros 9K open source driver. So, $20 later mine could support the 2.6.x kernel which meant I could get Squeezeslave running on it. ;) For music streaming elsewhere I'm using mpd/mpc on another router, and wget/madplay on the third. Those work fine but don't support player synchronization or volume control from the Logitech Server web page. I have grown to really like Squeezeslave. > It would be a simple matter to add a access point wifi box to even the 1st > generation mediamvp in order to support WPK. Yeah, I have a spare Ethernet/Wifi bridge I could put into service if need be, but that's just another box to power. > I'm not sure how hard [Squeezeslave] would be to port from its offered form >to something suitable for an embedded environment It's already pretty well suited to general embedded environments (see above ASUS router discussion), but one major caveat makes a MVPMC port difficult: > platform specific interface to sound hardware, ect.) That's the major problem. I believe Squeezeslave uses Portaudio and a mix of support for OSS & ALSA, so there might be a good bit of rewriting on the driver side alone. > The hold outs are that there are still fans in many of these boxes and other > such remnants of desk top PC which are not suitable for 24/7 operation a-top > your stereo equipment stack. There are passively cooled PC platforms as well, but I got over my aversion to 24/7 fans when I built my first dedicated HTPC in 2006. The key is making the platform quiet. I already know it isn't exactly power-efficient. ;) > (i.e. most are SigmaDesign based designs) are so closed to opensource That alone has pushed me to favor generic x86 compatible media clients, although things like OpenWrt open the door to wider small processor support. I just like having more control over the firmware; need a new codec? Add it! Etc. Ron ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Mvpmc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mvpmc-users mvpmc wiki: http://mvpmc.wikispaces.com/
