epoch1970 wrote: > A buddy of mine wants me to think about the audio install in his retail > store. > I think the idea is to go digital all the way, probably on ethernet, and > I guess there would be less than 10 players. But there is a second store > coming up, so that's 20 overall... > Standardizing on some Pi hardware (0, 1A+ or overkill with 3) and > piCorePlayer seems to me like a good idea. > > I've never used piCorePlayer, I would like to know if the following are > available (or can be built and added) and can be made to work reliably: > VLAN, bonding, bridging, iptables, ebtables, openvpn, hostapd, > watchdog? > Also, would someone confirm player synching has good chances of > performing adequately in the projected application (accuracy not really > important, reliability over very long periods of time very important)? > > Thanks in advance!
Hi epoch1970, I wouldn't use piCorePlayer if you plan to add a lot of extras to it. It will be easier to use a full-blown distribution because piCore is a "minimal" distribution and a lot different to normal distributions. This adds an additional learning curve even if you know Linux. As well as the extra networking, you also will need a database application that tracks what songs are played so you can pay the royalties to the appropriate performers. piCorePlayer is not really intended for commercial usage as there is no guarantee that things will not break from version to version. regards Greg ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Greg Erskine's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7403 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105997 _______________________________________________ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
