Well here's another, I don't have it working yet but I'm learning how. Apparently the Apple TV is supposed to be able to access music through your network from a hard drive so that's the line I'll be following.
On 08/01/2011, at 8:35 AM, Colin Phelan wrote: > Thanks all for your great suggestions. > I have taken the easy option at this stage and dusted down an old lap top > and have taken all files well most off it. > Then using a 4G SD card have started coping my music across > This is taking some time as the Dell Latitude only has USB1 connections but > that's ok. > I did not realise HD was so small as already telling me is full, that's > where I need further assistance please. > I'm a bit thick when it comes to this so here goes > Local disc (c) when clicking on properties is roughly telling me it is 20G. > Is this the whole size of the lap top including programmes or will I free up > lots of space by deleting programmes not assocatied with music. > I from memory thought it was 40G but may well have been wrong. > If not what is best? > Buy additional memory for the machine, will this be possible? > External hard drive will this be a problem as only USB1? > Once again thanks all for your support > Regards > Colin > > > -----Original Message----- > From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] > On Behalf Of Christopher Chaltain > Sent: 05 January 2011 17:07 > To: PC Audio Discussion List > Subject: Re: Accessable Hard Drive for Hi Fi > > > I can think of a few options. One would be to use an FM transmitter. You > could attach an FM transmitter to your PC and then broadcast the music > from your PC and pick it up on your stereo, assuming you have a FM > receiver as part of your stereo. I don't have one myself, but I'm sure > others can chime in with more details, opinions and information. > > You can also use a few different technologies to broadcast music from > your PC over wifi or bluetooth to a receiver that you could then attach > to your stereo. Apple TV and Airport Express would be two such examples, > and others can speak to them with much greater detail than I can. > > A third option is to go with an accessible portable media player with > enough storage and then attaching it to your stereo system. Even if your > stereo system doesn't have a lot of connectors, you should be able to > find connectors that run from your MP3 player into the auxiliary input > of your stereo receiver. Note that you'd still have to have this level > of connection if you were using a wifi or bluetooth receiver. You could > avoid this with the FM transmitter though. This is the route I went. Not > because it was superior to any of the other methods, but rather it just > fit my needs. > > With this method, I have a portable MP3 player with most of my music. I > can use this when traveling, exercising, sitting in the waiting room or > whatever. I can also attach it to the stereo in my living room, the > powered external speakers in my bedroom or the audio input jack of my > wife's car. For MP3 players, you have a few different options. You can > go with an off the shelf MP3 player that will run Rockbox. This would be > the cheapest route. You could go with an iPod. Finally, you could go > with an MP3 player tailored specifically for the blind, such as the > Booksense. Each have their relative strenghts. > > That's my $0.02. > > -- > > Christopher > chalt...@gmail.com > > > On 1/4/2011 2:43 PM, Colin Phelan wrote: >> Hi All, >> >> I wonder if you can assist. >> For use whilst on the move I rip all my music directly to MP3. I still >> use a traditional hi fi for listening at home I would like for a few >> reasons to pack away the c d 's and use something I can connect to my >> hi fi to listen to music at home. I am using a basic separates system >> that includes a Cyrus amplifyer with little or no fancy connections. >> I do not need an ipod for listening on the move otherwise I may go down > that >> route. >> Is there some sort of hard drive I could use that is accessible and I can >> just copy all the MP3's to. >> Yes when it comes to hi fi I am about 15 years out of date but hey the > Cirus >> amp used to be leading edge and it still works! >> Thanks for your assistance >> Colin >> >> >> >> >> >> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >> pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1191 / Virus Database: 1435/3361 - Release Date: 01/05/11 > > > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
