Re: [slim] Duet ideal for in-car use ?

2008-01-14 Thread gorman
Well, apart for the most demanding car-audio enthusiast, I guess one could easily get away with Lame APS or Vorbis Q5/6 encodes and still get optimal sound quality in their cars. This would lead to an all solid state solution becoming very viable in the near future. And... I think I wet myself i

Re: [slim] Duet ideal for in-car use ?

2008-01-12 Thread Pat Farrell
aubuti wrote: > A mini-itx will give you better performance than a LinkStation, but > depending on your LS model, SC7 could run just fine. I've been running > SC7 on an LS HG model with the Jive controller for 3-4 months, and it > works fine. At CES (are reported by Engadet) there is a vendor show

Re: [slim] Duet ideal for in-car use ?

2008-01-12 Thread aubuti
holmsn;257644 Wrote: > I was just thinking that, AFTER I posted ! so may be no Linkstation but > the sort of thing here:http://www.mini-itx.com/store/ > Neil A mini-itx will give you better performance than a LinkStation, but depending on your LS model, SC7 could run just fine. I've been running

Re: [slim] Duet ideal for in-car use ?

2008-01-12 Thread funkstar
Shame it doesn't have BlueTooth for stereo audio transmition, could use that with my head unit :) -- funkstar funkstar's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2335 View this thread: http://forums.slimdev

Re: [slim] Duet ideal for in-car use ?

2008-01-12 Thread 4mula1
With the Controller having an aux port on the bottom that has audio in, audio out, usb, serial, and charging plus support for SD cards (SDHC even), it might not be too far down the road that you would just load the controller with some music and plug it into your car. No mobile PC needed. We'll

Re: [slim] Duet ideal for in-car use ?

2008-01-12 Thread bpa
More hobbyist and ARM based - gumstix www.gumstix.com -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42116

Re: [slim] Duet ideal for in-car use ?

2008-01-12 Thread funkstar
Yeah, you can do some really funky things with the CarPC cases and power supplies for miniITX systems. Another place to look is http://www.linitx.com/ I'd really recommend using a 2.5" laptop drive in your system if you go that route. Far more robust for this kind of situation. (also a Neil :)

Re: [slim] Duet ideal for in-car use ?

2008-01-12 Thread holmsn
I was just thinking that, AFTER I posted ! so may be no Linkstation but the sort of thing here:http://www.mini-itx.com/store/ Neil -- holmsn holmsn's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3809 View this

Re: [slim] Duet ideal for in-car use ?

2008-01-12 Thread funkstar
holmsn;257629 Wrote: > I've got a Buffalo Linkstation which with a lot of effort with Linux and > Perl scripting ,I managed to get Slimserver 6.2 on a couple of years > back. Remember you will need SqueezeCenter 7 to use the Remote and Reciever. -- funkstar

Re: [slim] Duet ideal for in-car use ?

2008-01-12 Thread holmsn
I've got a Buffalo Linkstation which with a lot of effort with Linux and Perl scripting ,I managed to get Slimserver 6.2 on a couple of years back.Has a mains input but could easily be fed from vehicle supply via converter, in fact mains inverters (from 12V)are so cheap these days and the the LS t

Re: [slim] Duet ideal for in-car use ?

2008-01-12 Thread Kevin Lepard
Where are you going to put the computer with the server software on it? I think that's going to be the bigger problem. You might want to consider something with good iPod integration. Harman Kardon makes some nice products (I use their 1st gen Drive & Play and it's pretty good). Alpine an

[slim] Duet ideal for in-car use ?

2008-01-12 Thread holmsn
With an impending company car change I've been wondering about the all important audio system in the new one. In the past it's been the ripping out of factory radio and fitting some sort of after market radio complete with autochange ( the last one doing MP3 tracks as well ). I did think of mounti